Moscot

Hyman Moscot arrived at Ellis Island from Eastern Europe in 1899 and sold ready-made spectacles from a pushcart on Orchard Street before opening his first shop, on Rivington Street, in 1915. Five generations on, the family still runs the business from the Lower East Side, with Dr Harvey Moscot as chief executive and his son Zack as chief design officer. The Miltzen, a 1930s shape, and the Lemtosh, from the 1950s, remain its signature frames.