From the studios.
Collections, launches, awards and openings from the houses on airqip. Every item links to its source. Last checked Oct 19, 2026.
October 2026
Oliver Peoples · Collaboration
Jil Sander and Oliver Peoples release second sunglass collection
The follow-up to the March debut adds three styles: the titanium Edition 7 and the acetate Edition 9 and Edition 10. Each comes in four frame and lens combinations, with frames handmade in Japan and lenses made in Italy.
FashionUnited
Thierry Lasry · Event
Thierry Lasry booth singled out in Silmo 2026 trend coverage
Vision Monday's Silmo Paris 2026 trends report featured the Thierry Lasry stand as an example of the season's oversized shapes, bold aviators and distinctive acetates.
Vision Monday
September 2026
LINDBERG · Company
Rizzoli publishes LINDBERG: Visionary by Design
A 208-page hardcover marking LINDBERG's 40th anniversary, edited by Federica Sala with texts by Anne-Louise Sommer and Caroline Corbetta, traces the Danish brand's history, materials and design awards.
Rizzoli
FACTORY900 · Event
Autumn 2026 collection exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka
FACTORY900 announced trade exhibitions for its Autumn 2026 collection in Tokyo (6 to 8 October) and Osaka (14 and 15 October). Public presentations follow at its Tokyo Base (10 to 12 October) and Osaka Base (17 and 18 October).
FACTORY900
Blake Kuwahara · Event
Blake Kuwahara exhibits at Silmo Paris 2026
The brand exhibited at Silmo Paris from 25 to 28 September on stand G44 in Hall 7.
Blake Kuwahara
FACTORY900 · Event
FACTORY900 at Silmo Paris 2026
The Japanese maker's Autumn/Winter 2026 programme opened with Silmo Paris, held 25 to 28 September, where it showed at booth E104 in Hall 7.
FACTORY900
Nina Mûr · Event
Nina Mûr exhibits at Silmo Paris 2026
The brand exhibited at Silmo Paris from 25 to 28 September 2026 on stand 7E136 at Paris Nord Villepinte.
Nina Mûr
theo eyewitness · Event
theo brings its 'theo on air' theme and WiFi collection to SILMO 2026
theo's new yearly theme takes its cue from radio and broadcasting. At SILMO it introduced WiFi, five stainless steel frames named Modem, Coax, Router, Fiber and Patch, with cut-out details and a bold acetate rim.
Eyestylist
theo eyewitness · Collaboration
theo and Matali Crasset present a two-tone titanium collection
The collection with industrial designer Matali Crasset, presented at SILMO 2026, is built in bi-colour titanium around the idea that the empty space around a form shapes how it is seen.
Eyestylist
Oliver Peoples · Collection
Oliver Peoples unveils Fall 2026 campaign 'Twice Upon a Time'
The fall campaign was photographed at a John Lautner house in California. The collection mixes sculpted titanium aviators, narrow tinted lenses and rounded tortoiseshell and translucent acetates.
The Fashionisto
Blake Kuwahara · Collection
Fall 2026 collection released
The brand's new-collections page lists 12 frames for Fall 2026, among them BK1041, BK1042, Burns, Harrison, Renzo and Soriano. A new seasonal campaign accompanies the release.
Blake Kuwahara
ic! berlin · Launch
Racing Edition frames launched with Audi F1 drivers
A global campaign featuring drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto introduced the Ryan and Gabriel Racing Edition frames. Both have red temple tips and racetrack-themed packaging and are sold at selected stores.
ic! berlin
August 2026
FACTORY900 · Collaboration
UNDERCOVER x FACTORY900 special colours of the RF-230
Two special colourways of the RF-230, brown and clear pink, first appeared in UNDERCOVER's women's Autumn/Winter 2026 collection. They went on sale on 29 August through UNDERCOVER and FACTORY900 stores and their online shops.
FACTORY900
theo eyewitness · Collection
theo introduces the Locks and Glues families
Locks is a five-frame titanium family by Patrick Hoet that turns the lens-locking block into a visible design feature. Glues is a six-frame acetate family by Ti Vandenbroucke, made from several layers of coloured acetate bonded together.
Eyestylist
Blake Kuwahara · Event
Blake Kuwahara confirmed for LOFT Santa Monica 2026
Blake Kuwahara is among the brands named for the LOFT eyewear show at the Santa Monica Post Office on 16 and 17 October 2026. Other named exhibitors include l.a.Eyeworks, Lafont and Masunaga.
