Barcelona colour, Italian acetate, mineral lenses.
Designer Etnia Barcelona glasses & sunglasses, chosen with you and fitted to your prescription by hand at our practices across Manchester, Cheshire and West Yorkshire.
Etnia Barcelona was founded in 2001 by a family that had been making frames in Barcelona since the 1950s, and it has one purpose: colour. The acetate comes from Mazzucchelli in Italy, the sunglasses use mineral glass lenses that stay scratch-free for years, and every collection is photographed like an art project. Etnia is the frame we reach for when someone says they want something with a bit of life in it.
Etnia Barcelona
Anyone who wears colour, or wants to start. A translucent front softens a strong face; a bright temple lifts a plain outfit. Not sure it’s you? That’s what your styling session is for. We’ll tell you honestly, and show you what is.
A few pieces from the collection. In the practice there is far more: optical frames, sunglasses and new arrivals every season. Tap any frame and we’ll set it aside for you to try.
Ask us what is on the shelf this week. Tell us the shape or model you love and we will have it ready for your styling session.
Designer frames from £150 · With your prescription, measured and fitted by hand
A free styling session with a dispensing optician, at any of our five practices. No obligation to buy.
Etnia Barcelona is on the shelf in Heckmondwike right now. At our other practices we bring it in for you to try, with no obligation. Book a free styling session and tell us it’s Etnia Barcelona you want to see.
In south Manchester we are in Cheadle and Heald Green, in north Manchester in Middleton, in Cheshire in Winsford and in West Yorkshire in Heckmondwike. See every house we work with in luxury and designer eyewear in Manchester, or how free eyewear styling works.
In south Manchester at Abra & Co in Cheadle and Ashworth Opticians in Heald Green, and in north Manchester at Abra & Co in Middleton. We also have practices in Winsford, Cheshire, and Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire. Etnia Barcelona is on the shelf in Heckmondwike; at the others we bring it in for you to try. Book a free styling session and a dispensing optician will help you choose, then measure and fit the frame to your prescription.
At Abra & Co in Heckmondwike. Book an eye test online or ring the practice, and we will have the collection ready for you. If there is a particular model you want, tell us and we will bring it in.
Yes, including varifocals and high prescriptions. We measure and fit the lenses here. Single vision lenses run from £112 to £559, and every option is shown with its price before you decide.
Yes, and we glaze them with your prescription, including tinted and polarised lenses. Ask when you book and we will have the sunglass collection out for you.
Then we will say so, kindly, and show you what does. A name on the frame does not mean it will suit you; that is the first thing we say about every brand. And if you buy and change your mind within sixty days, we change the frame or the lenses at no charge.
Frames across our ranges run from £70 to £850; Etnia Barcelona sits towards the upper part of that. Lenses are priced separately and shown before you decide. Pay half today and spread the rest over 4, 6, 8 or 10 months, interest free, with nothing added.