Sheila Vance is widely regarded as one of the world’s most talented and innovative eyewear designers.  After leading the field for nearly two decades, Vance founded Sama Eyewear and revolutionized the industry with the introduction of Sama: an unparalleled luxury fashion eyewear collection organized into categories (Day, Evening, Resort, Sport, Petite) designed to help customers select frames that best suit their needs.

The name Sama (an ancient term meaning “…there is no beginning, no end…”) personifies the company’s philosophy of harmonizing the best elements of the past, present and future.  Sama utilizes only original designs, luxurious materials (pure titanium, exotic woods and Japanese zyl) and the most advanced production technologies (laser etching, gradient metal plating and custom lamination), yet hand assembles and finishes all of its eyewear in Japan to achieve the incomparable fit-and-finish of a bygone era.