Isabelle Adjani, Angèle, Margaret Qualley, Sébastien Tellier, Pharrell Williams model Chanel eyewear

February 5, 2020/4.29

Karim Sadli/Chanel Isabelle Adjani, Angèle, Margaret Qualley, Sébastien Tellier and Pharrell Williams model Chanel’s spring–summer 2020 eyewear campaign, photographed by Karim Sadli. The eyewear is conceived and manufactured by Luxottica (q.v. Bhavana Bhim’s ‘Escaping the black holes’, newly online this week), but cleverly boasts Chanel’s hallmarks as always. The double-C device can be seen […]

News in brief: Vidal Sassoon launches Infra Radiance Hot Air Styler; polarized lenses are in at Sunglass Hut

August 22, 2015/13.44

Polarized sunglasses are the trend for the southern spring–summer 2015–16, says Sunglass Hut—and it’s a prediction we agree with. Polarized lenses help with contrast, clarity and colour perception, but perhaps most importantly, they reduce reflections and minimize glare. The lenses contain a filter that blocks almost all glare, which can be eight times more […]

Men’s fashion update: Vogue Eyewear for Men, Macpherson Men and Cherrytree Road

July 11, 2012/4.55

Peter Lindbergh for Luxottica Top From Cherrytree Road Accessories, Macpherson Men’s spring–summer 2012–13 collection and Vogue Eyewear for Men. Above Jude Law is the new celebrity ambassador for Vogue Eyewear for Men. Vogue Eyewear has launched a menswear line, with actor Jude Law as its first ambassador, in a campaign shot by Peter Lindbergh. […]

Versace unveils capsule eyewear collection in Paris: Diane Krüger, Daphne Guinness, Bérénice Bejo attend

January 25, 2012/10.05

Top Diane Krüger is one of the VIPs at the Versace Étoile de la Mer eyewear launch. Above Donatella Versace and Anna Wintour. Versace hosted a dinner at Restaurant Lasserre in Paris on January 23 to unveil its spring–summer 2012 eyewear collection, dubbed Étoile de la Mer. The capsule collection features two sunglasses and […]

Sunglass Hut extends Rachel Bilson’s style director contract, responsibilities

November 9, 2011/2.20

Mark Abraham Actress Rachel Bilson, who is this year getting more involved with the fashion establishment (Karl Lagerfeld’s Magnum advertisements were the tip of the iceberg), has had her Sunglass Hut contract extended for 2011–12, the company has announced. Bilson will continue as Style Director, but is more greatly involved this time, selecting styles […]

News round-up: keep your eye on Undone; Napoleon’s skin primer goes for gold

October 30, 2011/1.28

Above Dunedin, New Zealand’s Undone is the latest new label to keep an eye on. Elise Barnes and Rachel Webb are the talented designers behind young New Zealand label Undone. After studying fashion together at Otago Polytechnic, the two decided on a joint venture, after each being invited to show a collection at ID Fashion […]

Mario Testino shoots supermodel Kate Moss in Vogue Eyewear campaign

February 25, 2011/5.29

Set amid digitally enhanced tropical-like foliage at London’s Syon Park, Kate Moss, the new face for the Vogue Eyewear spring–summer 2011 collection, pouts and poses for photographer Mario Testino. This is her ﬁrst complete eyewear collection and she succeeds fellow models Gisèle Bündchen and Daria Werbowy. Kate took the opportunity to choose from the […]

Luxottica reveals new OPSM concept store in Melbourne

July 21, 2010/4.54

Luxottica Group SpA launched a global retail concept store in Melbourne on Tuesday. The ﬁrst OPSM eye hub store marks the debut of a retail outlet where every customer dictates and personalizes their own shopping experience. Designed by E2, who were behind the Millennium Dome, the revolutionary store concept has been designed to place […]

Ray-Ban celebrates Clubmaster at Bowery Ballroom

December 12, 2008/5.25

Ray-Ban has been celebrating its Clubmaster style, originally launched in 1986 and inspired by the lifestyle of the 1950s and 1960s, at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. Celebrities attending included Maggie Gyllenhaal, Blake Lively, Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson, Ed Westwick, Kevin Bacon, Robert Buckley and Charlotte Ronson. Black Kids, Ipso-Facto and White Williams performed, with a […]