A lesson learned from anti-fascist journalist and former Italian president Alessandro Pertini: While partaking in the eternal pursuit of peace and freedom, never underestimate the powerful combination of a receding hairline, cherry wood pipe, and elegantly oversized glasses.
Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) is a Los Angeles-based producer of limited-edition designer goods that specializes in the micro-production of artisanal eyewear. Drawing inspiration from across continents, cultures, and generations, JMM combines world-class craftsmanship with advanced production methods, embracing an array of rich materials, bold geometric shapes, and an exuberance of attitudeto create impeccably crafted spectacles that elegantly infuse historical motifs witha modern sensibility. Powerful, playful and meaningfully idiosyncratic, JMM offers sophisticated statement pieces infused with a distinct perspective, eyewear informed by a design language that combines a respect for history, craft, and technical innovation, ultimately resulting in small-batch goods that pay homage to the past while pushing the aesthetic into the future.
