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McLaren Automotive, the iconic high-performance luxury automaker, recently launched the McLaren Vision Collection – its range of performance sunglasses and spectacles. Imbued with McLaren DNA, McLaren designers worked with the French optical specialist, L’Amy Group, to create the collection, featuring Core, Premium and Bespoke ranges. Available as sunglasses or with prescription lenses, innovative design and advanced materials characterize the different styles in each range, reflecting the technical elegance of McLaren cars.
The eyewear is designed to offer stylish comfort for both men and women and is available in a range of finishes and colors, including traditional McLaren hues such as orange. Contemporary and distinctive frames include a unique “floating” design, where the lens is hung within the frame at two contact points only, maximizing vision and comfort.
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“Designers from McLaren Automotive and the L’Amy Group combined their expertise to create unique products that set new standards for elite eyewear. Using industry-first technologies such as 3D-printed titanium frames and Leica sun lenses, the McLaren Vision Collection epitomizes the design innovation and pioneering technical excellence that is at the core of the McLaren brand’s DNA.”
The sunglasses in the McLaren Vision Collection are the first to use Leica Eyecare sun lenses, which are treated with AquaDura Vision anti-reflective, hydrophobic and oleophobic coating and feature Leica Eyecare’s latest lens technology to ensure exceptional clarity. Each of the five sun lens types is customized for a specific environment. The Driving lenses, for example, feature very precise graduated tinting that is designed to improve contrasts and show the road ahead in sharp relief, with no polarization, so all surfaces are perceived correctly. Orange-tinted Golfing lenses focus on maximum contrast, while the Outdoor lenses have a polarizing filter and mirror finish. Urban lenses have a neutral gradient tint designed for all lighting conditions and easy reading of screens, while the Yachting lenses feature a mirror finish to reduce solar rays and polarization to better remove reflections from the water.
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The Core range in the McLaren Vision Collection begins at $323, plus lenses. Including titanium in its construction, the products in the range are available in four frame shapes for both sunglasses and ophthalmic use. Styles include rimmed and rimless designs, and all feature flexible hinges and extra-comfort arms. Each of the five Leica sun lenses can be combined with arm colors that include black with a choice of either grey, yellow, red, or orange, offering McLaren owners an opportunity to subtly ‘color-coordinate’ with their cars.
The Premium collection is priced from $1,104. It epitomizes McLaren’s technical precision with advanced materials and a frame design that releases the lenses from tension and assures the wearer of maximum comfort. The frame front is 3D printed titanium, the arms are over-molded titanium, and the lugs and rotary hinges are pure titanium. Three subtly different shapes are available for ophthalmic lenses and sunglasses, with buyers able to choose from one of the five Leica sun lens types. A full range of colors and finishes is available for the arms.
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The Bespoke range is the ultimate offer in the McLaren Vision Collection, with the titanium frames uniquely tailored to fit the wearer. This is achieved by recording a 3D-scan of the wearer’s face to enable 3D-printing of the titanium frames. The pricing of the Bespoke range starts at $2,008.
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McLaren Vision Collection eyewear is available at selected independent specialist opticians and a range of department stores and e-commerce outlets.
