LUNETTES KOLLEKTION ∙ TORSTRASSE 172 ∙ 10115 BERLIN, GERMANY
WWW.LUNETTES-KOLLEKTION.COM ∙ INFO @ LUNETTES-KOLLEKTION.COM
CAPARA AND LUNETTES KOLLEKTION BAND TOGETHER FOR NEW
COLLABORATION THAT DECONSTRUCTS EYEWEAR AS WE KNOW IT
Berlin’s forward-looking eyewear specialists Lunettes Kollektion and Antwerp, Belgium-based fashion innovators Capara have joined
forces to create a sunglasses collection, the likes of which have never been seen. This is eyewear reduced to its essentials, and elevated
to artform.
The Lunettes Kollektion x Capara sunglasses collaboration will accompany Capara’s Spring / Summer 2017 women’s wear collection,
entitled Freefall, after the song from EBM music project Fixmer/McCarthy.
Capara designers Vera and Olivera Capara push boundaries, mismatching shapes, while making elegant, vivid garments. Their work
stands for contrasts: couture meets street, traditional fabric merges with modern technique.
Their collaboration with Lunettes Kollektion stretches the very limits of eyewear expression. High tech meets handmade: for the first
time, Lunettes Kollektion utilizes 3-D printing to create a frame. At the same time, artisanal handwork finishes the sunglasses with a
special twist. The minimalist design is deconstructionist in concept: reduced to a frame and lenses – then connected in a completely
new way, without screws or rims.
The Lunettes Kollektion x Capara collection begins with a black 3-D printed double-bridge frame that functions as a sort of foundation.
Building on top of that, four different lens shapes are added – round, winged, teardrop, and shield – in four colors: gold, silver, black,
and green. These are in turn attached to the frames with matte rubber bands which knot, twist, wrap, and bind them in two different
patterns and six colors – gold, black, pink, yellow, red, and green. In total, there are nine variations.
“Eyewear has a particular approach, practicality, stability, longevity next to modernity, freshness and particularity. It is challenging
to create a product which combines both aspects,” commented the designers. “Capara very much appreciates Lunettes Kollektion’s
openness to discover different roads – high tech solutions next to handmade ones, 3-D drawings next to hand cut lenses, and handmade elastic knotted attachments.”
“Vera and Olivera’s approach to designing these sunglasses was a tremendous surprise for me,” commented Lunettes founder Uta
Geyer. “Coming from the perspective of fashion designers rather than that of classic eyewear design, they were able to conceptualize
a completely deconstructed pair of sunglasses that reflects only its purest elements – frame, lens, and connector.”
PINK FREEFALL
BLACK FREEFALL
YELLOW FREEFALL
SILVER DOUBLE FREEFALL
GREEN FREEFALL
GOLD DOUBLE FREEFALL
LUNETTES KOLLEKTION X CAPARA SUNGLASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SELECTED SHOPS WORLDWIDE, AND LUNETTES
KOLLEKTION IN-STORE AND ONLINE. PRICE ON REQUEST.
LUNETTES KOLLEKTION
Lunettes Kollektion translates iconic frames from fashion history to
create classics with a twist – retro re-envisioned. Lunettes’ designs
and vintage eyewear shops in Berlin are on the must-see lists of
discerning sorts from Architectural Digest to the Louis Vuitton Guide.
CAPARA
Vera & Olivera Capara
Uta Geyer
FURTHER INFORMATION
www.lunettes-kollektion.com
www.capara.be
PR-CONTACT LUNETTES
Corinna Thiel
[email protected]
+ 49 (0) 162 90 84 994
PR-CONTACT CAPARA
Alex Carle – DECEMBER AGENCY
[email protected]
+44 (0) 20 7033 9111
Sarajevo-born, Antwerp-based Vera and Olivera Capara founded their
namesake brand in 2009, after working for Dries Van Noten, Maison
Margiela, Raf Simons, and Delvaux. Capara has presented collections
at Paris and Berlin Fashion Weeks, and collaborated with Camper Shoes.
This season, the brand will introduce jewelry, as well as eyewear.