Our Story

Hello!

My name is Karen Lopez-McWilliams, creator of EYE TIE®. I’d love to take a moment and share my personal story behind my passion for eyewear and creating a solution to help lessen the opportunity of breaking, scratching or losing glasses. 

I was born with an eye condition called strabismus, a vision disorder in which eyes don’t align. This created depth perception issues, which led me to falling and appearing clumsy. Needless to say, I was terribly self-conscious and because of thick eyeglasses. I rarely looked people in the eye. 

It took time, but my parents found specialty physicians to perform three eye surgeries. My father worked multiple jobs in order to pay for the prescription glasses, doctor appointments and surgeries. I had to wear eye patches and glasses that either fell off my face or were lopsided. We couldn’t afford to keep buying eye glasses due to them being broken, scratched or lost. 

As I transitioned throughout life from childhood to where I am today, my husband and I continuously pondered on how we could create something to help the life of eyeglasses. Thus, Eye Tie was born. Gone are the days of simply affixing eyeglasses to clothing, handbags or placing them on top of your head in hopes that it won’t result in fallen, broken or lost glasses. EYE TIE® conveniently allows users to secure their eyewear when not in use.

We wanted to solve a universal problem – dropping, misplacing and damaging eyeglasses. Now there’s a universal solution to keep eyeglasses safe and near – the EYE TIE®. 

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about my story, EYE TIE® and how it may help you save your pair of eyeglasses. Purchase your glasses' newest best friend to preserve your frames with EYE TIE®!

Karen & Chalmer McWilliams

Owners & Founders