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Nirvan Javan ‘Marrakech’

February 3rd 2023

The Swiss designer was inspired to create a new line informed by the colours and textures of Marrakech and its rich culture…previewing this weekend at Mido

A new line has been announced by Swiss design label Nirvan Javan, with colours and patterns imbued with the spirit and diversity of the beautiful city of Marrakech. For the first time at the brand, the collection carries a new signature inlay with an elegant monogram representing the N and J of the designer’s name. Above: first view of the new Marrakech collection where striking colours have been introduced

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The new metal temple cores at Nirvan Javan, featured in the new Marrakech collection where details reference the rich culture of the Moroccan city

In the Marrakech collection, the colours are at once evocative of iconic references to the city of Marrakech, and the famous Jardin Majorelle, with its striking cobalt blue and yellow inspired by the desert sands. The Marrakech Collection will be unveiled in a preview this month at Mido 2023. Watch this space to find out about the new frames and visit www.nirvanjavan.com for more about the Swiss eyewear brand, as the new collection rolls out.

Boutiques

SALT. by Blick pop-up store, Rotterdam

February 2nd 2023

An innovative pop-up by SALT. Optics and Blick Brillen has opened in Rotterdam

With a history of working together – that dates back 11 years – SALT. Optics and Blick Brillen have a close and evolving relationship. Their latest collaboration is a carefully designed pop-up store in the heart of the city of Rotterdam, designed to present SALT.’s Optical Collection, and fully branded to reflect the style of the Californian brand.

Shop Owner Mike Portier told Eyestylist: “The pop-up represents SALT. so, in this case, we worked on a clean design with natural accents. We asked SALT. to choose the colours, visuals and signing; not only in the shop but also on the window and facade because it should be their showcase. We try to lead every customer through the pop-up store, which is interesting because it very often feels like a different world.”

“SALT. is a timeless but fashionable collection. Some models, like the Brower, have been around for years but still work. The pure design, combined with high quality materials and construction make it a perfect collection for customers who value stylish eyewear that last for multiple seasons….” Mike Portier, Blick

Launch event for the new pop-up by Blick: a chance to experience the quality and style of SALT. sunglasses and optical frames

Blick is well known for its original events with eyewear brands. Portier told us: “The 50 square meters of Blick make my world as a shop owner very limited and since I’m easily bored, I do need fresh impulses from time to time! Normally the collections we work with have to adapt to Blick as a brand. In the pop-up store, though Blick then has to adapt to the collection as a brand. This fresh energy very often also affects what’s happening in the main store.”

Blick Brillen (main store), Pannekoekstraat 37A – Rotterdam, ZH, 3011 LC The Netherlands – the temporary pop-up is open during the same hours as the main store. www.saltoptics.com / www.blickbrillen.nl

Eyestylist featured Blick Brillen previously in 2020; click on the link to read more: https://www.eyestylist.com/2020/09/suzy-glam-pops-up-in-rotterdam/

Reviews

Mido preview: Milan’s Movitra to reveal new raft of products

February 1st 2023

Movitra has designed 7 new prestigious eyewear products which launch at Mido this weekend

The premium Italian eyewear brand Movitra has released a preview of its new designs, which fuse luxury and technical details with a precision-focused, minimalist refinement. New entries are to be found in their Ultralight, Combo and Limited Edition collections, with characteristics which include premium galvanic finishes, laser engravings and complex material combinations, often using two or three materials in a single design.

Above: Angelo in the Limited Edition collection by Movitra – from a line that promotes constructions which combine three premium materials – acetate, stainless steel and titanium

Model Joe by Movitra: a brand new entry in the Ultralight collection at Movitra – the frame has visible hardware and ZEISS sun lenses

In the Ultralight collection, the Milan brand highlights the new model Joe, a light, aviator-inspired design with a square eye shape, produced in 11R51 stainless steel – a steel that offers high tensile strength and lightness as well as a modern, minimal design. The frame is available in two versions, with a galvanic finish and colours of Gun Metal/Rose Gold and Flash Electric Gradient lenses and Gun Metal/Light Gun. This model feature a new crown screw with anti-unscrewing counternut on the hinge.

