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Furla’s new F-W 2016 campaign

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And the Oscar goes to... Ray-BanThe Luxottica brand has been honored by the Accessories Council

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The birth of CDV OnlusA huge step forward for CDV Commissione Difesa Vista (Commission for Eye Health)

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CDV – Commissione Difesa Vista has always been in the front line for spreading the importance of prevention and vision wellbeing and after many years of activity it has become a “Non-profit Organization of Social Utility” (ONLUS). Its founding members represent the various categories concerned with eyesight and eye health: AIMO - Associazione Italiana Medici Oculisti (Association of Italian Eye Doctors), ANFAO - National Association for Eyewear Manufacturers, Assogruppi Ottica - Assottica Gruppo Contattologia, and Federottica.The social solidarity objectives of the new non-profit organization target social services and socio-medical services and aim at preventing eyesight diseases, disorders and disability - primarily in favor of disadvantaged people due to physical, psychological, economic and family conditions as well as to directly connected activities - also through information campaigns for the community.In particular, the two activities will be developed through the implementation of free vision screenings intended to spread the culture of prevention and raise citizen awareness about the risk that insufficient attention to eye health could lead to permanent disability and disease. In addition, activities will focus on raising awareness about problems connected to permanent vision deficit, disability or disease through the promotion and implementation of eyesight protection campaigns that will increase individual and collective knowledge in children and the more vulnerable, and spread information about the consequences of not taking preventive measures. CDV ONLUS also undertakes to spread the culture of vision wellbeing and provide information about correct practices for maintaining good vision quality; to produce freely distributed information material that will educate people who have less access to socio-

medical information about paying more attention to prevention. Lastly, it will collaborate with other public and private entities, including schools of all types and levels, that pursue similar objectives in order to provide support for

more vulnerable persons with regard to vision health and preventive measures.President Mr. Vittorio Tabacchi expressed his huge satisfaction: “It is a very important event because at last it formally states its founders’ desire to be active agents in the field of prevention and raising awareness about eyesight protection. We all share the same objective, we all have the health of our eyes and the promotion of vision wellbeing at heart, and this is why we must not lose sight (the expression has never been more appropriate) of the things that unite us”.As in 2014 and 2015, in October CDV will be organizing a Vision Tour on a mega truck equipped with instruments for performing free eyesight checks. It will visit some Italian cities to spread the culture of prevention. For more information, visit www.c-d-v.it

In August CDV Commissione Difesa Vista became a non-profit organization

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The 25th of August, during the Berlin Atonal Festival 2016 (which took place from the 24th of August till the 28th), Kuboraum - the German brand founded by the Italian Livio Graziottin and Sergio Eusebi - presented a special performance of Lucy, the Berlin based artist, dj, music producer and founder of the electronic music label Stroboscopic Artefacts, who just released his third album “Self Mythology”.After the collaboration for the project “Berlin Portraits”, Kuboraum and Lucy came together again for “The Voice of The Gaze”: a Lucy solo gong live performance. An improvised meditative experience, that amazed guests with a bath of vibration and sound, cleansing their soul.

Kuboraum means music

For the setting of the new collection to be presented on its own magazine, Vanni has chosen Matera, a city that has been inhabited for over 8000 years, for a strong light and colour relationship. It is not simply a backdrop, but a place that represents the very soul of Italy with its historical importance and immense artistic patrimony. A territory that has successfully capitalised on its timeless beauty and rewarded by becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2019. Matera is a city built from stone made unique by its people: Vanni has chosen everyday inhabitants and tourists to model the new collection, watching them having fun as they pose for their close-up in their fancy glasses. The Vanni Magazine is printed in tabloid format, translated in 3 languages and distributed worldwide.

Vanni chooses Matera for the setting of the new collection

18 karats for Chloé

Ray-Ban has been honored as brand of the year by the Accessories Council, the not-for-profit organization that includes the world’s leading brand names, designers, publications, retailers and associated providers for the accessories, eyewear and footwear industries. Each year, the Council pays homage to those brands, designers and businesses that have had a big impact on the accessories industry by assigning the Accessories Council Excellence Awards. “We rarely get to stop and look back”, commented Fabrizio Uguzzoni, President of Luxottica Wholesale North America, before accepting the award. “With this award we’ve had the opportunity to look back on last year; I would say we did a lot on Ray-Ban, not only the launch of Clubround style but new icons”. Over the past 12 months, the brand announced the fusion of Round and Clubmaster that led to Clubround, and the new campaign #ittakescourage that focuses on its DNA: the courage to be yourself.

Chloé, the French brand produced and distributed by Marchon, has created Carlina, an exclusive limited edition that has been on sale since the start of August. From the end pieces to the oversize spiral frame, the very delicate and unmistakable silhouette of the iconic model has been plated entirely in 18 karat gold, emphasizing the elegant and glamorous allure that has always been a distinctive feature of this model. Its innate elegance is also accentuated by graded lenses in two intriguing hues: warm golden brown and gold with a slight mirror effect.Each pair comes in an exclusive and sophisticated rosé beige box which also contains a case and a soft, special edition clutch.Only 600 examples are available, worldwide.

