{"id":647923,"date":"2026-11-01T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647923\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T15:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:24:17","slug":"lafont-puts-colour-and-creativity-first-at-silmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647923\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafont puts colour and creativity first at Silmo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French independent eyewear house Lafont unveiled 30 new styles in 46 colours at Silmo 2026, celebrating its signature use of vibrant patterns, vintage-inspired shapes and distinctive acetate combinations.<\/p>\n<p>The adult collection features tortoiseshell, translucent acetates, glitter detailing and layered constructions, with rhinestones and graphic patterns adding a playful touch. Children&#8217;s eyewear, a longstanding strength of the Parisian brand, also receives a colourful refresh, with new oval shapes and pastel shades.<\/p>\n<p>The new collection is expected to reach New Zealand retailers, with samples potentially arriving this month.<\/p>\n<p>To find the NZ distributor, see \u2018Frames\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzoptics.co.nz\/searchable-oig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French independent eyewear house Lafont unveiled 30 new styles in 46 colours at Silmo 2026, celebrating its signature&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26407,235661,211502,168819,111,43,139,69,235664,235662,3532,235663,114505],"class_list":["post-647923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-clinical-research","tag-dispensing-optician","tag-eye-care","tag-eyewear","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-nz-optics","tag-ophthalmic","tag-ophthalmology","tag-optometrist","tag-optometry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}