Eyestylist
July 2026
Jacques Marie Mage · Collection
Jacques Marie Mage marks its tenth anniversary with 'Iconographies'
The Summer 2026 collection celebrates the brand's first decade, reworking signature styles such as the Dealan and Zephirin in beta titanium and thick plant-based acetate. It also adds new designs, including the Squadron and Kenshin.
Hypebeast
LINDBERG · Collection
LINDBERG releases 40th-anniversary capsule and limited Precious pieces
For its 40th year LINDBERG reworked three titanium rim styles (Jackie, Harley and Max) with acetate inner rims, added its first double-bridged rimless Spirit titanium frame, and released a Precious edition in 18K white gold with 40 rubies, limited to 40 pieces.
mivision
theo eyewitness · Collaboration
theo collaborates with Antwerp fashion student Byron Wang
theo made 12 one-off prototype frames based on Byron Wang's Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp graduation collection, Lost in Transitory. They are experimental pieces and are not for sale.
Eyestylist
Barton Perreira · Collection
Barton Perreira debuts Summer 2026 collection
The summer sun and optical line plays with proportion, mixing bold architectural acetates with ultra-thin titanium frames. It introduces new bespoke acetates and custom lens colours by co-founder Patty Perreira.
Vision Monday
Matsuda · Collection
Matsuda presents new engraved metal frames
Matsuda's latest metal releases include M3163 and M3168 with hand-lacquered stained-glass-style temple inlays, an Art Deco-inspired M3165 panto and the oval M3169, finished in materials such as 22.5k gold, palladium and ruthenium and made in Fukui, Japan.
Eyestylist
June 2026
Nina Mûr · Collaboration
KROMATIKE limited edition with artist OKUDA San Miguel
A numbered edition of 50 frames, made in the brand's Madrid studio, adds OKUDA's coloured 3D resin details to a Nina Mûr shape in ten colours. Pre-orders opened on 1 July 2026.
Eyestylist
Yuichi Toyama · Event
YUICHI TOYAMA. pop-up at Isetan Shinjuku
A week-long pop-up at Isetan Shinjuku in Tokyo (17–23 June 2026) offered a limited colour of the U-183 from the 19th Collection and an advance sale of YUICHI TOYAMA:5 acetate frames.
Holiday Travel
Oliver Peoples · Collaboration
Oliver Peoples and Roger Federer release Summer 2026 collection
The fifth chapter of the Federer partnership was shot in Rome and adds four new styles (R-17 to R-20), including a performance shield sunglass. Bestsellers Mr. Federer II and Mrs. Federer also get new colours.
FashionUnited
Thierry Lasry · Collaboration
Limited-edition sunglasses capsule with Faena Hotels
Thierry Lasry and Faena released a two-style capsule, the Clandesty aviator and the Society cat-eye, in Faena colours with a gold medallion on the temples and gradient brown lenses.
Vision Monday
Jacques Marie Mage · Opening
Jacques Marie Mage opens its first New York gallery in SoHo
The brand opened a two-level, roughly 2,100 sq ft gallery at 140 Wooster Street, designed with Jacques Garcia. The upper floor is given over to special editions and made-to-measure services.
Hypebeast
ic! berlin · Collection
Mineral Ic! capsule with Barberini glass lenses
Part of the spring/summer 2026 line, this capsule pairs three sport-inspired frames on the screwless hinge with Barberini mineral glass lenses. The lenses come in polarized and mirrored options.
Eyecare Business
May 2026
theo eyewitness · Opening
theo adds two stores in the Antwerp area
In an interview, theo's Mik Somers described two new Antwerp-area shops: Stoot Optiek in Edegem and Compliments by theo, set in a landmark building in Schilde. He also said theo is refocusing on growth in 2026.
Eyestylist
Barton Perreira · Collaboration
Barton Perreira and 007 introduce the Vedretta sunglass
The 12th design in the brand's James Bond partnership takes its cue from the alpine scenes of A View to a Kill. It pairs a hand-finished acetate aviator-style front with engraved titanium temples, made in Japan in three limited colourways.
Optical Prism
Jacques Marie Mage · Collaboration
Jacques Marie Mage and Haider Ackermann launch limited-edition frames
Jacques Marie Mage worked with designer Haider Ackermann on a limited run of three frames: Balthazar, Gaspard and Melchior. The round Balthazar wraps the brand's acetate in black leather.
Acquire
theo eyewitness · Collection
theo launches Flow titanium frames
Flow is a lightweight, flexible titanium collection in classic shapes, from geometric styles to a large aviator. Each frame has a hand-brushed colour gradient and is named after a daily ritual, such as Breath, Eat and Sleep.
Eyestylist
Rigards · Event
Rigards trunk show at Credo New York
Credo New York hosted a Rigards trunk show on 2 May 2026 at 80 Thompson Street, showing the label's full range of horn, silver and wood frames.
