Mykita in Fashion 2010

January 15, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

For the SS2010 season MYKITA again teamed up with the designer invited as the guest of honor of Berlin Fashion Week: this season Kai Kühne.
Already established in New York, Kai Kühne showed a feminine and complex collection harking back to the 80’s.
MYKITA sunglasses models Malcolm, Nana, Lauren and Woody rounded up the sophisticated look. Styling by Avena Gallagher.

Model Nana

Model Nana

Model Lauren

Model Lauren

Model Malcolm

Model Malcolm

Model Woody

Model Woody

Mykita LITE

November 10, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment 

Mykita LITE is here!!!!

Mykita LITE

Mykita LITE : Eyewear that is LITE and so much more

Mykita LITE

BRITT by Mykita LITE

Mykita LITE

BJORN by Mykita LITE

Mykita LITE

FINN by Mykita LITE

Mykita LITE

LASSE by Mykita LITE

Fort Mykita LITE in The United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa contact The AgenC

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.

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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.

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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.

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Sex and The City and MYKITA

November 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

According to Access, Hollywood, Sarah Jessica Parker was spotted
shooting another scene for “Sex and The City 2″ the other day,in the
photo (above). They report that it was shot in the streets of
Manhattan. She’s looking gorgeous as usual in her very unique newspaper
dress. I like it too,it’s kind of neat.

Sarah Jessica Parker plays writer, Carrie Bradshaw in the movie.
They’re currently shooting a follow up sequel to the original “Sex and
The City” movie,which was released last year. Her co-stars Cynthia
Nixon and Kim Cattrall are also currently filming the new movie.

“Sex and The City 2″ is scheduled to hit theaters on May 28,2010.


Mykita Celebrity Sightings

October 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Celebrities in Mykita

Rhys Ifans Sunglasses are Mykita

Rhys Ifans in Mykita Sunglasses

Rhys Ifans Sunglasses are Mykita

Rhys Ifans in Mykita Sunglasses

Alex Kopranos of Franz Ferdinand\'s Sunglasses are Mykita

Alex Kopranos of Franz Ferdinand in Mykita Sunglasses

Jonathan van Blerk in Singapore wearing Mykita

Jonathan van Blerk on holiday in Mykita

Eddie Jordan in Mykita at Royal Ascot 2009

Eddie Jordan in Mykita

Romain-a great new Mykita frame

New Mykita design

Eddie Jordan in Mykita at Royal Ascot 2009

Eddie and Marie Jordan in Mykita

New Mykita Releases

New Mykita Designs

The AgenC was started in 1993 in the sleepy, but beautiful hollow of Cape Town in South Africa by Jonathan van Blerk. In 2001 after 8 years in the South African market we broadened our horizons to Sub Saharan Africa and then in 2003 set up our main base in the hub of London in The United Kingdom and have over the last 6 years established ourselves as the premier agents to the top stores in The United Kingdom and Ireland too.

It is a very simple idea and company in that it does not work on the pretence of anything other than being “agents” to manufacturers creating glasses and sunglasses of a very high quality where they are not ethically challenged…the core criteria being that they manufacture and control all their own product, and more than anything their image and quality standards must be of the highest in the industry. These can’t simply be products, but have to be great products, created by great people, who run great companies in the best possible way.

Passion is the key to the success of The AgenC.

Mykita from Berlin in Germany has now become one of the world’s most sort after Optical Brands and has become established as Mykita United Kingdom, Mykita Ireland and Mykita South Africa, which Jonathan van Blerk proudly looks after and has established it with the Very Best Opticians, Optical Boutiques, Fashion Stores and Boutiques to be found in The United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa.

Cape Town Lightning

Cape Town Great White Shark

Cape Town at Night

Mykita on Eddie Jordan Mykita wearing Eddie Jordan at Silverstone F1 today

Mykita Store Vienna

Mykita Store Vienna

Mykita Store Vienna

Mykita Store Vienna

Mykita Eyewear

September 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

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.

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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.

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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.

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