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Cartier starts new bespoke eyewear service
Cartier Eyewear is launching Set for you by Cartier, a new service for bespoke eyewear available globally for a preselection of rimless sunglasses. Customers will be able to personalize their frames by changing their size, the temples’ design and material, the end tips’ color, the metal finishes and the shape ...
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Charmant Europe launches bio-acetate brand
Charmant Europe is launching GEO Eyewear, a new brand of glasses focusing on sustainability and inclusion, the company announced. Charmant said that the frames were made from bio-acetate material and that all suppliers for the brand were accredited for their social and sustainable policies. Rather than offsetting its emissions, which ...
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News briefsApple’s contribution to eyewear is running late
The brand that made smooth electronics a thing has hit a snag in its product development. Apple was planning to introduce two big products over the next two years or so: first a mixed-reality headset (combining augmented with virtual reality, or AR with VR), then AR glasses. Unfortunately, as Bloomberg ...
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ArticleInnovative Eyewear and ABG partner in smart audio glasses
Innovative Eyewear, a U.S.-based company specializing on smart eyewear with embedded audio technology, announced at the end of 2022 the signature of a new multi-year global license agreement to develop and market smart glasses under the Eddie Bauer brand. The first range is slated for launch in the course of ...
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ArticleTCL and others unveil new smart glasses at the CES show
According to research company Market Research Future, the market for AR and VR smart glasses is expected to grow at an annual average of 13.5 percent until 2030, reaching $26 billion for the 2022-2030 period. Aside from tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Meta, which recently acquired 3D-printed ophthalmic ...
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Marcolin and Harley-Davidson renew and expand partnership
Marcolin has announced the renewal until 2027 of its Harley-Davidson license for the design, production and global distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the famous American motorbike brand. Both companies have been partnering since 2013 and the acquisition of Viva International by the Italian group. The scope of the ...
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News briefsOrtho-k preferred myopia management method, study says
A recent study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and CooperVision Specialty Eyecare suggests that orthokeratology (ortho-k) is, as Cooper’s press release puts it, the “preferred method of myopia management in physically active children and adults.” “Patient and Parent Perceptions of Myopia Modalities” (by L.J. Lattery, C. Chao, ...
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OUT OF widens coverage of its IRID lens technology
OUT OF, the Italian sport eyewear start-up, will be presenting at opti 2023 the second generation of its IRID electronic lenses, which will now also cover filter category S1 in addition to S2 and S3. The brand’s proprietary technology allows the lens to adapt to ambient light in less than ...
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News briefsEtnia Barcelona partners with Barça
Etnia Barcelona is releasing a capsule in collaboration with FC Barcelona, also known as Barça. The collection’s seven designs fall into two categories. The first, 1899 Gold, is a limited edition (1899 pieces) of oversize frames with a “deconstructed and recreated Barça crest” and a finish in 24 karat gold. ...
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EssilorLuxottica adds Swarovski Eyewear to portfolio
Swarovski and EssilorLuxottica have signed an exclusive license agreement for the design, manufacture and global distribution of Swarovski Eyewear. The partnership will be effective until the end of 2028, with a renewal option for an additional five-year term. The first collection will be developped under the leadership of Giovanna Engelbert, ...
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EssilorLuxottica adds new Italian luxury fashion brand license to portfolio
EssilorLuxottica has announced the signature of an exclusive 10-year license agreement for the design, manufacture and distribution of eyewear, optical frames and sunglasses, under the Brunello Cucinelli brand. The new license will take effect on Jan, 1 2023 and the first collection will be marketed in the first quarter of ...
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News briefsWalmart celebrates Elton John's farewell tour with limited edition sunglasses
Walmart is marking Elton John’s retirement – and end of his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” in Los Angeles – with a limited-edition pair of sunglasses within its Elton John Eyewear collection, according to VMail. We reported on the collection’s debut – at Walmart and its subsidiary, Sam’s Club – ...
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Izipizi launches sleep-facilitating glasses
Izipizi is launching Sleeping, a pair of glasses fitted with special lenses that are said to enhance the production of the melatonin hormone and thus reduce the time needed by wearers to fall asleep. The company said that it has developed a specific technology for the plano lenses, called Goodnight, ...
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News briefsCalifornia pile-up not on freeway but in eye
An ophthalmologist in California has removed a stack disposable contacts, 23 lenses thick, from the eye of a woman about 70 years old, The Guardian reports. Dr. Katerina Kurteeva had an assistant record the procedure with a mobile phone and later posted the footage on Instagram, where it went viral. ...
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Safilo to start using Tritan Renew in polarized lenses
The Safilo Group is pursuing its partnership with Eastman with the scheduled introduction of the U.S. chemical supplier’s Tritan Renew material for its polarized lenses. The Italian eyewear manufacturer will start using the material from August 2023 in its Under Armour collections, before a progressive roll-out across its portfolio of ...
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ArticleBollé accelerates in RX
Bollé Brands has announced the launch of a new RX program that will enable its customers in Europe and North America to order its branded eyewear and goggles adapted to their eyesight from the group’s optical network. The new online service includes the brands in the group’s sport and luxury ...
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News briefsRevo releases audio sunglasses
Source: Revo Revo has launched audio sunglasses that combine Bluetooth with the brand’s usual NASA-designed lens polarization. Called Sonic, the sunglasses enable wearers to “field phone calls, listen to music, and, with an optional app, monitor their fitness workouts” without earphones or earbuds. A touch of the ...
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HOYA shares more myopia control research data
During the myopia symposium hosted by HOYA Vision Care at the International Myopia Conference in Rotterdam earlier this month, several ophthalmology experts shared new data on the performance of MiYOSMART, the Japanese group’s myopia control lens. Research by Dr. Andrea Lembo of the University Hospital San Giuseppe Multimedica in Milan ...
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Marchon secures Paul Smith license
Marchon Eyewear has reached an exclusive, long-term global licensing deal with Paul Smith, the independent design company in the U.K., for which it has been serving as North American distributor. Coming into force in January 2023, the deal will cover design, manufacture and global distribution. According to Marchon, “customers can ...
