All Products articles – Page 61
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Nigura Metzler presented the first Aston Martin collection at Silmo...
Nigura Metzler presented the first Aston Martin collection at Silmo after signing the license agreement at the beginning of this year. Also during Silmo, the company announced that it has signed additional agreements with Jacques Lemans and with the Dutch brand Oilily. Both collections are scheduled to be launched at ...
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Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with...
Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with some rather fancy technology, gleaned from its collaboration with the Fiat Style Centre. The result is velvet-smooth, phosphorescent frames, with mirror-effect lenses. Research on materials developed for automobile interiors has been adapted for the miniature scale of eyewear frames, resulting ...
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Cione, the Spanish retail cooperative of opticians, has launched a...
Cione, the Spanish retail cooperative of opticians, has launched a special ultralight progressive lens for women for sale in affiliated stores. The lens was developed after checking out the specs of more than 5,000 women for pupillary distance, reading distance and other parameters. At the same time, another Spanish chain, ...
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Oko, a Paris-based company that produces the Oko by Oko...
Oko, a Paris-based company that produces the Oko by Oko and My Muse brands, is now also distributing a number of other brands, beginning with two Australian collections of sun and prescription eyewear called Le Specs and Ksubi, distributed by Oko in Europe and Canada. The French company has also ...
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Marcolin has renewed its licensing deal with Montblanc whereby it...
Marcolin has renewed its licensing deal with Montblanc whereby it designs, produces and distributes Montblanc optical frames and sunglasses worldwide. The companies have worked together for 10 years; the new deal runs through December 2016.
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Oftalmica Galileo Italia has just introduced its Galileo Ettorino lenses,...
Oftalmica Galileo Italia has just introduced its Galileo Ettorino lenses, designed especially for children. Done as part of a partnership with its distributor Moa Ottica, the lenses are touted as being comfortable and suitable for everyday activities. Through Dec. 31, they will be sold with an accompanying fish-shaped case.
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Oliver Peoples is now selling a new line stemming from...
Oliver Peoples is now selling a new line stemming from a collaboration with the Japanese designer Takahiro Miyashita and his TheSoloIst fashion label. It includes two unisex styles, one for optical frames and one for sunglasses. The Teardrop and Round styles use stock parts (or, if not available, inspiration from) ...
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Sauflon has lauched its Clariti 1-Day contact lenses, which it...
Sauflon has lauched its Clariti 1-Day contact lenses, which it says is the first silicone hydrogel daily disposable toric lenses. Designed for people with astigmatism, the silicone hydrogel material makes them permeable to oxygen. Sauflon will offer free trial lens banks for its high street retailers; for purchase, the new ...
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Orange 21 has launched its 18-piece Spy Rx collection, its...
Orange 21 has launched its 18-piece Spy Rx collection, its first ophthalmic frame collection under the Spy Optics name. The range is targeted at enthusiasts of action sports and multi-sports aged 20 to 50. Each style comes in three colors.
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Zoobug's children's sunglasses designed for the 2012 London Olympics, reported...
Zoobug's children's sunglasses designed for the 2012 London Olympics, reported on in June (Vol. 12-No. 8, June 29), will make their debut at Silmo
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Tumi, the high-end brand of travel and business accessories, has...
Tumi, the high-end brand of travel and business accessories, has a new licensing agreement with REM Eyewear to launch Tumi Eyewear, a collection of sunglasses and optical frames. REM will distribute the lines through its worldwide network of prestigious fashion and eyewear retailers as well as in Tumi stores. The ...
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Mazzucchelli is launching a new type of eco-friendly cellulosic acetate,...
Mazzucchelli is launching a new type of eco-friendly cellulosic acetate, for which it has requested international patent rights. Called M49, it makes use of cotton and wood fibers. The new thermoplastic material uses the same manufacturing process as regular acetate, and it is compatible with other polymers, including polycarbonate.
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Safilo has renewed a license agreement with the New York...
Safilo has renewed a license agreement with the New York fashion brand Kate Spade for four years, until Dec. 31, 2015. The agreement has an option to prolong the license for n additional three years. Safilo has had worldwide rights since 2005 to design, manufacture and distribute women's sunglasses, prescription ...
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Alain Mikli created a weird collection of futuristic sunglasses, some...
Alain Mikli created a weird collection of futuristic sunglasses, some featuring a crest or a triple temple, for the fashion show of Jean Paul Gaultier
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Inspecs has just announced a new licensing deal with Superdry,...
Inspecs has just announced a new licensing deal with Superdry, a fast-growing British brand of “future classic” garments that is now sold in more than 40 territories around the world. Its revenues increased by 71 percent to £237.9 million (€273.7m-$371.1m) in the financial year ended last May. Inspecs' Superdry collection ...
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EyeDispense, the iPad application for optical professionals that was launched...
EyeDispense, the iPad application for optical professionals that was launched in July, has added a new feature that allows opticians to co-brand the app with their corporate logo. The app, designed by David Crystal, an optometrist in Edinburgh, allows for video dispensing, helping clients with poor vision select their ...
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Ron Arad, a famous architect and industrial designer with a...
Ron Arad, a famous architect and industrial designer with a studio based in London, is signing a rather original line of eyewear that will be presented for the first time at Silmo. One of the frames can be adjusted to fit differently shaped heads and noses. Another one is entirely ...
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BBGR, the big French-based subsidiary of Essilor International, is launching...
BBGR, the big French-based subsidiary of Essilor International, is launching a variety of new products including Quadro lenses and Transitions XTRActive photochromic technology. Quadro is low entry-price level back-side progressive lens made with free-form surfacing. Transitions XTRActive is a technology intended mainly for people who spend a lot of time ...
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Working in collaboration with Thai Optical Group and a big...
Working in collaboration with Thai Optical Group and a big French laboratory controlled by Essilor, Novacel Ophthalmique, PPG Industries is releasing Tribid, a new hybrid lens material, initially for the French market. It merges its Trivex material, with its numerous properties, and high-index technology to provide better correction and improved ...
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The French brand Vicomte A has chosen two French eyewear...
The French brand Vicomte A has chosen two French eyewear company, Segur and Grosfilley to be its global licensee for optical frames and sunglasses. Vicomte A already sells through 300 multi-brand stores and 20 of its own boutiques. Grosfilley Lunettes will show off its first collection of Vicomte A eyewear ...
