How Tony Stark Gets His Glasses

This documentary was produced for my streaming service, Nebula. Get Nebula included when you sign up for CuriosityStream at curiositystream...
Robert Downey Jr has appeared as Tony Stark in nine movies in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, wearing over thirty different pairs of glasses. In Spider-Man: Far From Home his glasses became an extension of Tony Stark and a character of their own. So how did a pair of sunglasses become the star of a billion-dollar movie?
It all starts in a warehouse in California in the ‘90s.
Written and directed by Dave Wiskus
Featuring
Cody Cho - Dita PR
Michael Anthony Castillo - Director of Design, Dita
Tanya Howard - Founder, Prop Specs
Jason Kazmer - Founder, Initium
Mike Skierski - Eyewear Aficionado
Edited by Dave Wiskus
Archive Editing by Eric Schneider
Illustrations by Kate Willaert
Motion Graphics by Dom Burgess
QA:
CGP Grey
Kate Willaert
Music by Airplane Mode airplanemode.com

[@YoniIsrael]

so the woman who was part of the team who designed Stark's glasses is called *Tonya Howard* , fitting i will say

[@gxllis1791]

The name is Howard Pots

[@spartanDJChalo]

Howard Stark
Tony(a) Stark
🤯

[@potatoplebbyplayz_gachalif2517]

The key thing in buying a pair of eyeglasses is not what is expensive or imitating the one worn by celebrities or the brand name but, rather, the one befitting the shape of your face, something that makes you more handsome or beautiful.

[@w3debugger]

I started the video and after first 5 minutes paused the video, searched for it and found the price of $700+, came back and resumed the video, watched full video, felt happy, wrote comment and closed both tabs 😂

[@dwiskus]

Yeah, I fell down a very expensive rabbit hole on this one.

[@zaker600]

@@dwiskus same. I bought the Dita Mach Six though which is even more expensive 😭

[@loneronin9094]

@@zaker600 and now go and try to find yourself a Mach Six Limited Edition

[@bradgibson4459]

Blake Kuwahara was probably one of the greatest designers that really changed things!!

[@raphaelfyi]

Why did I just watch a 38 minutes video about sunglasses? Cool though.

[@jellolon8435]

100% the same thought here. was a nice documentation tho

[@vector3578]

Just finished watching it again. You've found your calling. More like this, please!

[@AutobotOutcast]

This is a great documentary on an often-overlooked aspect of how films - especially MCU films - come together, and how this one pair of glasses became the most recognisable on the planet.
But am I the only person who desperately wants the audio for the phenomenal cover of Ramin Djawadi's 'Vacation's Over' that played during the credits?

[@StrangerOman]

Me just buying cheap frame cuz I can't see stuff without my glasses.
Pretty interesting documentary. Not just about Tony Starks glasses, but just about eye ware business.

[@maxir.rembold1197]

This is exactly the video I've been waiting for! Thank you so much!

[@inSpyr]

That was phenomenal, thanks for putting this together Dave 👏

[@lancebangle]

As someone with a major eyewear fetish, this is the stuff I live for. Thank you 3000!

[@Determinator21]

Wtf

[@Ethereal_Mist]

Omg that is so me.

[@axel.barreau]

This video I didn’t know I needed. Thank you!

[@jamesgoodman2058]

This is a exceptional video! Thanks for making it!

[@therealjoe2840]

Iron Man’s Ditas Flight 006 inspired me to buy a pair. I bought Mach 1s instead. Sooo cool 😎

[@paulang1054]

30:57 Look at the left temple. That's the "Love You 3000" comes from Lol

[@OGxGINO]

This whole video is a thing of dopeness!! Now I know where to go for my next few pairs of sunglasses! 😎

[@samay.]

This is a unique style of video and I appreciate it

[@Phar2Rekliss]

Where is the picture of the timeline so we csn see all the frame names

[@aishwaryshukla8880]

0:42

[@jcxmej]

Couldn’t find it too on google

[@flipwarrior]

Can you get these glasses in clear prescription?

[@armanke13]

9 months to make one.. holy

[@stateside1]

Wow! I enjoyed every minute of this. Thanks Dave!

[@TheCho5enJuan]

Man I'm pretty amped to watch this!

[@JustcallmeJayrot]

I know Dave has got a million other things going on, and UA-cam isn't his main priority, but it's kinda crazy this channel only has 5000 subs. Kinda makes me feel like I'm in a secret club :-)

[@dwiskus]

My once-a-year upload schedule isn’t helping matters, to be fair

[@roushfenway1fan]

Fantastic video!

[@solohmon]

Wow, awesome video! But why did Cody say at 7:55 that the glasses never appeared during Infinity War's premiere? Did he not recognize the glasses with different lenses? Or did he mean to say the Endgame premiere?
Also, Dave were you able to identify who had created and supplied the original light blue lenses for the Flight 006? I found a source that stated they came from a Chicago boutique, but didn't get confirmation of it.
Amazing work again!

[@loneronin9094]

No they did not come from that boutique in Chicago. Tanya sourced them from a lab I work directly with

[@m.m4982]

He said AFTERinfinity war.

[@CDSXCalibur]

I need the ones from the film

[@thatbudguy1328]

This is awesome.

[@arkadyavagian5155]

The short answer no how. Because you first need EDITH itself, and then glasses for integration. I have a variant of how to do EDITH, it will wait for the chrysalis assistant program to be released

[@J.Win414]

What is the exact color code of these frames? As of now, there is no blue frame. The closest is a smoke grey crystal

[@Alanleme12345]

There custom made they don’t sell it like that

[@asadque]

Amazing

[@davidmiddlebrooks8528]

not a fan of the flight 6 but i love my mach ones

[@josefincastelar1081]

1:08 Tony starkish

[@arjunchaudhary3867]

edith was the name of hawkeye's father

[@shaikshameela521]

Where do I get it ??

[@mricaint2355]

Good now add blue tooth to them 😆

[@basicallysus7242]

owner of nebula ??

[@paige_5768]

hello this is mikes dad :)

[@queuebit]

This doesn't look like it fits with the "Here's the bad version" series. lol

[@queuebit]

I still use that frequently as a mantra thinking through projects / next steps.

[@ric-sd1wb]

誰か日本語訳お願いします。
Someone please translate japanese

[@Sonu_Jaya]

Who else wants that glasses...Hit Like👍👍