92% matchWarby Parker
The US DTC template: flat pricing, home try-on
What changes: Broader US retail footprint and more classic American shapes
Brand profile
Amsterdam-based direct-to-consumer eyewear brand selling in-house designed prescription frames and sunglasses at accessible flat prices online and in European stores.
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Frames sell at a single entry-level price with standard prescription lenses included; tints, blue-light filters and progressives cost extra.
Ace & Tate draws its own acetate and metal frames, keeping core shapes in stock while cycling new seasonal colourways through regular drops.
The look is minimal and slightly preppy rather than statement eyewear, sold direct online with home try-on and through its own stores across Europe.
92% matchThe US DTC template: flat pricing, home try-on
What changes: Broader US retail footprint and more classic American shapes
85% matchSame flat lens-included pricing, smaller shop network
What changes: Canada-focused, less drop-driven colour storytelling
72% matchCheaper online-only take on in-house frames
What changes: No stores or try-on ritual, weaker design identity
68% matchDesign-led acetate frames, but California vintage feel
What changes: Three to four times the price, optician-channel luxury
Ace & Tate is a Dutch direct-to-consumer eyewear label founded in Amsterdam in 2013. It designs its own acetate and metal frames in-house, selling prescription glasses and sunglasses at flat entry-level prices that include standard lenses, with paid upgrades for tinted, blue-light and progressive options. The range leans on pared-back Northern European shapes in seasonal colourways, released as regular drops alongside core styles. The brand sells online with home try-on and through its own stores in cities across the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium and the Nordics.