Valentino signs a ten year license agreement with Luxottica

Luxottica and the Valentino fashion house have signed a new and exclusive eyewear license agreement for the design, manufacture and worldwide distribution of Valentino eyewear, which is now made by Marchon. The ten year agreement will be effective from January 2017 and the first collection will be available on the market from the beginning of the same year. "The agreement with Luxottica has a strategic value in the growth process of the brand”, commented Stefano Sassi, Ceo Valentino SpA. “I believe that Luxottica is the ideal partner to develop a project of great quality and consistent with our brand values in high-end eyewear where we aim to replicate the success of our key product categories, including apparel and accessories”. Valentino eyewear will embody timeless elegance of the fashion house, taking inspiration from ready-to-wear collections and accessories, in a perfect balance between tradition and innovation in full respect of the DNA and the iconic values of the brand.