Latest News Briefs – Page 231
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At the Silmo fair in Paris later this week, Menrad...
At the Silmo fair in Paris later this week, Menrad is unveiling a new collection of 21 styles of sunglasses signed by L'Wren Scott, the tall American designer who owes much of her fame to her long-standing relationship with the signer Mick Jagger. A former model, she has designed clothes ...
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Bellinger is launching a more advanced, limited-edition version of its...
Bellinger is launching a more advanced, limited-edition version of its Blac frame, the world's first adjustable carbon fiber eyewear frame, which its introduced in 2008. Still handmade at the Bellinger House in Risskov, Denmark, and available in eight different models, Blac+ features a unique 3D-lasered polyamide front, using a 3D ...
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Carrera, the fast-growing house brand of Safilo, has conceived “Pocket...
Carrera, the fast-growing house brand of Safilo, has conceived “Pocket Flag 3” and “Champion Fold,” two new series of folding glasses. The joint on the temples conceals the mechanism making it possible to fold up the frame, which can then be stored into a special case. While being extremely practical ...
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Vanni Eyewear shared the runway with creations by designer Cristiano...
Vanni Eyewear shared the runway with creations by designer Cristiano Burani during this year's Women's Fashion Week in Milan. Vanni had created exclusively for the fashion show a single eyewear model, in a variety of colors but with emphasis on yellow and a rectangular wraparound with a futuristic look, in ...
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Derapage, one of the brands of Italy's Vanni Eyewear, features...
Derapage, one of the brands of Italy's Vanni Eyewear, features a new and innovative metal frame, called MoleCube, whose hinges are hidden in the temples. They are based on a simple, patented system involving a square screw and a small cube inserted into the temple.
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Ciba Vision, which is now part of Alcon, is putting...
Ciba Vision, which is now part of Alcon, is putting out a new monthly contact lens, the Air Optix Night & Day Aqua, with enhanced comfort features. Made with silicon hydrogel, it has been certified for use day and night for up to 30 consecutive days. It is easier to ...
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On Sept. 12, the German contact lens manufacturer Sauflon presented...
On Sept. 12, the German contact lens manufacturer Sauflon presented a new type of daily contact lenses in Frankfurt. The first multifocal silicone hydrogel daily lens from Sauflon is called Clariti 1day Multifocal and offers the wearer a smooth transition from the center to the long distance zone. An advanced ...
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Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology...
Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon have developed glasses that allow a deaf person to “see.” When a loud sound is made, such as the honk of a car, an array of seven microphones, mounted on the frame of the glasses, pinpoints the ...
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Carrera has chosen Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam to be its new creative...
Carrera has chosen Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam to be its new creative agency. Their first collaborative project will be a teaser campaign launching later this year in conventional and online media and at sales outlets worldwide. In the first quarter of 2013, they will launch their first full-fledged international campaign.
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Just in time for its 100th anniversary, Zeiss publishes a...
Just in time for its 100th anniversary, Zeiss publishes a book under the title 'Better vision: Carl Zeiss ophthalmic optics from 1912- 2012.' The 128 page book provides insights into the history of the famous German lens manufacturer through interviews, background information and photographs. With historical documents and material from ...
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Optic 2000 has launched a new animation on its website,...
Optic 2000 has launched a new animation on its website, called “My People's Choice,” to help draw traffic to its e-commerce platform last May 15. Yesterday, less than one week after it went online, the French cooperative said the new page had received more than three million unique visits. Until ...
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Optissimo's sponsorship of the eighth edition of the Palermo-Montecarlo regatta,...
Optissimo's sponsorship of the eighth edition of the Palermo-Montecarlo regatta, from Aug. 18-23, was on the wave of eco-sustainability. Optissimo is one of the retail banners of Randazzo, the Italian group based in Palermo that operates 189 stores under that Optissimo, Randazzo and Ottica Romani brands. At the end of ...
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The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until...
The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until midnight on Friday and Saturday to allow some exhibitors to stage events in the evening. The schedule of the shuttles has been expanded. A new smartphone app will allow visitors to check out any information immediately. Silmo will showcase at ...
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The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen...
The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen by a jury of exports, buyers and journalists among the nominees listed in the chart on the next page. They will be announced during a special gala evening that will be held in the Cité du Cinéma of Saint-Denis, the ...
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Charmant, Face à Face, Ic! Berlin, Lindberg and Marius Morel...
Charmant, Face à Face, Ic! Berlin, Lindberg and Marius Morel are among the winners of the annual “Eyewear of the Year” awards handed out by IOFT, the eyewear exhibition due to take place in Tokyo on Oct. 22-24. The management of the fair is expecting 350 premium buyers from other ...
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Unaudited figures from International Vision Expo West, held Sept. 5-8...
Unaudited figures from International Vision Expo West, held Sept. 5-8 in Las Vegas, show that 8,209 people visiting the exhibition hall, about the same figure as last year. Adding in the 3,868 eye care professionals who took advantage of the 350 hours of continuing education, the total number of eye ...
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This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on...
This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on how to increase the penetration rate of contact lenses in Europe. In most European countries, the penetration rate is low compared with Japan and the U.S. The speakers at the forum will explain why and outline what their respective organizations ...
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The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, BMWi, will...
The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, BMWi, will be supporting young and innovative eyewear companies with a special aid program. According to the GMH, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich, which is being rebranded as Maximeyes Opti, the BMWi will be assuming up to €7,500 of ...
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The 22nd edition of the annual Tour Auto Optic 2000,...
The 22nd edition of the annual Tour Auto Optic 2000, scheduled for Apr. 22-27 next year, will see two new sponsors joining the Optic 2000 chain: the private Edmond de Rothschild bank and a Swiss watchmaker, Hublot. A combination of tourism and motor racing, the event continues the tradition of ...
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Joseph Hatchiguian, the founder and chief executive of Sporoptic Pouilloux...
Joseph Hatchiguian, the founder and chief executive of Sporoptic Pouilloux from 1957 to the end of 2009, when it was sold to Alain Mikli International, passed away last July 25 at the age of 78. In 1966, he created the brand of sunglasses, Vuarnet, named after French skiing Olympic champion ...
