Every first and third Thursday of the month, we will take a look at the latest collections in the eyewear industry. Enjoy the read!
Charmant
New from Charmant are two new optical styles for Isaac Mizrahi New York that help put a sophisticated finishing touch on every outfit. The new IM30024 is a chic round frame with feminine design details, available in unique variations of blue and pink, as well as a simple and solid black. And IM30025 (pictured right) is an oversized cat-eye frame for the sophisticated woman who likes her eyewear to add something extra to her everyday look, available in brown, burgundy and gray.
The new Charmant Perfect Comfort brand has been designed for modern men and women with an active lifestyle. This scientifically engineered and ergonomically designed eyewear offers the best fit for the wearer, combining different materials including Excellence Titan for ultimate flexibility plus adaptive nose pads and contoured end tips. For men, style CH12316 features a trendy slim milling rim and is finished to perfection with integrated flexible temple parts made from Excellence Titan that are delicately put into focus thanks to the eye-catching color accents, while CH12317 is a piece of discreet luxury, featuring a nylor front crafted from thin titanium and finished with flexible Excellence Titan details on the temples. And for women, style CH10614 has a feminine and slightly roundish front shape and hand-painted color line accent on the temples, and CH10615 is a slight cat-eye shaped model available in brown, purple and red.
And Charmant also recently launched new styles for ELLE Eyewear that captures the idea of modern femininity and the “Femme moderne.” New style EL13436 is tailored to suit the lifestyle of modern Parisian women, with a fluid design inspiration elegantly followed through from the smooth round front shape to the tips of the temple. EL13438 is a feminine eye-catcher with criss-cross metal detail on the temple and a fluid temple shape, and new style EL13439 features modern lines and criss-cross detail in a soft rectangular shape metal frame.
ImageWear
ImageWear recently launched four new styles in its signature fashion collection: Betsey Johnson. Geek is a retro delight with a tortoise brow and temples, available in brown/blue or purple, while Label features a trendy shape highlighted by tortoise detailing inside each temple and a gold Betsey Johnson logo plaque. Obsessed (pictured left) is a statement piece with an over-the-tope daring shape and rich tortoise textures. And Rock'em is a versatile design that takes on two personalities depending on your choice between an ever-popular clear zyl or a rich blue dazzler.
Marcolin Eyewear
New from Marcolin Eyewear is the Autumn/Winter 2017-2018 Eyewear Collection from Roberto Cavalli, featuring exclusive combinations of diverse materials for sophisticated results. In the optical collection, new style RC5031 features a slightly cat-eye shaped frame that sparkles with diamond effect metal accents placed on the temples and on the front ends to enhance the feminine shape. Optical style RC5041 is an extremely feminine shape studded with over 70 crystals on the brow line, and RC5045 features an acetate front with a slightly rounded shape and metal temples crafted with a "braided" effect. And for the sunglass collection, RC1026 uses metal to recreate the iconic snake in a single detail, while RC1047 uses multi-layered acetate to make a bold fashion statement. Style RC1050 is a bold cat-eye bejeweled with over 250 studs set by hand, while the square-shaped RC1051 is upgraded with a contrasting combination of acetates exclusive to this collection. And sunglass style RC1055 (pictured right) features an unusual transparent butterfly shape produced through an innovative technique of injected acetate on the temples.
Also new from Marcolin is the SKECHERS Kids Eyewear Summer 2017 Eyewear Collection, featuring brand-driven designs with unique styling, colors and details in demand among today's kids and tweens. For boys, new optical style SE1145 features a rounded flat metal front design with black laminate temples detailed with a raised rubber Sketchers "S" logo for a sporty look, while SE1147 is a sports-inspired lifestyle design with a metal front in a rectangular shape. And for girls, new optical style SE1624 has a soft cat-eye silhouette in bold colorations, with sparkling glitter adding a splash of fun to the metal temples. Also for girls, SE1625 features epoxy flower detailing enhanced with rhinestones on its metal temples, while the handmade acetate design of SE1627 offers translucent colorations of violet crystal, pink crystal or blue fuchsia crystal in a shiny finish.
