Our Story
The Fabris Lane story spans nearly 40 years...
Origins
1971 - 1982
Rod Lane and Mario Fabris began their careers in sunglasses in 1971 when they joined the Mazzucchelli Group in Italy.
Mario became Commercial Director of the sunglasses division in Italy, whilst Rod became a Director of the sunglasses division in the UK subsidiary.
Birth of Fabris Lane
1982 - 1993
In 1982 Rod and Mario started their own sunglasses consultancy business, transferring Mazzuchelli's trademarks and stocks to Addis with whom they went into partnership.
Addis provided finance, warehousing and distribution while Fabris Lane took care of design, manufacturing (Italy and the Far East), marketing and sales
The partnership prospered and by the late eighties had become Britain's largest sunglasses business
Evolution
1993 to 2010
In 1993 Fabris Lane formed their own complete sunglasses business, launching their own trademarks in 1994.
The headquarters were set up at Chessington in Surrey, where the marketing, design and sales teams were united with the testing laboratory, warehousing, distribution and finance teams.
We build private label and licensed collections as well as having the capability to supply eyewear from our portfolio of house brands depending on the needs of a customer.
Creative eyewear management
2010 onwards
Fabris Lane Ltd. is customer focussed and fully committed to offering a best-in-class service that is reliable, responsive, intelligent and flexible according to the needs of our customers.
We cover the full range of the retail offer, tailoring our products and services to match your requirements. We create optimal product ranges with proven consumer appeal across your desired price points.