For Fall/Winter 2023, Arnette steps into a new world of more responsible design, exploring the infinite possibilities offered by alternative materials. Featuring frames designed with 95 percent recycled plastic materials, the new eyewear collection radically redefines the field of efficient creativity. Available in classic black, the new recycled models take their place among the bio-based models in vibrant colors, offering users countless options. Designed to meet the expectations of fashion lovers, the Arnette N2 collection offers eye-catching models. This season, cult silhouettes meet breathtaking low profiles, while soft lines lean towards retrofuturism and return to the cyber punk curves of late 90s street style. The N2 collection is a combination of vibrant gradient colors, cylindrical lenses and eye-catching handles, showing that old street style is keeping pace with today’s fashion.

October 2023

Silhouette’s new Illusion Lite collection is unusual and comfortable. Wearers are presented with simple, cool styles that shine with expressive shapes and playful colors. Illusion Lite inspires with distinctive details in easy-to-wear designs, a light and colorful mix that goes with any outfit. The subtle, unobtrusive and cool urban look appeals to a diverse audience with its fun colors. The carefully hand-applied colour scheme of the must-have frames skilfully accentuates the brow line while making the eyes pop. The seductive gradient effect with a velvety to glossy finish also enhances the appeal of the glasses. Roland Keplinger, Head of Design at Silhouette explains: “Characteristic details combined in new ways make the Illusion Lite a comfortable and attractive model that appeals to a broad target group. The high-quality mix of materials and the urban style give the glasses their understated personality.” The collection’s playful colour selection includes bright shades like mango, rose, orchid and jade, as well as alternative, casual hues. A mix of two colours between the frame and temples completes the perfectly balanced look.

October 2023

Gigi Studios kicked off Fall/Winter 2023 with its striking campaign Le Club De Lecture, a meeting place where people come together to read, listen and explore the world from different perspectives. The Spanish brand also unveiled its meticiously created new models through this campaign. The new designs of the Vanguard collection, which defines Gigi Studios’ standard of elegance and sophistication, are characterised by geometric shapes and bold volumes in natural Italian acetate, which gives them a powerful identity through their sculpted rims. Highlights include Ludovica, oversize, mask-style and rounded contours, and Bonnie, an aviator model in an innovative colour palette. Vincenza and Matilde stand out for their more geometric shapes and elegant bevels.

October 2023

Modo Eyewear has announced the release of its latest collection, Legacy. With the new Legacy collection, Modo is going back to its origins and is releasing six new models made of acetate in exciting pastel colors. The new collection features six new styles that incorporate Modo’s signature lightness and progressive spirit. Also building on their renowned attention to detail, each frame’s temple has a visible metal wire core, also featuring decorative ribbed metallic plating. Born in 1990 with a vintage-inspired collection, Modo has transformed into a world of innovation with its collections. With the Legacy collection, Modo brings together the best ideas of its heritage journey, applying the most innovative production methods and achieving a timeless aesthetic. The Legacy collection represents a combination of historical reference and exquisite craftsmanship.

October 2023

The world-famous fashion house Balenciaga presents its eyewear collection called Dynasty for the Fall/Winter 2023 season with a striking campaign. Focused on evolution, the new eyewear range develops new shapes and animations accented by the house’s iconic metallic, hollowed-out double-B logos. The markings are expressed at the temples of the thick, glamorous frames, in reference to ’80s logomania. In Balenciaga’s Dynasty eyewear collection of four different styles, the Dynasty D-Frame Xl dazzles with its metallic, hollowed-out, larger double B logo on the temples, harmonizing with its frame that extends upwards and outwards. In addition to the cat-eye interpretation Dynasty Cat 2.0 Af sunglasses with a similar design language that extends slightly upwards and outwards, the collection also features Dynasty Cut Opt sunglasses with a narrow profile. The collection is completed with Dynasty Butterfly Opt, interpreted in butterfly form.

October 2023

Austrian eyewear brand Rolf Spectacles unveiled its new and elegant Wire eyewear collection at Silmo Paris, the world-renowned optical fair held at the end of last month. Sustainable materials and vibrant color tones come together in forward-thinking designs that emphasize the spirit of contemporary times. The flexibility of the temples and nose pads ensures a perfect fit, while eye-catching embellishments give the models an artistic flair. The Wire collection uniquely blends fashion and practicality, offering countless possibilities for creative pairing. Beyond the Wire collection, Rolf Spectacles has also unveiled Spec-Protect, a stunning elogated eyewear chain made of miracle tree that can be optionally attached to any eyewear in the collection, keeping the frames safe and secure.

October 2023

Qzen, one of the leading brands of Efor Optik, is one of the most preferred brands among end users by offering a wide variety of models and colors. Sunglasses can be worn not only in summer but also in all seasons when the sun bothers the eyes. Qzen is not only limited to sunglasses. It also offers optical frames. Eyeglasses are not only a stylish accessory, but also important for protecting eye health. Therefore, Qzen encourages users to protect their eyes and be stylish with both sunglasses and optical frames. Qzen promises you comfort and convenience with its wide collection of optical and sunglasses with a variety of models and colors that both protect your eye health and color your style in every season.

October 2023

Arma Lens presents the special production Arma UltraMax series. Arma UltraMax series makes the eyes look bigger with its moiré design and offers a naturalness with its natural eye iris design in such a way that it cannot be understood that there are contact lenses in the eyes even very close. With the contact lenses in the Arma UltraMax series, the secret of baby-like and large eyes with extraordinary naturalness is solved. Arma Lens’ Royal series, which has a diameter of 14.5 mm and a basic curve of 8.6, also offers graduated production from -0.50 to -6.00 degrees for myopes. Arma Lens collections, which offer long hours of contact lens wearing comfort with its special raw material that does not cause dry eye effect and high quality production technique, continue to delight colored contact lens lovers with the beauty and naturalness of contact lens colors.

October 2023

Marcolin and MCM, the German luxury fashion house born in 1976 in Munich, announce an exclusive license agreement for the design, production and worldwide distribution of MCM Eyewear until December 31, 2028. MCM stands out as a refreshing alternative to traditional luxury, born out of the innovative and rule-breaking atmosphere of 1970s Munich. Independently designing premium accessories for the daring jet-set of the era, the brand quickly gained worldwide acclaim. Marcolin will develop MCM’s eyewear collections following the founding values of the brand, which has always combined craftsmanship, design and sustainability in its creations. The first MCM sunglasses and optical collection produced by Marcolin will be available starting from January 2024 in selected stores.

October 2023

From Barcelona to Japan, Etnia Barcelona continues to bridge the Mediterranean and Far Eastern cultures with the Miscelánea campaign. As usual, the brand take a creative and artistic approach. The Miscelánea campaign fits seamlessly into the #BeAnartist motto of Etnia Barcelona. Through the photography of Biel Capllonch, Etnia Barcelona highlights in this campaign the cultural and artistic heritage of two seemingly different and distant worlds: the Mediterranean, source of inspiration and home port for the brand, and Japan, a timehonored region rich in symbolism and mythological legends. This fascinating fusion of influences is also reflected in the designs of the new collection for the modern and young at heart woman. Natural acetates are combined with Japanese-inspired textures and details. The collection features bold shapes with a Mediterranean character and includes remarkable prints symbolizing the scales of koi carp or the color of cherry blossoms.

October 2023