And Marcolin also recently launched new styles from the Harley-Davidson® Tween Eyewear 2017 Collection, appealing to today's tween boy. The rectangular front and sleek temples of style HD0127T are crafted in acetate in black, dark havana with red temples or dark blue with black temples, while style HD0128T shares the same temple treatment and sports a rectangular stainless-steel front in a satin finish. Acetate style HD0129T features a contemporary modified-rectangle front and ribbed detailing on the temples, and HD0130T offers an innovative rectangular design with a rubberized stainless-steel front. And The retro-inspired front design of style HD0131T is crafted in acetate in dual tones of black over grey or navy over light blue, as well as dark havana.
Morel Lunettes
New from Morel Lunettes is Fuchsia 3 from Koali (pictured left). This season, Koali has reissued its flagship concept, Fuchsia, adding acetate frames in exclusive colors. The face of the Fuchsia 3 is made from acetate, with an overlapping stainless steel top bar with light and airy lines that evoke the petals of a fuchsia flower. The temples, which are made of stainless steel end in heat adjustable temple tips. The Fuchsia concept is available in six shapes, and the patterns and colors of the face and the acetate temple tips were created in house by Koali’s designers. The color palette available for the Fuchsia range plays with both warm and cool colors as well as bright and pastel tones.
Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban® recently launched its newest metal style The Marshal (pictured right), fusing the unique angled profile of The Hexagonal and the flat upper bar and temples of The General for a distinctive look. The Marshal is available in seven refined color options, including polished gold, silver and gunmetal and modern total black, with iconic G15, polar green and grey gradient lenses and three new gradient mirror shades for a more contemporary look.
Tura Inc.
New from Tura Inc.is the 2017 Brendel Fall Collection, featuring extremely feminine shapes and luxurious details such as unique wrapped metal end pieces. The collection also embodies the trend of sheer layering, employing a variety of cutting effects to expose unexpected colors, creating custom acetate combinations, and layering metal and acetate.New Brendel style 924017 is a wearable soft square shape with a sheer layer on the frame front and a unique backside cut down exposing unique depths and layering, while 924019 has a feminine square shape with a puzzle-piece lamination technique in the temporal corners. New style 924023 is a soft square shape with a cut-down on the brow exposes a second layer of color, and 924024 (pictured left) is a deeper square-shaped frame available in three custom front-to-back laminations with a brow cut-down that exposes a second layer of color.
Wiley X
Wiley X®, Inc. has added a new version of its WX Boss Climate Control™ sunglass designed for those who love to hunt, shoot and fish (pictured right). The new WX Boss combines Wiley X’s advanced Polarized Venice Gold Mirror Lenses with a frame dressed in Kryptek® Highlander® camouflage. Unlike traditional leaf and stick camouflage, Kryptek’s design incorporates micro and macro layering inspired by artillery camouflage netting. The result is a 3D appearance on a 2D surface and the ability to increase stealth while pursuing a wide range of quarry in mixed terrain. And the WX Boss features a patented, soft removable Facial Cavity™ seal that blocks out peripheral light, wind and airborne debris.
Xavier Garcia Barcelona
New from Xavier Garcia Barcelona are three new metal models for its Summer 2017 collection. The new Isabel is designed in the form of a half ring with a classic air, featuring a front made from a block of worked steel in a mono-color with a metallized tone. Hierro (pictured left) is a rectangular-designed frame with a structure of "skins" and simple, well-defined lines that mark the contours of the frame with bi-color combinations and a matte finish. And Hargo is a unisex frame done in a classic style, with a color combo suitable for men and women.
Zimco Optics
Meet Jordyn (pictured right), the latest in Zimco Optics Kidco Collection. Just in time for back-to- school, Zimco Optics longevity in the eyewear industry enables them to forecast how successful “kid friendly” eyewear collections will be. Zimco Optics Kidco Collection is fun; fresh, and exciting — sure to please your littlest customer by offering unique styles, with great fits, whimsical designs, and cool colors.
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