Design + Inspiration

Accessing style, colour and unique materials for young people

While choice is wide for children today, glasses with a design focus and an individual style can be hard to come by. In our latest TREND bulletin – launched via Issuu this week, we provide content on leading designers and labels of note who have a specialism in this area. Studying what’s out there and what’s new for the younger ages is a pleasure in this small niche, as independent designers who produce the smallest frames take the utmost care over the selection of kid-friendly materials, colours and colour mixes and flattering eyewear shapes that are desirable and wearable, whatever the look. Above: Air Titanium by LINDBERG – LINDBERG’s children’s range continues to be a favorite choice for its balance of style, comfort and tasteful Danish design. The titanium styles are highly flexible, lightweight, hypoallergenic, and durable and the timeless minimal design is easy and natural on children’s faces. Customised colours mean that it is possible to find just the right one! www.LINDBERG.com

Addict in the Mini Be collection by designer Sabine Vagner – and the series of models in this French design range – offer superior style elements, cheery colour pairings and tiny design features such as idiosyncratic rivets, flashes of neon and quirky temple tip shapes that reflect a contemporary feel for kids with plenty of energy and ‘joie de vivre’. Sabine’s lively and original colour combinations and often extraordinary shapes or details are always considered in combination with particular attention to the comfort and fit, owing to Sabine’s former work in optometry and her family’s optician business. www.sabinebe.fr

Lafont’s reputation for exquisite French design never disappoints in the kid’s and teens collections. With their unique and classic style and beautiful materials including elegant floral fabrics, children can benefit from a fine, chic style that will never go out of vogue.  Their model ‘Ile au Tresor’ (above) with its soft geometric eye shape is one of our highlighted frames in the Eyestylist trend bulletin. www.lafont.com

As sustainability becomes a greater priority and focus for many brands in fashion and eyewear, so too this year in the children’s eyewear collections. Newcomer BioBio makes frames for the whole family and their Danish roots ensure design quality and a minimal ‘no-fuss’ style in eco-friendly materials such as Mazzuchelli’s well-known M49 bio-acetate. https://biobioeyewear.com/

To find our recommended selection of children’s collections for 2021, and our insight on colours, materials and shapes for glasses and sunglasses in this age group, visit the link at : www.eyestylist.com/trend-bulletin-issue-4/

A slow design concept:expression in purity of form, graphic design, colour + texture

Hütte is presenting three new accessory lines, fruit of a study focused on artisanal objects of pared-down graphic design: launched in 2020, the brand is the most recent project signed by Raffaella Colutto, a visual designer with an eclectic and international background. The new designs are to show at Milan Design Week 2021 and point to the new trends in craftsmanship, colour and material selection in the textiles field – with a sustainable context. Above: colour + pattern at Hütte – the range features throws, blankets, cushions, ponchos, shawls and scarves

Research into materials, together with the intermingling of different yarns, is the distinctive trait of a vast range of accessories presented by the brand, comprising throws, blankets and cushions, as well as ponchos, shawls and scarfs, whose three lines are classified on the grounds of different textile fibres. Linen and cotton come together in the Swing series to confer freshness, making them suitable for use in warmer weather; a composition of superfine wool and alpaca interpret Moonrise, which is ideal for cooler temperatures. Finally, Nuance is a blend of extrafine merino wool and linen, both of which are natural thermoregulators, allowing for the excellent versatility of the garment.