Allyn Scura is the owner and designer of Allyn Scura Eyewear. She was raised in Southern California before moving to New York City to study interior and product design at Parsons School of Design. Her career in the eyewear industry began in 1988 when she started purchasing and distributing original, unused antique and vintage frames.

Realizing that unused vintage eyewear is a finite commodity, Allyn began designing her own line of eyewear in 1993. In 1999, Target stores selected her designs to represent their premier line of ophthalmic eyewear nationwide.

Allyn's vision for eyewear design is often inspired by mid-century modern design pioneers like Mies van der Rohe, Florence Knoll and Eero Saarinen.

Chances are you’ve seen Allyn Scura frames in the media. Her work has shown up in national commercials for Revlon with Cindy Crawford and a variety of photo shoots in print. Celebrities such as Elton John, Courtney Cox, Goldie Hawn, Lyle Lovett, Rosanne Arquette, Shawn Calvin, Rebecca DeMorney, Mary Chapin-Carpenter and many more enjoy wearing Allyn’s designs. Many of her frames also have been showcased in films such as Sin City and Dream Girls. [Click here to view recent press]