Hyman Moscot founded the brand in America. He arrived from Eastern Europe via Ellis Island in 1899. Later, Hyman began selling ready-made
eyeglasses from a pushcart. Also, he sold them along Oxford street off the Manhattan’s famed Lower East Side. Thereafter, the rest is history!
The Early Stage
In 1925, Hyman’s son, Sol, joined the family business at a tender age of 15 years old. Thereafter, he took over the family’s first retail store at 94 Rivington Street. Also, by 1936, the retail store moved to 118 Orchard Street, which is located at the corner of Delancey Street. Finally, the store continued another 8 decades there until today.
Expansion
In 2012, the brand opened its Court Street Shop in the landmark neighborhood of Cobble hill in Brooklyn, New York. Moreover, this has brought the third generation into the brand. Subsequently, in March 2013, Zack, a trained industrial designer came on board, making it the fifth generation to join the family business. Later, in July 2013, after 77 years, the Orchard Street shop crossed Delancey Street, from 118 to 108 Orchard. To conclude, the brand celebrated its 100 birthday in January 2015.
Models
The following models are available. Also included are the accessories:
- CLIP ALEX – BRASS / GREY PLASTIC
- CLIP ARTHUR – BRASS / GREY LENSES
- CLIPZEN – MATTE BLACK / G15
- CLIPZEN – MATTE BLACK / G15
- CLIP FRANKIE – BRASS / GOLD MIRROR
- CLIP LEMTOSH PACKAGE – SILVER YELLOW BLACK / VM G15P YELLOW
- X – CLIP STEVIE – GUNMETAL / GREY
- ALEX – BROWN ALE
- ALEX – DARK BLONDE
- ARTHUR – BLONDE
- ARTHUR – BLONDE
- BALEBUS – OLIVE BARK
- BALEBUS – TOBACCO
- BRANDON – COBBLESTONE
- BRANDON – TORTOISE BLACK
- BREE – TORTOISE ANTIQUE GOLD
- BRUDE – BLACK SILVER
- X – COURTNEY – BLUE INK
- FRANKIE – BLONDE
- FRANKIE – GREY ICE
- GELT – HONEY BLONDE
- X – HYMAN – BLONDE
- HYMAN – RUBY
- HYMAN – SAPPHIRE
- KEPPE – BLACK
- KEPPE – DARK BLONDE
- KIBITS – SILVER
- LEMTOSH – BLONDE
- MILTZEN – BLONDE
- MILTZEN – EMERALD
- NEBB – TORTOISE
- NOAH – DARK BLONDE
- NOAH – MIST
- PAT – OLIVE TORTOISE
- PETIE – OLIVE TORTOISE
- TRAVIS – SAGE
- YUKEL – BLACK SILVER
- YUKEL – CLASSIC HAVANA GUNMETAL
- ZEV – EMERALDs
- ZEV – BLONDE GOLD
- ZOLMAN – FLESH
- AIDIM – BURNT TORTOISE GOLD / COSMITAN BROWN
- ARTHUR – BLONDE / GREEN
- LEMTOSH FOLD – TORTOISE / G15
- LEMTOSH – TORTOISE / COSMITAN BROWN
- MILTZEN – BLACK / G15
- MILTZEN – CLASSIC HAVANA / COSMITAN BROWN
- SCHLEP – BLACK GUNMETAL / G15
- YUKEL – CLASSIC HAVANA GUNMETAL / G15
- ZOFTIK – LIGHT GREY / CALIBAR GREEN LENSES
New arrivals available at Malaya Optical !