Alain Mikli

Alain Mikli is a French luxury eyewear brand founded by Alain Mikli in Paris in 1978. Known for distinctive designs, vibrant colors, and meticulous craftsmanship, the brand is favored by the fashion world and celebrities.

Alain Mikli is a French eyewear brand named after its founder. Alain Mikli established the brand in 1978 and developed it through a designer-led approach to eyewear. Its development has centered on frame design rather than treating glasses solely as standardized functional products. Color, silhouette, proportion, and material treatment have been used to make eyewear an element of personal style and visual expression. The brand developed a recognizable design language involving contrasting colors, unconventional geometric forms, and sculptural frame structures. This approach helped distinguish Alain Mikli in the designer and premium eyewear sectors from brands focused primarily on conventional classic styles. The brand has also participated in collaborations related to fashion, art, and design, although the available material is insufficient to provide a complete list of partners and dates. In 2013, Luxottica announced the acquisition of Alain Mikli. The transaction brought the brand into a major global eyewear group. After Luxottica and Essilor merged, Alain Mikli became part of the EssilorLuxottica group. Reliable information available here is insufficient to describe its precise post-merger organization, sales scale, geographic operations, or recent launches.

• 2013

  Acquired by Luxottica

  Luxottica acquired the Alain Mikli brand, bringing it into the global eyewear group's portfolio.

• 1978

  Brand founded

  French eyewear designer Alain Mikli founded the eponymous eyewear brand.

Luxury, avant-garde, high-quality eyewear

• Optical frames

  A core product line for prescription eyewear. The frames are associated with vivid colors, geometric silhouettes, and recognizable structures, reflecting Alain Mikli’s positioning of eyewear as a style accessory.

• Sunglasses

  An important product category characterized by design-led frames and strong visual identity, serving both everyday protection and fashion styling purposes.

• 2013

  Luxottica acquires Alain MikliM&A

  Background

  Alain Mikli entered the brand portfolio of a large international eyewear group as a designer eyewear brand.

  Action taken

  Luxottica acquired the Alain Mikli brand.

  Aftermath

  The brand later became part of the EssilorLuxottica group following the merger of Luxottica and Essilor. The transaction amount and specific integration arrangements are not confirmed in the current materials.