Luxury eyewear company, Sama Eyewear, has teamed up with renowned design house, Badgley Mischka, to launch it's new women's and men's eyewear collections. The collections feature glamorous and innovative eyewear pieces, from intricately beaded women's glasses to bold, chic men's frames. Each piece is delicately designed and constructed to ensure style, substance and quality.

The design aesthetic of the women's collection echoes that of Badgley Mischka's ready-to-wear collection, with exquisite embellishments, feminine touches and an unmistakable sense of glamour and prestige. Sama Eyewear designer Sheila Vance worked to ensure that the eyewear collection would interpret and draw from the stylistic essence of the Badgley Mischka brand. "I knew that this collection had to really showcase the best of the Badgley Mischka design philosophy, incorporating what Sama does best in terms of technology and construction," said Vance. "What we did with the frames is revolutionary. We used four to five different layers of laminate, such as zyl, special resins and jewelry, to create not only the most complex frames, but also the most beautiful 3-D version of lace, metal and stonework." The Badgley Mischka frames each weigh about .08 to 1.1 ounces—about one ounce less than the average pair of sunglasses.

The Badgley Mischka men's ophthalmic and sunglass collection marks a double first for the house: a foray into eyewear and men's accessories. The men's collection is nothing short of impressive, with everything from large, chic aviator frames, special metals and colors and ophthalmic frames with wooden arms and unique lenses. "The men's collection was perhaps the most fun to design, but also the most challenging. We realized that Badgley Mischka had never ventured into men's wardrobes, so we had to strike the perfect balance of maintaining their design mantra and appealing to the men's market," said Vance. "I used Mark and James as the inspiration and it is a great honor to deisgn their first collection for the men's market."

Mark Badgely and James Mischka stated, "We are very excited to be working with Sama. They truly understand our deisgn philosophy and we are thrilled with the debut collection for both women and men. They have executed our vision to perfection."