Cazal 607 line-art — Berlin Kreuzberg, 1983
N° 02 — Cazal — Passau, 1975

Eyewear with
attitude.

Designed by Cari Zalloni in Passau, Bavaria, Cazal arrived in 1975 and immediately broke the rules. Oversized. Gilded. Confrontational. Then the unexpected happened: the gold-trimmed 607 crossed the Atlantic and became the unofficial uniform of early hip-hop — from the Bronx to Compton, from Run-DMC to Spike Lee.

Worn loud. Worn on purpose. Still made by hand in Germany, the same way Cari drew them.

CAZAL · PASSAU, DE · EST. 1975
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The icons. The uniform.

The 607 that started it all. The 858 oversized aviator. The 616 in gunmetal. Hand-sourced from Passau, fitted in Los Angeles.

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