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EssilorLuxottica, Safilo announce licensed portfolio updates
EssilorLuxottica has announced the signature of a 10-year license agreement with Jimmy Choo for the design, production and global distribution of Jimmy Choo Eyewear. The agreement will be effective from Jan. 1, 2024 with an automatic renewal option for five more years. Sandra Choi, Jimmy Choo’s creative director, will oversee ...
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ArticleDe Rigo celebrates 40 years of Police
The De Rigo group celebrated the 40th anniversary of its house-brand Police with a large-scale and festive event in Rome on Wednesday last week. Dubbed “Daring Evolution”, the anniversary party gathered more than 500 guests, including De Rigo’s subsidiaries, distributors, licensing partners and customers, coming from over 80 countries around ...
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ArticleVuzix OEM consumer smart eyewear business enters countdown phase
Vuzix’ management was not short of images, martial or witty, to describe the state of its business to its shareholders during the annual meeting held at the group’s headquarters last week: shipping boats, battleships, a dog and even a frog helped to convey the company’s expectations for its imminent takeoff, ...
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Innovative Eyewear expands partnership with Authentic Brands Group
Miami-based Innovative Eyewear has announced the signature of a new license agreement with Authentic Brands Group (ABG) for the development and global distribution of Reebok-branded smart eyewear. Both companies already have similar agreements in place for Eddie Bauer and Nautica, two other brands in ABG’s portfolio. Founded in 2019, Innovative ...
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News briefsZeiss to supply lenses for new Apple’s headset
Zeiss will be offering corrective optical inserts for Apple’s new Vision Pro augmented-reality (AR) headset. According to TechCrunch, these inserts will be magnetic. As readers might recall from our reports in January and March, Apple has of late both reduced and expanded its ambitions in AR, scrapping plans for ...
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News briefsiPhone update to help prevent myopia
With the release this autumn of its latest operating system, iOS 17, Apple is adding two features to the iPhone to help prevent and manage myopia, especially in children. Both function through the Health App, which can pair the phone with an iPad or an Apple Watch. One feature makes ...
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Safilo adds Etro license to portfolio
The Safilo Group has announced a 10-year license agreement with Etro for the design, manufacture and global distribution of Etro-branded optical frames and sunglasses. The first collections will be presented for the spring-summer 2024 season. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, Etro describes itself as a lifestyle ...
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ArticleMaterialise and Vuzix join forces in smart eyewear
Smart glasses supplier Vuzix and 3D-printing company Materalise have announced the start of their collaboration in the area of consumer smart eyewear; a market that is believed to be on the verge of mass adoption after years of development. As previously reported, the U.S.-based tech company is ramping up its ...
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Tooz presents smart glasses with individual vision correction at trade show
Tooz, the smart glasses unit of the Zeiss Group, will showcase its prescription smart glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA trade show starting today and lasting until June 2 in Santa Clara, California. The complete customer experience will be presented at its booth where visitors will be able ...
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ArticleNIDEK launches time-saving automated refraction software for ECPs
Japanese-based optical equipment maker NIDEK is introducing FARS, which stands for Fully Assisted Refraction System and is an optional kit to the company’s TS-610, its latest generation tabletop refraction machine. FARS consists of application software, compatible with tablets and PCs, and a joystick controller, and enables patients to perform the ...
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ArticleDo soft contacts contain PFAS?
An American blog has commissioned a laboratory to test 18 varieties of soft contact lens, from three brands, and found that all contain the same “marker” – an organic fluorine – for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. PFAS are commonly called “forever chemicals,” because they do not break down ...
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica unveils Ray-Ban Reverse collection
EssilorLuxottica has officially announced the launch of Ray-Ban Reverse, giving more details on the new sunglasses that were described as a “revolution” and a “reinvention” during the group’s last financial results presentation. The Reverse collection’s innovation lies in the design of the frames lenses that come with an inverted look ...
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Vuzix bullish about smart eyewear adoption by fashion glasses brands
Presenting its Q1 financial results earlier this week, smart glasses manufacturer Vuzix gave an update on the development of its Vuzix Ultralite OEM platform which the company said had an array of customers lining up, across different sectors. These include fashion glasses companies but also companies in the sporting goods, ...
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LVMH brings Bulgari eyewear license home
Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, has announced the signature of a new eyewear license with Bulgari, also an entity of the French luxury group. The agreement will start on January next year and includes the design, production and distribution of Bulgari-branded eyewear. The announcement was widely expected following the ...
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News briefsNational Vision gives a nod to mental health
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, National Vision has released a new limited edition of 24 frame models, in a variety of shapes and colors, some with a two-tone design, all with an icon of the month’s symbol, a green ribbon. The line is called See Inside, and the ...
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News briefsOliver Peoples partners with Federer on co-branded eyewear
Oliver Peoples, a brand of EssilorLuxottica, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Roger Federer for the design, manufacture and worldwide distribution of co-branded eyewear under the RF - Oliver Peoples’ name until 2025. The first collection will be available in the spring of next year.
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News briefsMiami eyewear company invites you to ditch the keyboard
Innovative Eyewear has both released an app for its smart eyewear and filed for a patent in the U.S. for the app’s software. Available for both the iOS and Android operating systems, the Lucyd app provides a vocal interface for chatbots, such as ChatGPT. “The user can ask questions to ...
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News briefsNew frames at Sea2see
Sea2see has added seven wraparound frames, for land and water sports, to its Seastainable Sunglasses Collection for spring/summer 2023. All are made in Italy of the company’s fully upcycled marine plastic, come in various sizes, have adjustable temples and are fitted with UV 400 Cat 3 Italian polycarbonate polarized lenses. ...
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HOYA expands MiYOSMART range with sun lenses
HOYA Vision Care has announced the expansion of its myopia management lens’ range with the addition of two sun lenses. Dubbed MiYOSMART Chameleon for the photochromic lens and MiYOSMART Sunbird for the polarized lens, both products will be based on the D.I.M.S technology that the group developed for its MiYOSMART ...
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Essilux-Bulgari eyewear license to expire at the end of the year
Italian news agency Ansa and other media in the country report that the eyewear license between Bulgari, a brand of the LVMH group, and EssilorLuxottica will not be extended when it expires at the end of this year. It seems very likely that Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, will ...
