#554:Blake Kuwahara - Eyewear Designer and CEO or Blake Kuwahara

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Today will be another Handmade Edition of LET THERE BE TALK with my guest the great Blake Kuwahara owner and designer of Blake Kuwahara Eyewear.

This man has been in the Eyewear game for 40 years. He started out as an Optometrist then worked his way into the eyewear industry as creative director of Liz Claiborne becoming a designer for 7 different brands including Jordache.

Blake then started his own line called KATA ended up selling that brand and now he has a brand new company that is absolutely taking it to the next level in the Eyewear world.

Sit back and hear us dive into all kinds of topics from Architecture,Denim, Design and Glasses.

I hope you guys enjoy his story.Keep the candles lit and have a fantastic week.

This episode is brought to you by https://optical-connection.com Click on the link for all your Optical needs and use the code DEAN at check out for 10% off anything. Or call them and use the code. Doesn't matter where you are they will ship.

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0:00.0	October 12th, it's a Monday time for another episode of Let There Be Talk. Thank you for
0:07.8	tuning in, Dell Razers. It is a handmade addition. I don't know, I'm talking nutty. I just,
0:20.0	I try to make the intro different each week, each week, maybe a different voice.
0:25.2	Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Let There Be Talk, a handmade addition.
0:30.2	Episode number 554. Ah, I'm loony today. I'm excited. Got a great guest. I know how you guys
0:42.5	really loved my last I wear episode. I love, I love stunning people out there. People are like,
0:50.1	I didn't care about watches. And then I listen to your episode and now I'm into it. Or I didn't
0:56.8	give a fuck about boots or eyewear or denim or architecture, whatever. And then you, you sit down
1:03.8	and you take the ride, you go for the journey. And I enjoy that. I enjoy learning myself constantly
1:12.2	seeking out new designers and all different stuff. Stereos, guitars, amps, cars, anything.
1:22.6	Constantly want to find the best, constantly searching for the ultimate. And the ultimate
1:30.4	really is so many different factors. Is it built high quality? Is it really hard to find
1:39.6	and unique? Is there some passion in the company? Whatever, it's all over the board for
1:51.0	what something is considered great to me. This man today is a holly smokes. He is a genius
2:01.3	and an eyewear expert been in the game 40 years. 40 years. First of all, the guy looks maybe
2:12.1	37, 38 years old. I'm talking about the great Blake Kuahara. And you are going to enjoy this man's
2:20.1	story. He started out as an optometrist and then realized he liked being in the front of the
2:27.9	office more, getting people fitted with the proper cool eyewear and then digging into that
2:35.6	whole world and taking on a creative director job at Liz Clayborn. And then overlooking seven
2:46.8	different brands and designing for them, including the old George Ash, you remember George
2:52.0	Ash? Remember that? He had the, it was like a pony for the logo. And then starting his own brand,
3:01.2	Kata, selling that, moving on and challenging himself to a whole another new brand, which is his
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