Movitra models all feature the brand’s patented rotation system, a one-of-a-kind feature that allows the frame to rotate on itself in such a way that the lenses are protected when the frame is not in use. To find out more about Movitra, visit their website at www.movitra.it

Reviews

Mido preview: RES/REI’s multi-layer colorations

January 30th 2023

The models Charleston and Colosso at RES/REI are among the Italian brand’s current collection, where colourations are energetic and fresh, often combining several surprising tones

RES/REI is well known for its elegant acetate frames and artistic palette of colours and delicate transparencies. Model Colosso, in their Sculptures Collection is an example of that style, expressed with enhanced three-dimensionality by means of layering the acetate. Above: model Colosso by RES/REI in the Sculptures Collection, one of a series of frames inspired by the great Italian sculptors of the past – RES/REI has developed custom colour acetates that, where the thickness of the frame changes, the colour fades from one tone to another

Vivid red and blue tones with tortoise: Charleston in the Dancers collection by RES/REI

The model Charleston offers a completely different way to wear colours in combination. The frame has a refined hexagonal structure where the thicker upper rim runs along the entire length of the glasses: it’s a frame that glows with individuality and style. For more information about RES/REI’s latest styles for 2023, visit the new collections on view at www.resrei.com

Design + Inspiration

Mido preview: Nina Mûr – exclusively for you

January 26th 2023

The Madrid based brand, Nina Mûr conforms to a philosophy of slow-luxury, where each frame is made individually and exclusively in their studios. Founder and Creative Director Lorena Serrano Peinado agreed to share a preview of her new sunglasses and glasses designs, before the launch at Mido in Milan which takes place from Saturday (4th February) next week.

Delicacy, strength, high technology and craft. With its focus on conscious production, technological precision, and artistic design and colour, Nina Mûr continues to follow a unique path in eyewear, producing their frames from sheets of birch wood, a natural sustainable wood that is light, flexible and durable – in a host of gorgeous colours.

Launching new models in two collections next week in Milan, Lorena says her new designs focus on timeless classics, with the signature style and distinctive, delicate colour palette of the brand. “The new prescription glasses and sunglasses are based on clean and geometric shapes. Simple shapes which are easy to wear on a daily basis but carefully and beautifully designed.” She says the challenge in the current period has been to make glasses that are powerful but classic and elegant at the same time, offering real versatility and choices for everyone. She looked carefully at ways to revisit the origins of a well designed frame. Above: Lorena Serrano Peinado, photographed by Amanda Sellem exclusively for Eyestylist.com. Lorena is the creative director behind Nina Mûr.

Bold and geometric shapes in the ‘Constellations’ collections which will launch at Mido, Milan – February 2023

“We have called the sun collection “Constellations”. They are silhouettes with geometric and polished lines that maintain the same thickness throughout their entire surface, in contrast to the ‘heels’ of the temples, stronger and more brutalist, which contrast with the application of extra elements and the change in colour.”

Both the sun and the optical collections play with geometries and are based on timeless and slow fashion with a carefully studied design. ‘Constellations’ joins the points of the geometries through uniform lines. “It is a nod to family bonds, says Lorena. The styles are designed for all types of people without ceasing to be very special pieces that play with contrasts in colour and different weights in the frame.”

Preview “Mido”: *Nina Mûr will show new optical frames described as “timeless classics”*

The line of optical frames is described as an aesthetic exercise. “We have played with geometrics lines to show that a pair of glasses with lots of design work can be worn easily and elegantly.”

Asked to relate any news from their work in the last months, the Nina Mûr team told us they have recently moved their headquarters to a larger and more diaphanous space very close to the centre of Madrid. Lorena explained: “The new studio/workshop offers a much better space for our production needs..for the new year it will allow us to have more opportunities for an easier development of our research and innovation that we like so much.”

In this period has continued its research in volumes and the application of new materials combined with our classic materials like wood. Some of these developments are still in the experimental phase and will be unveiled in future collections.

Nina Mûr will exhibit at MIDO in Milan and 100%, London. Find out more at www.ninamur.com

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