The
French luxury and contemporary eyewear brand Alain Mikli was founded in Paris in
1978 and has since been synonymous with innovative designer eyewear.
Alain
Mikli was
the first person to achieve worldwide success as a designer of nothing else but
eyewear. He revolutionized the industry by turning the human face into a stage
for the art of eyewear.
In
the early 1980s, Elton John was one of the first celebrities to fall in love
with his designs, and soon Mikli’s creations gained interest with some of
the biggest names in fashion; Claude Montana, Jil Sander, Issey Miyake and Donna
Karan were wanting him to design their eyewear lines. Mikli’s iconic shutter
shades, a unique slatted frame he designed in the ’80s, have been copied around
the world. Still popular as ever, Kanye West wore a pair of original Mikli
shutter shades in his 2007 music video “Stronger.” Although Mikli’s
frames lack a visible logo, they are easily recognizable.
This video offers an insight into the creativity-ingenious of
Alain Mikli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKpXJ6PVB6I
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