There’s more to Maho Shades than meets the eye Updated Feb 02, 2021; Posted Feb 02, 2021 Alex and Kris Anderson, the founders of Maho Shades, live in Orange Beach, Ala., where they recently opened the company's first retail location. Facebook Share A quick glance at the Maho Shades Instagram page shows beautiful people sporting sunglasses that reflect the sea and sky, living adventurous lives on exotic beaches. The company’s founders, Kris and Alex Anderson, have been there, done that – which is what led them to start their own business making sturdy, stylish yet affordable sunglasses. Until last November, the couple had kept a relatively low profile on their company’s social media pages. They live in Orange Beach, Ala., where he’s a lawyer and she’s an interior designer, with their two young children, a son named Whit who is four and a daughter, Ari, 18 months.