Alain Mikli Eyeglasses and Sunglasses leave no one feeling indifferent. They are luxurious “sculpted” eyeglasses that reveal each individual’s personality.

The flagship Mikli collection introduces young men and women who are 20 to 35 years old to a style that is trendy, colorful, whimsical, and accessible.

Mikli’s Pact collection offers variations on the theme of black paired with crystal. Each style is available in three patterns and handmade from special acetate that can be carved to load it with emotion.

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Alain Mikli has also cosigned original collections with designers Phillipe Starck and Issey Miyake. The Starck Eyes collection unites their common passion for design that is both practical and pleasurable in a “Biovision concept” that takes its inspiration from human beings. All frames in the collection are equipped with a Biolink hinge, modeled after the human shoulder.

These frames also challenge the widespread tendency to hide behind eyewear. Some styles lets wearers simply “be yourself and the best you can be”.
The frames in this collection—like all Mikli eyewear—provide the pleasure of wearing glasses that are stylish, provocative, and timeless. And all models are created to a higher standard than either European or American requirements.

In 1978, Paris-based Alain Mikli shook up the traditional optical industry, creating glasses that were aesthetic and functional, creative and technically advanced. His objective was to turn a handicap into a fashion statement, a vision aid into an accessory. These glasses gained attention as highly graphic objects. The main materials—metal, acetate and titanium—available in a continuously updated color range, are fashioned into different variations of the rectangle, the shape that has become characteristic of Mikli, as well as other avant-garde shapes.

“In the beginning, I created wild models with an individual’s look in mind,” says Alain Mikli. “I’ve always been attracted to the theatrical side of fashion: frames to see as well as to be seen. Now, I’m concentrating on detail and the intimate side of eyewear to achieve maximum comfort and a close relationship between the frame and the person wearing it.”

Mikli’s mastery of his craft includes ergonomics. “What is making me progress,” Alain Mikli adds, “is technology. Now I can take my ideas through to their conclusion, with a perfect balance between the side-pieces, the front, and the sides.”