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BRANDS
MATSUDA
“Luxury through material, quality through craft, innovative by design.”
Mitsuhiro Matsuda’s legendary eyewear brand elevates opticals to art pieces. The brand merges architectural aesthetics with craftsmanship, using fine Japanese acetate, sterling silver, and 18k gold. With intricate details including hand-engraved filigrees and adjustable nose pads, Matsuda’s sunglasses can take over 250 steps to finish.
Matsuda achieved cult status in the 1980’s and 1990’s, appearing in high fashion editorials and Hollywood films like Terminator 2. The brand’s A/W 1996 collaboration with photographer Nan Goldin spawned a coffee table book, entitled Nan Goldin meets Yukio Kobayashi: Naked New York, which won an award from the Art Directors Club of New York. Matsuda articulates its strong ties to art and culture with heritage collections, as well as with new styles.
Partners include: AMAN Hotels, Antonia, Dover Street Market (LA, NY, LA, Tokyo), Harrods, H.Lorenzo, Isetan, Just One Eye, Ssense, among others.
FACTORY900
“New creation. New style. New Value.”
FACTORY900 is a Japanese eyewear brand based in Sabe, Fukui area. All frames are handmade in their private factory that was established in 1937. Using original technology, their avant-garde designs now represent the eyewear of the future.
Partners include: Dover Street Market (London, Paris, NYC, LA, GR8, Nepenthes, among others.
delarge
Founded by Blanca Miro, a prominent fashion figure, and Olivia Alvarez, a passionate art consultant, delarge is a sunglasses brand born from friendship and the result of many conversations about design, fashion and their effect and possibilities in our lives and in the world. The brand’s designs embody a spirit of self-expression and possess a voice of their own with geometric shapes that create captivating forms and challenge expectations. Craftsmanship lies at the heart of delarge, designed at home and produced in a passionate small family workshop in Greece, where materials are of great importance. Delarge sunglasses are produced in limited editions not only making them special but to contributing to responsible production.
Partners include: Six Senses hotels, Samaritaine Paris, Le Bon Marche, among others.
the clop, 2025