New stores keep popping up across Garden City Center, with the latest installment being Warby Parker at 39 Hillside Road, #9013. The eyeglass store opened Nov. 5 and seeks to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose and style.

“Wherever and whenever you need it, we’re there to make exceptional vision care simple and accessible,” said Warby Parker in a recent release.

Warby Parker was founded in 2010, opening its first storefront in 2013. Currently, there is one other Warby Parker store in Rhode Island located on Thayer Street in Providence.

“Our goal is to always meet our customers where they are and we’re thrilled to continue expanding our retail presence in Rhode Island. Garden City Center has been a staple in the Cranston community for decades and we’re so happy to join this center and make it even more convenient for our Rhode Island customers to access affordable, holistic vision care,” said Warby Parker Senior Vice President of Retail Sandy Gilsenan.

Every Warby Parker location is equipped with a reference desk where customers can consult with employees for styling advice, pick up orders, frame adjustments and more. The store has a range of lens types for eyeglasses and sunglasses including light-responsive, blue-light-filtering and anti-fatigue and progressives.

“We offer everything you need for happier eyes at a price that leaves you with money in your pocket,” read the release.

Light-responsive lenses are offered in three colors (grey, brown, and green). Individuals shopping for prescription sunglasses can customize their lens color in grey, green, violet and more.

The store also offers its own contact lens brand, Scout by Warby Parker and has dozens of top contacts brands including Acuvue, Biofinity and DAILIES. The store also sells eyewear accessories including eyewear pouches, cases and Warby Parker’s Clean My Lenses Kit with Anti-Fog Spray.

For every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold, a pair of glasses is distributed to someone in need through Warby Parker’s Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. As of 2022, over 10 million pairs have been distributed.

The interior artwork is unique to each Warby Parker store and the company often collaborates with artists who have a personal connection to the city or town where Warby Parker is opening. For the Garden City Center location, Warby Parker partnered with local artist and Rhode Island School of Design graduate Anthony Russo. He is a freelance illustrator and his clients include The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Esquire, LA Times, Random House, Harper Collins and more. His illustrations have been showcased in Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society Of Illustators, Print and Graphis and has won numerous awards.

Warby Parker’s full collection of eyewear and contacts are available to shop online or with the Warby Parker app. You can see yourself in your favorite frames through our Home Try-On program (take a quiz to find five frames to try), as well as our Virtual Try-On tool in the Warby Parker app (try on glasses wherever, whenever with an iPhone X and above). If you need help finding your fit, the store’s app offers a tool to assist in selecting the best width from available sizes.

This location also offers eye exams for a new prescription and comprehensive eye health check with an expert optometrist. Or, if you’re eligible, you can use our Virtual Vision Test app to renew your glasses or contacts prescription from home. All you need is an iPhone 6s or above. f you have vision insurance, an FSA, or an HSA, chances are you can use it toward eyeglasses, prescription sunglasses, contact lenses, eye exams, and even select accessories.

The store is open Monday through Saturday from 11a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.