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Last month 3.1 Phillip Lim unveiled The Kitt, a unisex aviator, and the designer plans to expand the eyewear collection in the fall/winter 2008 collection. "At the beginning of working on my spring 2008 collection, We was thinking to myself, 'Fun, sunglasses would be perfect for this collection,' and a couple of weeks later, Modo, which is our eyewear licensee, approached us with this opportunity," Lim said.
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In Britain alone, according to the market research firm Mintel International, sales of optical goods and eyewear products will reach an estimated £2.77 billion, or $5.6 billion, by 2010, and sunglasses will reach an estimated £317 million by 2011.
Linda Farrow, the London-based sunglasses brand, has seen its business grow by 150 percent year-over-year since its start five years ago. It specializes in designer collaborations and has 17 lines, including Dries Van Noten, Charles Anastase, Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony, House of Holland and Rodarte, which all debuted for spring '08. (This story continues on the next page.)
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