Fashion glasses maker Warby Parker [3] now counts J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler [4] and American Express [5] as two of its latest investors, the New York Times' DealBook reports [6].

Drexler and American Express participated in the glasses purveyor's latest round of financing, which closed in January at $41.5 million.

“Nobody knows retail like Mickey. And within financial services, nobody knows a brand more prominent than American Express,” Warby Parker cofounder Neil Blumenthal [7] told the Times.

The three-year-old New York-based company, which first solidified its brand by selling retro-style eyeglasses for $95, was recently rumored [8] to be in talks with Google [9] to add some consumer-friendly flair to Google Glass [10], the augmented reality headset that will be available for purchase [11] by the end of 2013.

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