Indy Sunglasses

  INDY is a women-led, affordable, fashion-forward eyewear brand based in Brooklyn, NY. Designer and founder, Indie McFarlane, who grew up in Scotland, had a huge passion for sunglasses, leading her to launch INDY (a play on her name) from her bedroom floor, using her pay checks from her bar jobs to invest into her start-up. Indie then moved the brand over to New York at the age of 22. Indie has always said how confident sunglasses make her feel, so she wanted to share that confidence with others through her own designs. INDY quickly became well known for its vintage-inspired affordable eyewear with modern twists, including colorful transparent lenses, exaggerated shapes and snappy wording on frames. 90% of INDY's designs are made from biodegradable acetate when most sunglasses in the industry are made with plastic. Biodegradable acetate is a material derived from renewable resources such as wood pulp or cotton fiber. If the sunglasses are disposed of in a landfill or natural environme