MAX PITTION

About MAX PITTION

Max Pittion grew up in Oyonnax, a town in the French Alps known for making combs from wood, horn and later celluloid. After the war he turned his father's comb business into the eyewear maker Pittion Lunetterie, which produced frames for Parisian houses including Lanvin and Azzaro. In 1967 he helped launch SILMO, still the largest eyewear fair in the world. He retired in 1981, and the label was revived in 2013. Today Light Co. Ltd. in Japan recreates the signature styles, including the Politician and the Polaris, and adds new shapes under creative directors John Mayer and Tommy O'Gara. Frames are handcrafted in small quantities, pairing French style with Japanese technique.