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 EXTÈ EYEWEAR: MODERN RÉTRO
Eyeglasses not only to see, but also to
be: to frame glances and personalities and to communicate feelings,
emotions and sensations. And to express that casualness needed for modern
living. One year from its debut at Mido 2000, the Extè Eyewear collection
is back into the limelight at Mido 2001 with even greater fashion know-how
and innovative ideas based on the ongoing search for technical and styling
solutions.
Twenty-five different eyeglass models in which styling research focused on
creating forms that personified the century that just came to an end and
on developing the speed, synthesis and technology that sets the rhythm of
the century that has just begun.
In some of the more feminine forms, reminiscent of the 1950s, the metal
appears to be sculpted, like a precious casing for the lens, even though
it often has a more linear appearance while mixing and blending with the
almost invisible plastic inserts on the temples. In the feminine yet more
squared shapes, this plastic creates the entire the form of eyeglasses and
is embellished with a set of baguette strasses that start from the front
and continue on the temple or create a dynamic pattern with geometric
designs that break up the temples into different thicknesses.
The men’s eyewear also has a rétro look. But it’s a rétro spirit
that, like in the entire Extè 2001 collection, does not thrive only on
the nostalgia of the past. It dares to create large, almost voluminous and
often squared shapes, that still have the courage to include unusual
inserts, like a metallic plaque that doubles a small part of the temples
and bears the Extè trademark. Or like the facets, which are also
geometrical, that create a dynamic shape while tending to create a
wrap-around look. And then the all-technological boldness of joining
apparently unmatchable materials: squared metal on the front and plastic
temples that sometimes follow the two-dimensional geometry, while others
have sharp corners to increase the vitality of a linear shape.
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