PERSOL
Epitomising Italian cool, Persol is a heritage luxury eyewear brand that has been a go to for the great and glamorous for over a hundred years. They offer a broad range of sunglasses and other optics, including many iconic silhouettes. The brand was founded in Turin, a city synonymous with high design and luxury fashion and Persol is no exception, with a reputation for quality craftsmanship and elegant style. Today, the brand is part of the luxury eyewear behemoth, Luxottica, alongside stablemates including Costa, Oakley Oliver Peoples and Ray-Ban.
SINCE 1917 | ITALIAN | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | persol.com
TURIN
EYEWEAR | SUNGLASSES
Prada is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 by Mario Prada. The brand is known for its minimalist and elegant designs, as well as its high-quality craftsmanship. Prada produces a wide range of products, including clothing, handbags, accessories, fragrances, and eyewear.
SINCE 1913 | ITALIAN | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | prada.com
MILAN
ACCESSORIES | BAGS & HANDBAGS | EYEWEAR | FASHION | FRAGRANCES & PERFUMES | LEATHER GOODS | LUGGAGE | MADE-TO-MEASURE | MENSWEAR | READY-TO-WEAR | SHOES | WOMENSWEAR
TOM FORD
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Tom Ford is a modern icon, an American fashion designer who is considered to be one of the world’s greatest couturiers and a leading tastemaker. He founded his eponymous label in New York City in 2005 having previously been the creative director at Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci, where he transformed the brand into the global powerhouse it is today. Ford first emerged as a serious design talent whilst at Perry Ellis where he worked alongside his peer, Marc Jacobs. His signature style is overtly modernist, embracing sharp lines and angles, minimalist colour palettes and defined silhouettes, however Ford manages to pay homage to traditional methods and drapes in order to accentuate the figure. This style has won the label a great many admirers, with the brand being a go-to for the best-dressed members of High Society, silver screen stars and titans of industry. Indeed, Ford has regularly been sought out by Hollywood studios to craft bespoke pieces for their wardrobe departments, even dressing Daniel Craig’s James Bond – the manifestation of the British style, the Savile Row suited gentleman. Ford, a customer of Anderson & Sheppard, is an aficionado of the Row and its sartorial legacy. He has carefully studied the tailoring art and the English-style, borrowing heavily from the tradition for his own tailoring service. A full-suite fashion house, the Maison is now split between its beauty and cosmetic offer (owned by Estée Lauder) and the fashion business (under the Zegna group).
SINCE 2005 | AMERICAN | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | tomford.com
NEW YORK
ACCESSORIES | BAGS & HANDBAGS | BEAUTY PRODUCTS | CASUALWEAR | COSMETICS | DENIM | EVENING WEAR | EYEWEAR | FASHION | FRAGRANCES & PERFUMES | JEWELLERY | KNITWEAR | LEATHER GOODS | MADE-TO-MEASURE | MENSWEAR | OUTERWEAR | OUTFITTERS | READY-TO-WEAR | SHIRTS | SHOES | TAILORING | TOILETRIES | UNDERWEAR | WOMENSWEAR
In 1957 two Parisian opticians introduced a new, specialist lens to the market, designed specifically for skiers, the Skilynx lens was revolutionary. It would filter out the extreme reflection often experienced from snowy terrains whilst providing clarity and shielding the eyes from the elements. Having fitted them to sunglasses, they offered their product to the French ski team and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Jean Vuarnet won the gold medal in Downhill skiing. Wearing the Skilynx glasses, a partnership was born that would define the brand’s pedigree for ever more. Vuarnet agreed to lend his name to the enterprising start-up and the name would come to be synonymous with high-quality, luxury performance sunglasses.
SINCE 1957 | FRENCH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | vuarnet.com
PARIS
EYEWEAR | OPTICS
THÉLIOS | LVMH
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