Patio Eyewear - Dang Shades high-end sister brand

THE PATIO STORY

Patio started the way most good ideas do — completely by accident.

It’s a passion project from Chris Beresford, founder of Dang Shades, a brand he started in his grandmother’s basement back in 2007.

Fast forward to late July 2023.

Chris sprayed a drive deep into the woods while playing golf. Somewhere in the search for his ball, he came walking out with somebody else’s. Nothing special about it — except one word handwritten across the ball in cursive:

Patio.

For whatever reason, it stuck.

Maybe because in all his years, Chris couldn’t remember ever having a bad time on a patio.

Cold drink. Good people. Sun going down. Music playing. Nowhere you really need to be.

Simple.

And that became the idea behind Patio.

Not another brand trying too hard. Just something inspired by those places and moments where life seems to slow down and everything feels pretty damn good.

There were ideas. Samples. Second thoughts. A few cold-feet moments. And plenty of “Are we really doing this?”

Turns out, we are.

In Fall 2026, the first-ever production run of PATIO officially comes to life.

Born from a terrible golf shot.

Inspired by a random golf ball.

Built around one simple idea:

Life’s pretty good on the Patio.