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SPECTACLE
The Canadian design house Specta-
cle Eyeworks also embraces new and
unique materials.
“The Yohji Yamamoto Collection
uses an alloy named ‘Duralumin,’
which is an extremely light and very
resistant durable alloy and definitely
a new-age alloy, which predominant-
ly is used by the aero industry for
airplane production,” says Mehran
Baghaie, operations director and
chief designer at Spectacle.
Duralumin is a trade name for one of
the earliest types of age-hardenable
aluminium alloys. Its use as a trade
name is obsolete and today the term
mainly refers to aluminium–copper
alloys, designated as the 2000 series
by the International Alloy Designa-
tion System, as with 2014 and 2024
alloys used in airframe fabrication.
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ALTERNATIVE
Over at Alternative & Plan “B”
Eyewear, the Canadian company
is launching Interface, a complete
evolution of eyewear technology.
The new eyewear collection
features nine high-end styles
all constructed from high-grade
stainless steel.
Each frame features a trans-
formative element that takes an
ophthalmic frame and trans-
forms it into a complete sunglass
in a matter of seconds.
Interface promises no ghosting,
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gapping, hooks or magnets, just
ophthalmic to sunglass and back
again in a matter of seconds with
the patented skin technology.
“The eyewear industry not only
needs technology, it demands it,”
says Cassandra Slepian, market-
ing manager at Alternative & Plan
“B” Eyewear.
“Eyewear has been a staple in peo-
ple’s lives for so many years that
when something new that solves
problems and provides solutions
for long-existing issues, it can lead
to eye care practitioners being
able to offer better care and op-
tions for their patients.”
The new Interface technology also
offers polarized protection via the
Sun Skin and blue light protection
with the Blue Block Skin.
“By developing technology in eye-
wear, you expand the industry to
those who may have been under-
served or have not experienced
the best their eyewear could be,”
says Slepian.