How Tony Stark Gets His Glasses

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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 🤯

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@paulang1054]

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

[@jamesgoodman2058]

This is a exceptional video! Thanks for making it!

[@OGxGINO]

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

[@Phar2Rekliss]

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

[@aishwaryshukla8880]

0:42

[@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

[@CDSXCalibur]

I need the ones from the film

[@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

[@asadque]

Amazing

[@josefincastelar1081]

1:08 Tony starkish

[@shaikshameela521]

Where do I get it ??

[@arjunchaudhary3867]

edith was the name of hawkeye's father

[@basicallysus7242]

owner of nebula ??

[@mricaint2355]

Good now add blue tooth to them 😆

[@ric-sd1wb]

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

[@paige_5768]

hello this is mikes dad :)

[@vector3578]

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

[@vanishthecat]

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.

[@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?

[@axel.barreau]

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

[@therealjoe2840]

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

[@JustcallmeJayrot]

I know Dave has got a million other things going on, and KZbin 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

[@inSpyr]

That was phenomenal, thanks for putting this together Dave 👏

[@TheCho5enJuan]

Man I'm pretty amped to watch this!

[@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.

[@samay.]

This is a unique style of video and I appreciate it

[@armanke13]

9 months to make one.. holy

[@DoctorWho7258]

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

[@roushfenway1fan]

Fantastic video!

[@thatbudguy1328]

This is awesome.

[@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.

[@Sonu_Jaya]

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