His curly gray hair is studiously messy, and his thick black eyeglass frames are downtown dorky.

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In 1958 the 23-year-old opened his own molding shop, making tools for the manufacture of eyeglass frames.

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In 1958, at 23, he opened his own molding shop, making tools for the manufacture of eyeglass frames.

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The favorite eyeglass frames among Warby Parker office co-workers is the Preston.

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To put himself through design school, he worked as an apprentice--once severing part of a finger--in a factory that made molds for everything from automobile logos to eyeglass frames.

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To put himself through design school, he worked as an apprentice--once severing part of a finger--in a factory that made molds for such things as automobile logos and eyeglass frames.

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The New York Times says Google is negotiating with the trendy online eyeglass seller Warby Parker to design frames.

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