Questions about Oakley OPDs in Germany

[PharmaVanEkel]

Hey guys, I just realised that I have never made a proper introduction post and I had a few questions so I might as well

My name is Nael and I'm from Germany, I'm in my early twenties so I wasn't around/way too young in Oakley's "golden age" and before it was sold to Luxottica. I have always been interested in general and industrial scifi media and aesthetics, and fashion has always been important to me since my teenage years, especially well made clothes that combine technical innovation and function like Y-3 and Acronym. So these interests brought me to Oakley a few years ago, but I just recently started acquire some cool Oakley pieces like the badman, some rocketfuel pants and a cool Oakley mirror. Which brings me to my question: When did the oakley stores in germany close? i did some research and found out that there used to be some oakley exclusive stores for example in berlin and hamburg. But I cannot find anything online about them closing. Also, are there any Oakley Exclusive Stores left like there used to be? Also, were they called OPDs? Which I think stands for Oakley Premium Dealer, which I think you cannot really say about the Oakley retailers I have seen in Germany. (Also I think OPDs used to have some cool exclusive stuff like licensed stands and displays) They are mostly just some opticians that only have a few pairs of Oakleys. There is some luxury eyewear store in my city that had the latest MUZM Subzero but besides that they have a small oakley showcase which is the closest ive ever seen to a good selection of oakleys since they mostly only ever carry the same ones every retailer that sells oakley carries.

 

[Gunn]

The Berlin store closed around 2018, the Hamburg store about two years later.
Germany doesn't have any special stores like OPD's or so. There are some Outlets (Zweibrücken, Wolfsburg), an official store in Munich, a special old school store in Eching called Factory Pilots, a licensed store in the Mall of Berlin and opticians throughout the country. Luxottica doesn't set on brand stores, they distribute their stuff through common retailers, who offer all Lux brands.
There are no exclusive or limited editions you can buy in German stores. It's a privilige of US stores, I afraid.

 

[Carrera1963]

The Oakley store in Berlin near the Hackescher Markt has closed, but the big one in the Mall of Berlin is still there. The other pic is of a pop up in Bikini Berlin that is probably long gone. The Munich shop on Sendlinger Str. is still there too.