AHLEM

About AHLEM

AHLEM is a luxury eyewear label founded in 2014 by Paris-born, Los Angeles-based designer Ahlem Manai-Platt. Frames are designed in Venice, California, then handcrafted in small batches in the atelier community of Oyonnax, France, passing through three specialised workshops and nine skilled artisans, each trained in a craft handed down through generations. Early 20th-century Bauhaus principles are a consistent design reference. For clients wanting something beyond the ready-made range, AHLEM also offers a bespoke One of One service, with frames in metal or acetate shaped by a Meilleur Ouvrier de France artisan using hand-hammering, laser-engraving, hand-painting and final assembly.