Ray-Ban honored as brand of the year

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James Chen Chairman AdlensJason Dopheide Director of sales Morel LunettesClaudio Feltrin President ArperFrancesco Francavilla Head of Global Communications Renè CaovillaRemo Röntgen CEO Nya Nordiska

Seizing the moment that precedes an important event: the moment of suspense before setting off on an adventure, whether it is the premiere of a ballet, tasting a completely new recipe, waiting behind a film camera, or the moment before the start of a competition. This is the leitmotif of Different Eyes, Different Lives, the new chapter in Frames of Life, the Giorgio Armani Eyewear campaign. The new protagonists’ real-life moments are revealed in short video-stories, in which voices and experiences are always filtered through the eyewear in the Giorgio Armani Frames of Life optical and sun collections. On www.framesoflife.

com you will encounter Turkish designer-surfer Caner, Italian ballet dancer, Damiano, America’s Miss Rodeo Oregon 2013, Nicole, French-Asian food blogger, Mimi, and Austrian filmmaker, Richard. The eyewear in the Frames of Life collection represent the essence of Giorgio Armani style: impeccable artisan models with meticulous attention to detail, where design with a retro flavor and the most advanced technology meet to encompass a perfect moment.

Barberini Eyewear has always had the concept of “well-seeing” at heart and, in order to pursue this philosophy, it has organized a series of information days dedicated to its eye care professionals at the Well-Seeing Academy. The objective is to expand education in the sun area by talking about light, its characteristics and its effect on the eyes, while at the same time illustrating the specific nature of glass and, in particular, that of Platinum GlassTM lenses, the maximum expression of Barberini technology.The first days were held this summer at the headquarters in Silvi (Teramo). Speakers were Anto Rossetti, professor of Optometry at the University of Padua, the Istituto Zaccagnini of Bologna and the Istituto Professionale Statale Mattioni di Cividale of Friuli, and Gianni Vetrini, CEO of Barberini S.p.A.The courses will begin again early October.

Fedon half year results

A new chapter in Armani's campaign

The Giorgio Fedon & Figli Board of Directors has approved the half year financial report as at June 30, 2016. Turnover fell to 35.8 million from 36.4 million at June 30, 2015. The turnover by Fedon’s mono-brand stores grew by 52.6% to 2.2 million euros compared to June 30, 2015 (1.4 million), which included openings that were not part of the second half of 2015, and closings that had taken place at June 30, 2016. The turnover from sales to optics manufacturers stood at 27.5 million euros compared to 29.2 million of the previous year, a variation that can be attributed to a slight downturn in the market. Wholesale turnover relating to optical stores and the leather goods distribution circuit totaled 6.1 million euros, a 7.9% growth compared to 5.7 million at June 30, 2015. Wholesale performance in the optical sector was also excellent with growth of 14.8%.

Good and healthy vision

The President Callisto Fedon with the Ceo Maurizio Schiavo

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Design, fashion & lifestyle

The southern city of Lecce in Italy’s Apulia region serves as the backdrop of Furla’s new F/W 2016 advertising campaign, shot again by Mario Testino. Bathed in a warm orange light, the legendary photographer’s images capture all the sun-kissed beauty of the ancient city’s baroque church facades and white stone buildings. Models Ine Neefs and Jordan Barrett bring this Italian story to life. They are curious about the world and full of life, darting about Lecce’s winding streets with an exuberance that Testino captured with a modern style. Various other accessories, from shoes and watches to eyewear and jewelry, appear alongside the bags, putting the full range of Furla products on display.

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Emelie Mårtensson, decided to release a small collection of 5 pieces. Her expressive style and ironic imagery became quickly popular and the label expanded from a small tee shirt line into a complete women’s collection: 5Preview. Today it boasts a 200-piece collection that includes

women’s wear, men’s wear, children’s wear and accessories. The brand experiments with colour, all over prints, and a multiple of fabrications including cotton fleece, washed silk and pure wool, a far cry from its earlier monochromatic days. Although the label originated in Rome, it was also based in New York until it finally settled in Södermalm, Stockholm.

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The Italian design company Salvatori, renowned for its innovative transformation of natural stone, including the development of the groundbreaking recycled stone Lithoverde, has announced the opening of its first ever showroom in London. Situated in a stunning listed building on the corner of Wigmore and Wimpole Streets, in the heart of the West End, the space will showcase the full range of Salvatori products, including textures for walls & floors, basins, bathtubs and shower trays for the bathroom, together with its Home Collection. Scheduled to open in early September, the showroom, designed by renowned architect-designer Piero Lissoni and styled by Elisa Ossino, will be an important hub for UK-based architects and designers.

From Rome to Södermalm

New flagship store Salvatori in London

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Riva 1920 for Eataly NYAfter Milan, São Paulo, Seoul, Monaco, Doha, Riyadh, Moscow and Copenaghen the

collaboration with Etaly continues on the occasion of the opening of Eataly Downtown New York in the Westfield World Trade Center built on the rubble of Ground Zero. Riva 1920 designs and manufactures the table Earth that will be placed at the entrance of the space as a welcome sign for all the visitors. Featured by a top made of resin and millenary Kauri wood from New Zealand, it wants to be a stylized representation of the earth, the wooden parts metaphorically representing the continents and the resin sections the oceans. The texture of wood and the transparency of the resin are capable of creating a fascinating interplay of light and shadow. The special iron base, designed by Renzo Piano, that echoes the original design of table “Antico” for the initiative of "Ground Zero ... Ground Heroes" in 2001, symbolizes the tangle of the reinforcement of buildings protruding from the rubble following the collapse of the Twin Towers.