Designers Christian Roth and Eric Domège met in Paris, reconnected in New York, and in 1983 founded the eyewear brand OPTICAL AFFAIRS®. They were quickly hailed by the fashion community as pioneering fresh talents that would go on to change the course of luxury eyewear with their unique point of view.
Their iconic designs have been depicted on the covers of fashion’s most esteemed publications from Vogue to Women's Wear Daily, shown on catwalks of the most talented international designers, and spotted on trendsetters, fashion icons, musicians, artists, celebrities and royalties.
In 1990, Christian Roth and the brand were inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America–a first for an eyewear designer–and he became a founding executive member of Eyewear Designers of the CFDA (edCFDA) in 2014.
In 2002, the pair was honored by the art world with the inclusion of their designs from the 1980s and 1990s in the "Taking Eyeglasses Seriously" exhibition at the Triennale di Milano.
Today, the OPTICAL AFFAIRS® name has become synonymous with luxury eyewear featuring innovative silhouettes, techniques, colorations, flawless design, and craft. Now based in Miami, OPTICAL AFFAIRS® was reactivated in 2022 to create a platform for art, design & eyewear.