Mato
LINDBERG · Award
LINDBERG blok titanium wins a 2026 iF Design Award
The new blok titanium collection won a 2026 iF Design Award in the Product Design category, adding to a brand record of more than 100 international design distinctions.
mivision
April 2026
LINDBERG · Award
LINDBERG blok titanium wins a Red Dot Design Award 2026
LINDBERG's blok titanium collection was recognised in the eyewear category of the Red Dot Design Award 2026.
Eyesmart
FACTORY900 · Event
Spring 2026 collection shown to trade in Tokyo and Osaka
FACTORY900 showed its Spring 2026 collection to industry buyers in Tokyo from 7 to 9 April. A second showing followed at its Osaka Base on 15 and 16 April.
FACTORY900
March 2026
ic! berlin · Collection
30th-anniversary capsule in Transformative Teal
To mark 30 years since its 1996 founding, ic! berlin released a six-style capsule: the classics Leif, Wanda, Oli the 2nd and Pina, plus the new Sodium and Xenon. All come in a blue-green Transformative Teal with matching photochromic lenses, backed by an I See Berlin campaign.
OptikNow
Oliver Peoples · Collaboration
Jil Sander and Oliver Peoples launch first joint eyewear collection
Jil Sander and Oliver Peoples launched their first eyewear collaboration, pairing the German house's minimalist design with the Los Angeles brand's frame-making. A second sunglass drop followed in October.
Optical Prism
theo eyewitness · Event
theo exhibits at High Line Nine during New York's LOFT 2026 week
theo showed at High Line Nine in New York alongside the LOFT 2026 eyewear show, bringing a new design to its TUBES collection aimed at smaller faces.
Eyestylist
RES/REI · Event
RES/REI shows a new women's collection at LOFT 2026 in New York
RES/REI returned to the LOFT eyewear show in New York with a new women's collection made exclusively in northern Italy, including the compact, gently angular Muse.
Eyestylist
Lucas de Staël · Collection
Three more Helium models added for spring 2026
The Paris atelier extended its Helium line with Helium 08, 09 and 10, listed on its site as the March 2026 release.
Lucas de Staël
February 2026
TAVAT · Event
TAVAT exhibits at 100% Optical London 2026
TAVAT was among the independent eyewear brands in the 100% Studio area at the 2026 edition of the London trade show.
Eyestylist
Matsuda · Launch
Matsuda releases the M3169 oval frame
The M3169 is a lightweight titanium oval with Art Nouveau-style ornament, M+N engravings on the rims and hand-lacquered side shields, offered in 22.5K gold or palladium finishes and handmade in Sabae, Japan.
Acquire
Oliver Peoples · Collaboration
Oliver Peoples releases Paul Newman collection
Made in Japan, the sun and optical frames use the teardrop shape Paul Newman favoured, with a 'Newman Blue' acetate and 'PLN' engraved temple tips. Profits and royalties go to Newman's Own Foundation.
Vision Monday
ic! berlin · Collaboration
Official eyewear partner of the Audi Revolut F1 Team
The Marcolin-owned Berlin brand was named official eyewear partner of the Audi Revolut F1 Team in its 30th-anniversary year. Both sides pointed to shared values of precision engineering and minimalist design.
Optical Prism
Yuichi Toyama · Event
YUICHI TOYAMA. holds Eyewear and Craft Exhibition in Tokyo
A seven-day limited store at Isetan Shinjuku (11–17 February 2026) showed limited tortoiseshell frames made with Osawa Bekko, next to work by Korean and Japanese craft artists.
PR TIMES (via Koubo)
Bevel · Launch
20/20 Magazine features Bevel's Amoree frame
20/20's new-frames pages for February 2026 picked Bevel's Amoree, a rounded optical frame with an aquamarine scalloped outer edge and two-tone acetate inserts on a pure titanium chassis.
20/20 Magazine
LINDBERG · Launch
LINDBERG launches blok titanium
Released for the brand's 40 years in titanium, blok titanium has its front and hinges laser-cut from a single 0.7 mm titanium sheet with no screws, weighs as little as 5.5 g and comes in three shapes with thousands of colour combinations.
mivision
January 2026
ic! berlin · Event
ic! berlin marks its 30th year at MIDO 2026
Marcolin gave ic! berlin its own area at MIDO in Milan, held 31 January to 2 February 2026, to mark the brand's 30th anniversary. It showed a special edition of six optical and sun frames there.
Marcolin
Jacques Marie Mage · Collection
Jacques Marie Mage releases Spring 2026 'Cracked Actor' collection
The spring sun and optical collection is inspired by David Bowie's 1970s 'lost year' in Los Angeles. New styles include the 1990s-influenced Ryder and the mid-century Kennedy with beta titanium temples.
