I'm the English-speaking partner between your brand and the workshop.
I grew up around acetate dust. My family has made frames in Duqiao for two decades, and I spent five years on the brand side in eyewear retail before coming back — so I've sat on your side of the table. Lucida exists because independent founders kept telling me the same story: great designs, no factory willing to take 100 pieces seriously, and every email answered in broken template English three days late.
So here's the deal: I quote in 24 hours, photograph every milestone, tell you when your idea won't work in acetate, and put every number in writing. The workshop does the rest — it's been doing it longer than I've been alive.
Duqiao: where most of the world's acetate frames are born.
Over 60% of China's sunglasses come out of this town. The workshop we build in has run the same barrel room for 20 years — the wood chips are older than some of our clients' brands.