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This article is from The Optician United Kingdom

The new Lite series from Mykita features its lightest frame concept to date. With a newly developed screw-less hinge system, the frames are composed solely of three pieces. A unique feature is a very thin temple with a silicone-covered tip that can be bent into shape to fit behind the wearer’s ear. Lenses are fitted into the frames by a thread.

Comprised of six styles for men and women, the Lite collection is designed for everyday wear and each model is available in a choice of five different metallic colours. Mykita’s ‘definition of state-of-the-art luxury eyewear’, the new vintage Mykita Luxe range has temple tips and nose pads made of buffalo horn which is paired with precious metal coatings such as platinum and white gold.

Described by Mykita as panto styles, the small and round Sigmund model and the square Nikolas frame feature a lacquer coating around the lenses. The colour combinations include chocolate brown lacquer with white gold, with the temple and nose pads made of caramel brown horn. Another more modern colour option is coal grey lacquer, shiny silver and dark grey horn.

The Samuel model is a modestly proportioned aviator frame for men that can be worn as glasses or sunglasses. Similarly Cosima for women, a vintage 50s-style top-bar frame can be used as either spectacles or sunglasses.

New styles have also been added to Mykita’s Collection No. 2 acetate range which features another new patented screw-less hinge system which was made possible as a result of a new metal injection moulding technique. Retro styles such as the extra-large 80s Debbie model and the square-shaped heavy Dries frame stylise the collection. Its translucent colours were inspired by luminous gemstones such as garnet red, amethyst purple, topaz brown and quartz sand-blasted crystal.

About Mykita UK

Mykita United Kingdom, Mykita Ireland and Mykita South Africa is run by Jonathan van Blerk.

MYKITA was founded 2003 by Harald Gottschling, Daniel Haffmans, Philipp Haffmans and Moritz Krueger. What to some may sound like an Asian-style name was in fact inspired by the firm’s first premises – a former day-care centre for children (in East Germany abbreviated to „Kita“).
Just a year later, the world was introduced to MYKITA *Collection No.1* – an evolutionary step up in terms of both design and exclusivity. The all-new range of metal frames was unveiled at the Silmo international eyewear fair in the fall of 2004. A highly innovative functional design comprising simple plug connections made complex soldered joints and screw connections redundant, while the frames themselves were cut out of stainless sheet steel before being folded into form. As well as being incredibly light, the latter could be adjusted to the wearer thanks to a wide variety of configuration options. The corrective spectacles andunglasses in the collection ranged from the classically elegant to avantgarde designs in a wide range of frame colours. A frame for every face. Exactly two years later, a new collection was unveiled at the 2006 Silmo. In a marked departure from previous frames, MYKITA *Collection No.2* were made from full-bodied acetate – a material that enjoys a huge tradition in the eyewear industry. What set the new spectacles apart was the hinge – a connecting element that hugs the front and temples in the style of a sheath. The designs are crisp, clear and distinctive and are each related to frames from the metal collection. A carefully selected range of nine distinct colours gives *Collection No.2* a varied but nonetheless homogenous collective look. All frames are hand-made at MYKITA’s own production site in Berlin and are available at over 1,400 high-end opticians and selected department stores across the globe.

These glasses are made with top-quality stainless steel, just 0.5 mm thick, ensuring an ultra-light feel. The actual production of MYKITA eyewear sees every part of the frame cut out of sheet metal and folded into a lightweight but full-bodied format. Linking these is a remarkably elegant and intelligent screw-less hinge design that ensures total flexibility and allows complete, custom-fit adaptability of inclination and frame according to the wearers’ facial proportions. The technical wizardry is coupled with aesthetic clarity and optimum vision to provide a recognisable trademark for MYKITA. To apply most of the colours featured in the collection, MYKITA chose a PVD finish – a state-of-the-art vacuum-heat coating technique that guarantees a non-oxidizing and highly wear-resistant surface. The prescription frames in *Collection No.1* are available in a choice of ten colours, the sunglasses in eight colours. MYKITA collection No. 1 – over 50 styles available in a choice of 10 colours.

The MYKITA design team had for some time been planning to make a collection incorporating a fuller-bodied material, and eventually decided on cellulose acetate. Basically composed of cotton, wood pulp, acetate and pigments, it is a natural material that has a long tradition in the eyewear industry. *Collection No.2* indeed shares a variety of features with the original concept. It features a “snap-hinge” made of 0.8 mm flat sheet metal familiar from the construction principles applied in the first collection. A major new innovation was the use of photomechanical etching technology. The connection point between the hinge and the acetate frame likewise represented a unique challenge for the designers. The fourteen prescription styles and six sunglasses are available in a range of opaque colours, with no lamination.