Acquire
Nina Mûr · Event
Eight new models previewed for MIDO 2026
Nina Mûr previewed eight new models for MIDO 2026, with new materials such as plywood and more organic shapes. They included the Beatrice model in Warm White and Blue Klein.
Eyestylist
Anne et Valentin · Collection
KRAFTIES acetate collection set for MIDO 2026
The Toulouse house is renewing its focus on acetate with KRAFTIES, a collection that builds on its collage and re-cut detailing and aims for a glass-like finish. It was scheduled to launch at MIDO 2026 in Milan.
Curated Optics
theo eyewitness · Collection
theo introduces a make-up-inspired frame series
theo, the Antwerp house behind eyewitness, presented five new titanium-and-acetate frames (round, cat-eye, panto, geometric and soft square) designed to define the face the way make-up does, in pairings such as pink with red and neon green with tortoise.
Eyestylist
December 2025
Yuichi Toyama · Collaboration
Yuichi Toyama frames in Poker Face 35th-anniversary release
Japanese eyewear retailer Poker Face released special-order versions of Yuichi Toyama's UD-160 and U-129 for its 35th anniversary, alongside two Julius Tart Optical models.
HOUYHNHNM
October 2025
Barton Perreira · Collection
Barton Perreira releases Autumn/Winter 2025 collection
The Thélios-owned brand's AW25 sun and optical range centres on sculptural shapes with bevelled edges and transparent accents. Key styles include the oval Caro, the layered Crescendo and a limited-edition navigator called the Auriol.
Vision Monday
Thierry Lasry · Event
Buffalo-horn collection with Hoffmann shown at Silmo Paris 2025
Eyestylist's Silmo 2025 trend report listed Thierry Lasry among the luxury labels at the show, presenting a new buffalo-horn collection produced with Hoffmann Natural Eyewear.
Eyestylist
September 2025
Rigards · Collaboration
Moon Owl frame with Ziggy Chen previewed at Silmo Paris 2025
At its Hall 7 stand, Rigards previewed the RG1943ZC Moon Owl, made with designer Ziggy Chen. The oval, owl-inspired frame has a hand-painted patina, comes in six muted tones and takes a clip-on sun shield.
Eyestylist
Lucas de Staël · Award
Zeppelin 27 nominated for a 2025 Silmo d'Or
Lucas de Staël's Zeppelin 27 was one of five nominees in the Optical Frame, Eyewear Designer category of the 32nd Silmo d'Or awards in Paris.
Optiknow
RES/REI · Award
Nocturne B94 sunglasses nominated for a 2025 Silmo d'Or
RES/REI's Nocturne B94 was one of five nominees in the Sunglasses, Eyewear Designer category of the 32nd Silmo d'Or awards.
Optiknow
TAVAT · Event
TAVAT returns to SILMO Paris
The Italian independent brand returned as an exhibitor at SILMO 2025, with its signature SoupCan design. Its frames are made by artisans in small batches from surgical stainless steel and acetate.
Eyestylist
hoet cabrio · Event
HOET Couture brings a new rimless collection to Silmo Paris 2025
Eyestylist's Silmo 2025 preview reported that HOET Couture would unveil its newest haute-couture collection at the Paris show, a line of rimless designs.
Eyestylist
Nina Mûr · Collection
Luminiers capsule collection launched
The Madrid brand launched Luminiers, a capsule of three shapes (Linen, Ziggy and Klee) that draws on Memphis and Bauhaus design. Each shape comes in eight seasonal colourways.
Nina Mûr
Lucas de Staël · Collection
New Helium and Radiant models lead the autumn 2025 release
Lucas de Staël's Silmo 2025 release added the new Helium (01 to 06) and Radiant (01 to 03) models, plus new Eclipse, Zeppelin and Minotaure Regular references.
Lucas de Staël
January 2025
MASAHIROMARUYAMA · Collection
Masahiro Maruyama introduces the stacked 'Step' collection
The new 'Step' frames are assembled from stacked titanium or acetate parts, like building blocks, with end pieces and bridges placed freely. The line has six models in four colourways each, some with a new hammered titanium texture.
Eyestylist
January 2024
MASAHIROMARUYAMA · Collaboration
MASAHIROMARUYAMA creates exclusive 'Blackish' frame for Continuer
The brand made an exclusive model for Tokyo eyewear shop Continuer, reworking a frame from its first 'dessin' collection in layered shades of black. A trunk show at Continuer Nihonbashi ran from 26 January to 12 February 2024.
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