frame introductions
Amy Spiezio
| 1 COOL CARBON It’s the new black: ClearVision Optical’s Marc Ecko style Monitor is a retro wayfarer style featuring solid acetate temples emblazoned with a carbon fiber pattern that’s high end and on trend. The acetate front features fashion-forward fade and vintage patterns. With signature temple tips and the laser shears logo, Monitor is available in brown multi, black tortoise, and olive horn. INFO: 800-645-3733, cvoptical.com |
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| 2 Form Meets Function Reptile’s new aviator wrap sunglasses with gradient polarized crystal lenses hit all the style buttons and provide the newest in lens design technology. Reptile’s multi-layer TPC-X lens technology and 99.8 percent polarized efficiency provide the optimal protection and optical performance while looking great. Two unisex styles are available: Indo, a petite pilot wrap aviator shape for smaller faces in gold-plated or silver chrome; and Terrapin, a large square wrap aviator for full coverage, also available in gold-plated or silver chrome. INFO: 800-625-1880, reptilesun.com |
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| 3 Best Image MODEL: Dolabany Eye Candy collection style Pauline Material: Italian zyl Size: 49/20-140 Colors: Wine swirl, olive swirl, and purple swirl Market: Women INFO: 800-688-7661, bestimageoptical.com |
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| 4 Manhattan Style Every Manhattan street has profound significance and touches the heart of people from all over the world. With 15 new styles, Villa Eyewear presents X-Ide’s Italian translation of the multicultural trends from the streets of the Big Apple—from the revisited X-Retro to the modern X-Original shapes with new color combinations that include deep blues, translucent reds, and marbled purple. INFO: 877-889-0399, villaeyewear@aol.com |
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| 5. LADIES’ LOOKS L’Amy’s new Nina Ricci NR2581 style “L’Amoureuse” incorporates a feminine jeweled metal heart complementing the rich, double layered acetate—the same heart taken from Nina Ricci’s iconic “Coeur de Joie” perfume bottle. The soft eye shape is suitable for progressive lenses and the Nina Ricci signature is engraved on the metal trim and on the endpiece. Three feminine, easy-to-wear colors: black, brown, and raspberry. INFO: 800-243-6350, lamyamerica.com |
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| 6. EASTERN STATES EYEWEAR MODEL: Thierry Mugler Eyewear style 9300 MATERIAL: Acetate SIZE: 52/15-135 COLORS: Brown-lime striated, Black-cherry striated MARKET: Women PHONE: 800-645-3710, eseyewear.com |
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| 7 MATERIAL MIX The Acetanium collection, Lindberg’s successful fashion frame grouping, has been enlarged with new shapes and colors to match the fashion trends for 2012 while expressing Lindberg’s consistently no-nonsense aesthetics. The new Acetanium products are inspired by, among other things, the flared outer edges of 1950s eyewear. Acetanium blends functionality, technology, and fashion with its harmonious and unique combinations of titanium and acetate. The color acetate layers on the frame fronts interact beautifully with the clean look of the titanium temples. INFO: lindberg.com |
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| 8 STREET SCENE Wiley X, Inc.’s Street Series line of premium, performance sunglasses has added six new models for 2012. Among the six new Street Series models are two new Street Series styles designed especially for women—the WX Chelsea and WX Abby. The new WX Chelsea is available in two configurations that go from the bike trail to the boardroom without missing a beat. One matches a liquid plum frame with smoke gray lenses and the other combines an iced tea frame with polarized bronze lenses. The new WX Abby is offered in espresso brown with bronze lenses and black marble frame with polarized smoke gray lenses. Each new Street Series models has earned the ANSI Z87.1-2003 High Velocity and High Mass impact safety rating. INFO: 800-776-7842, wileyx.com |
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| 9 BACK TO PANTO For spring/summer 2012, Mykita has transferred the panto form of the 1930s into the present. “The design and styling of the sunglass style Cecile employs technical and aesthetic innovation to create collections that adopt classic forms of the past while being an expression of the present,” company representatives note. The panto form is a quintessential ”intellectual” style from the 1920s and 1930s. The word panto has its origins in a Greek term meaning ”all, every, entire.” The size of the lens corresponds to the human eye socket, which is why panto is considered the first lens form to enable the wearer to see ”everything.” From Mykita's acetate collection, Cecile’s flowing transitions from bridge and sides into the frame are the characteristic features of this frame. Color combinations are Tobago with brown lenses and amber with green lenses. INFO: 973-669-0063, mykita.com |
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| 10 smart temple TAG Heuer Avant-Garde Eyewear’s latest innovation, Automatic Sun Vintage, features a system of magnets integrated into the hinge of the temple so it can be flipped open with one hand. The automatic model has been designed to support both amateur enthusiasts and motor racing professionals. Drivers can slip their glasses on without taking their eyes off the road or their hands off the wheel. |
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| Versace by Luxottica has launched the Étoile De La Mer (Star of the Sea) eyewear collection. “Designed for the ideal Versace siren in the city during a hot summer, Étoile De La Mer eyewear captures the sensuality and strength of their muse,” company representatives say. The collection features four styles (three sun and one optical) designed by Donatella Versace to reflect the same mood as the house’s prêt-a-porter collection showcased at the Spring/Summer 2012 women’s show in Milan. The advertising campaign, featuring Gisele Bündchen, was shot by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott at an abandoned pool in a California desert and captures the essence of the eyewear. The collection includes style VE2131, a frameless pilot mask. This oversized sunglass model displays a refined taste and a touch of sensual originality, conveyed by the metalwork detail sitting on the lens as opposed to around it. The lightness of the frame is elegantly offset by the signature round Medusa with metal bow on the open “V” temples, a combination that suggests both strength and delicacy. The matching lenses and temples in summery pastel colors with sophisticated gold metal profiles complete the flair of this sexy and dazzling style. Another option, VE4233, embodies the essence and new design concept of the collection, inspired by feelings of sensuality and strength. The intriguing cat-eye frame is enhanced by the bi-colored gradient look and the signature round Medusa with metal bow on the temples, delivering a timeless and bold allure. The metal wire top line in pale gold adds a touch of urban and contemporary personality to a style that perfectly expresses the spirit of Versace’s creations. For Rx, VE3167’s bi-colored gradient cat-eye frame has a metal wire top line that enhances the sophisticated shape of this model, enriched by the distinctive appeal of Versace’s signature round Medusa with metal bow. Pale gold metal profiles and a range of delicate pastel colors enhance the unique character of this beautiful frame. INFO: 212-302-1200, luxottica.com 
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