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Dragon Eyewear introduces women’s collection
The Californian brand Dragon Eyewear is releasing its first sunglass collection for women. According to Susan Moniello – vice president of design and product development at Marchon Eyewear, which produces the brand – this is a natural next step after the release in September of a stand-alone women’s model called ...
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ArticleEssilor, Luxottica launch their first joint product
Essilor and Luxottica have launched their first joint product with the latest edition of Ray-Ban Authentic. It will be launched in the U.S. on Jan. 19. According to EssilorLuxottica, the group resulting from the merger between the French ophthalmic lens producer and the Italian frame maker on Oct.1, 2018, the ...
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Optic Nerve releases self-tinting glasses
Optic Nerve Eyewear has released a variant of the FixieMax frame, which made its debut earlier this year. The Photomatic FixieMax has the same Castor Bean Resin G850 frame and technical specifications but adds a light-adjusting lens. This ranges from a nearly clear 84 percent VLT (visual light transmission) to ...
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Mojo Vision partners with Menicon for smart contact lens research
Menicon, the Japanese contact lens company, and Mojo Vision, a Silicon Valley-based tech company have agreed on a joint research partnership for the development of smart contact lenses. Founded in 2015, Mojo Vision has raised over $150 million from various technology investors to develop its augmented reality (AR) contact lens ...
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Wood Light introduces volcanic frames
Wood Light, the French brand of handcrafted wooden frames, has introduced a capsule collection of frames made with both wood and volcanic rock. The idea originated with a chef, Adrien Descouls, who wanted a pair of glasses to celebrate the volcanoes of the Auvergne region of France. Descouls spoke with ...
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News briefsDecathlon's Quechua brand offers prescription sunglasses
Quechua, Decathlon’s private label of outdoor products, has introduced a model of sunglasses fitted with corrective lenses. The MH580 is intended to meet the needs of the many outdoor enthusiasts who suffer from vision problems. The new prescription sunglasses are sold exclusively on a digital platform at decathlon-optique.fr, which can ...
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Porsche Design releases new sunglasses for 2020
Porsche Design is introducing a few models for its 2020 line of sunglasses. One is a new take on the P’8478 model. Designed by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and released in 1978, this was the brand’s first pair of sunglasses, and purportedly the first sunglasses anywhere to have interchangeable lenses. The ...
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ArticleRevo partners with Bode Miller
Bode Miller, the most decorated American skier in history, has agreed to a long-term partnership with Revo, the 35-year-old brand of high-performance sunglasses, which has just come out with a new co-branded capsule collection of high-performance snow goggles. Miller, who previously wore various brands of ski goggles without endorsing any ...
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New motocross goggles from Red Bull Spect Eyewear
Red Bull Spect Eyewear has developed a new pair of motocross goggles, called Strive, in collaboration with Luc Ackermann, the FMX World Champion and holder of four world records. According to the company, the goggles expand the field of vision by 15 percent in comparison with older models thanks to ...
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GlassesUSA.com launches sale of audio glasses
The online retailer GlassesUSA.com has started the commercialization of Revel Tune audio glasses with customizable lens options, including, among others, Transitions lenses, sunglasses, blue light blocking lenses and polarized lenses. The collection starts retailing at $138 a pair. For clients without a prescription, the platform’s Prescription Scanner app can extract ...
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News briefsInspecs extends license agreement with O’Neill
Inspecs has agreed a new “long-term” license agreement with O’Neill, the international surf and snowwear brand. The companies have working together since 2013 and no further details on the length of the renewal were released. As part of O’Neill’s sustainability initiatives, Inspecs has recently created a frame for the brand ...
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Bollé launches augmented reality experience for contactless sales
This summer, Bollé launched an app that allows users to try out Bollé’s Phantom Glass technology directly on a smartphone, a first on the sports market. Now the company introduced a new augmented reality (AR) filter with the help of its partners QReal and M7 Innovations. Consumers can not only ...
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WhatsApp to add in-app purchases, enterprise message hosting
Facebook will soon be adding in-app purchases and enterprise message hosting to WhatsApp. Companies will be able to use Facebook Shops – the e-commerce platform that made its debut in May and feeds into all Facebook apps – to sell products through the messaging app. Companies will also be able ...
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Blenders launches winter collection
Safilo’s unit Blenders Eyewear of San Diego, California, has launched its winter collection, called Snow 2021, with new goggles and the company’s first accessories and helmets. There are 26 goggle models, 13 each in two collections called Aura and Nebula. All have been designed in consultation with Blenders athletes, among ...
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Marcolin puts out high-tech Adidas snow goggles
As the new licensee for Adidas eyewear, the Marcolin Group has announced the availability of two Adidas Terrex Snow Goggle models, each with a different lens and both made in Italy. The E-SUNTM VARIATM lens on the SP0039 has a toric shape and adjusts in less than 40 seconds to ...
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ArticleNew CEO and brand positioning for Hoya Vision Care
Hoya has announced the appointment of Alexandre Montague as the new CEO of Hoya Vision Care, the lens division of the Japanese group. The French eyewear industry veteran started in this position in August, after spending six months at the helm of Hoya Eye Care, the company managing the contact ...
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Bollé’s new lenses have computer-designed pigments
Bollé’s new lens, the Volt +, heightens contrast and color to improve depth perception. Technicians at Bollé’s R&D laboratory, called Epic and located in the French city of Lyon, used computers to sort through some 20 million light-wavelength combinations, fine-tuning the lens’s pigments to produce the proper transition curve. The ...
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ArticleMarchon to use Eastman’s sustainable acetate
Marchon announced that it will be the first eyewear company to produce frames using Acetate Renew, a sustainable material produced by the American specialty chemical company Eastman. Unlike other sustainable alternatives, Acetate Renew is indistinguishable from classic acetate, according to Marchon. It plans to start producing acetate sunglasses and ophthalmic ...
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Morel partners with architect Jean Nouvel
Morel, the French eyewear company, has partnered with the French architect Jean Nouvel, famous for the contemporary creations like the Agbar tower in Barcelona, the Cartier foundation in Paris, the New National Museum of Qatar and others. The capsule collection was first presented at the Silmo Hors les Murs Paris ...
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Dragon Eyewear adds two goggles to its line
Dragon Eyewear is releasing two goggles for the forthcoming winter season. The PXV2 is a new version of the PXV, with the addition of a Swiftlock on its lens. Meanwhile, the RVX OTG features a new version of the Swiftlock itself, Swiftlock 2.0, thanks to which it can be worn ...
