Warby Parker Debuts First TV Commercial

Steve Hall

Sep. 20, 2012
1 min read

Online eyewear retailer Warby Parker is out with an oh-so-British themed TV commercial, the first for the brand. The cheeky ad, created by New York shop Partners & Spade, borrows imagery from 1950’s magazines as well as collections of Victorian wallpaper, Japanese architecture and textbooks.

Now if only they could do progressive lenses.

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