The dream of Mr.Hally from 1959

Hally & Son: the new collection of natural horm sunglasses It all started with a worn off box that during the move of an old archive was about to be thrown away; inside there was an old binder with notes, drawings and semi-finished glasses.   Those retro-style shapes, a 3 point hinge on a temple, and 2 point in the other, the tips with that particular round end, all those notes and drawings .....took us back to a bygone era. The company produces frames since 1959 and perhaps those notes and those glasses belonged to one of our craftsmen, who came from abroad in the district of glasses to learn the craft and wanted to push his luck on his own; we called him Mr. Hally.   We like to think that the hand was of a man who had a dream and that he knew well the eyeglasses. Then we went back to the origins of the old Italian workshops, to create a collection that expressed that sophisticated and timeless elegance. Hally & Son eyeglasses are identified by the use of the material: the water buffalo horn. Extremely precious material for its qualities of lightness and strength at the same time; each frame is unique for structure and color, the 100% natural material makes the product hypoallergenic, giving maximum comfort to the wearer.   The particularly complex and handcrafted processing of the material makes the buffalo horn eyeglass a unique and particularly fine accessory that, by using it, while consuming, it will perfectly adapt to the skin surface of the wearer, such creating an unrivaled wearing comfort. Each model that we found in the Mr. Hally's archive, due to the elegant lines and timeless shapes, seemed like it came out of a black and white movie; we have re-interpreted them in a 8 models collection both optical and sun, mostly unisex, all with flex hinge, each of which is associated with one year of our archives and with a dreamer, but we simply named them TYPE I, TYPE 3, TYPE 8.   Those so particular details found in the original pieces of Mr Hally, such as round and holed end-temple, and the "imperfect" asymmetrical position of the hinges, we've made them become his signature. Together with each natural horn eyeglass you will receive a special cream for the care and maintenance of the horn.   The same models are also offered in Replica Horn, a particular acetate expressly conceived for this collection, which significantly reproduces the chromatic and tactile characteristics of the natural horn. But who really was Mr Hally? Massimiliano Zegna Baruffa, who brought back to life this line, explains us: "Mr Hally was a craftsman who in his spare time and using scraps and leftover stocks was trying to create his concept of eyeglasses, and who aspired to teach his art to his son; this is how we imagined him, as an entrepreneur who has lived a dream.   By this collection, which traces our history of frames manufacturers, we wanted to celebrate the uniqueness of the handicraft work, which allowed to the eyewear district and to our company, since 1959, to become the cradle of the worldwide eyewear.