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Chiara Ferragni to release Luxottica-made sunglasses
On March 8, the fashion blogger and designer Chiara Ferragni will be releasing her first eyewear capsule, two sunglass models produced by Luxottica, through Sunglass Hut and, in Italy, Salmoiraghi & Viganò. Both of these chains are controlled by Luxottica. Ferragni has advised Sunglass Hut on style in the past. ...
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Safilens’ new contacts medicate the eye
Safilens’ new contact lenses, called Delivery Tyro, dose the eye with synthesized versions of substances found in plants and microbes to effect a “normalization” of the eye’s development, especially in children and young adults. The company is calling these substances lachryceuticals: literally, tear drugs. In particular, Delivery Tyro lenses release ...
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Dragon Eyewear is out fishing
Dragon Eyewear is introducing a collection of sunglasses designed for the anglers out there. The XP Fishing Collection – itself part of the XP Cross-Performance line – comprises four models and a seven lens tints for deep-sea, in-shore, sunrise or sunset fishing. The frames are made of an injection-molded thermoplastic ...
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Inspecs releases a green line
Inspecs has launched a line of eyewear called Botaniq, with 48 SKUs in 16 styles. The name derives from the frames’ biodegradable materials, adopted in response to consumer demand. These include cork, bamboo, recycled stainless steel and a bio-based acetate called Natura, which abides by ISO14855 and has been certified ...
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ArticleThélios, Mazzucchelli, Eastman to work on sustainable innovation
Thélios, the Italian eyewear manufacturer resulting from a joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin, the Italian acetate-sheet manufacturer Mazzucchelli 1849 and the American specialty chemical group Eastman have joined forces to develop sustainable innovation in the eyewear industry. “Sustainability has become a business imperative. We have chosen to team up ...
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Giorgio Armani to include sustainable eyewear
The Italian fashion company Giorgio Armani will include ecologically sustainable eyewear models for its brands Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A|X Armani Exchange. During 2021, about 20 new sunglasses and prescription frames, for men and women, will be introduced using recycled and recyclable materials. The lenses will be partially made ...
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ArticleItochu and Aquafil join forces to sell recycled nylon
The Japanese trading company Itochu and the Italian chemical firm Aquafil have entered a partnership to promote and expand the businesses of circular nylon production. In 2011, Aquafil created the Econyl Regeneration System that turns recovered nylon waste such as fishing nets, carpets and post-industrial waste back to caprolactam (CPL), ...
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Zenni solves the mask-fog problem
Zenni says that it has found an affordable way to eliminate one of the annoyances of the Covid-19 era. The online eyewear retailer is offering lenses with an anti-fog and anti-relective coating for $12.95. Each pair comes with a lens cloth that “activates the anti-fog properties”. Lenses wiped with the ...
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Red Bull SPECT Eyewear sponsors Mathilde Gremaud
Since the beginning of the year, Red Bull SPECT Eyewear is the new ski goggle sponsor of the Swiss free style skier Mathilde Gremaud. SPECT Eyewear is a brand of the Austrian firm Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG), which has been working in collaboration with the Austrian energy drink brand ...
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Giro will introduce a smaller version of its Contour goggle
Giro Sport Design has announced the launch of the Contour RS (RS for “reduced size”), a new version of its Contour goggle designed for skiers and snowboarders who have smaller-than-average faces. The Giro Contour RS is said to deliver the same level of performance and crisp visibility as its sibling, ...
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Oakley introduces custom eyewear
Oakley is permitting customers to configure their eyewear to match their favorite (NFL or MLB) sports team, their equipment or their stylistic preference. Between the frames, the lens tints, the lens etchings, the icons, the ear socks, the stems and various decorations, there are more than 40 million possible combinations ...
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Thélios launches the eyewear brand 9.81
Thélios, the joint venture between the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH and Marcolin, launched the men’s luxury eyewear brand 9.81, its first independent label. So far, the Italian eyewear manufacturer, which was created in 2017, has produced collections for LVMH brands.The eyewear-only brand ”tells the story of determined men, who ...
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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 ...
