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New York-based luxury optical brand Morgenthal Frederics is thrilled to announce a new small-batch collaboration with cult-favorite Los Angeles brand Jacques Marie Mage on a limited edition sunglass frame, available starting today.

For the collaboration, Morgenthal Frederics turned Jacques Marie Mage’s signature Fellini frame on its head, interpreted in a matte, blackout front, highlighted by matte black hardware, with glossy blue marble temples.

“Jerome [Jacques Marie Mage] is really crushing it with his design work, and we were very excited to work with him on a piece that we felt was a fresh take on an already amazing style,” says Jeff Press, Morgenthal Frederics’ chief design officer.

Adds Marie Mage, “Our collaboration with Morgenthal Frederics is a testament of strong partnership and creativity coming together to create a unique eyewear proposition.”

The limited-edition Fellini frame s limited to 50 pieces total and is available in select Morgenthal Frederics stores beginning today.

limited edition Fellini frame

ABOUT MORGENTHAL FREDERICS

For more than a century, Morgenthal Frederics has maintained an unwavering commitment to creating, curating, and caring for the world’s finest eyewear. The leader in the independent luxury space, we handcraft the highest quality frames and lenses available anywhere and choose partners that hold themselves to the same standards of excellence. Every heirloom-quality piece is distinctive in its design, exemplary in its craftsmanship. Made by hand over hundreds of hours, master artisans meticulously carve, sculpt, and press the frames to life using only the finest specialty materials. Morgenthal Frederics celebrates eyewear as the ultimate expression of individuality. This philosophy translates into a bespoke approach to styling and fitting at our 14 boutiques across the country.

ABOUT JACQUES MARIE MAGE

Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) is a Los Angeles-based producer of limited-edition designer goods that specialize in the micro-production of artisanal eyewear. Drawing inspiration from across continents, cultures, and generations, JMM combines world-class craftsmanship with advanced production methods, embracing an array of rich materials, bold geometric shapes, and an exuberance of attitude to create impeccably crafted spectacles that elegantly infuse historical motifs with a modern sensibility. Powerful, playful and meaningfully idiosyncratic, JMM offers sophisticated statement pieces infused with a distinct perspective, eyewear informed by a design language that combines a respect for history, craft, and technical innovation, ultimately resulting in small-batch goods that pay homage to the past while pushing the aesthetic into the future.

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