A Category of One
DITA - A Category of One. A definition you can’t own, you can only earn. And DITA has earned it over 20 years. You can’t literally see the teams of designers, research and development, or the number of months it took to make a pair of DITA frames. But you will always feel its presence when you hold it in your hands. Which is why DITA’s design and manufacturing standards are regarded as the benchmark by which all other luxury eyewear brands are judged. Founded in 1995, DITA reinvented eyewear by transcending its conventions, creating a discreet luxury with product ranging from bold character frames to new interpretations of timeless shapes through innovative technology. With over 20 years in design and partners at the highest levels of manufacturing, DITA’s expertise is unparalleled, earning a coveted reputation as a true leader in optical innovation. DITA has had the unique pleasure of serving the world’s most discerning clientele, challenging the old guard, and forging singular relationships within culture, style, sport, and entertainment; affirming the brands position as individual as the product it creates.
Balancing technical mastery with artistic grace, AVEC’s elegant acetate skin is cleverly sculpted to reveal a glimpse of its own intricate internal machinery. Inspired by the refinement of Renaissance statues, which were painstakingly composed to ensure structural integrity, designers forged the subtle curvature and balance of AVECs acetate exterior in...
A modernist icon, reinvented for the 21st century: Falson realizes the promise of 1950s design using the latest advances from DITA’s optical practice. Falson envisions a bright new future for the panto frame, a model renowned for its keyhole bridge and articulated browline.
A modernist icon, reinvented for the 21st century: Falson realizes the promise of 1950s design using the latest advances from DITA’s optical practice. Falson envisions a bright new future for the panto frame, a model renowned for its keyhole bridge and articulated browline. Asian Fit.
DITA’s celebrated flight series soars to new heights with Flight-Seven, a confident “navigator” that blends the spirit of a classic aviator with the masculine shape of a traditional square lens. Flight-Seven began as a tribute to the supersonic military aircraft of the 1970s. These jets combined aerodynamic grace with revolutionary technology to reach...
Ever since the technical advances in sound & moving images of the 1930’s Hollywood has been one of the most visible and controversial businesses in America, The “Statesman” is a frame celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age of creativity, contention, and timeless iconic style.
Ever since the technical advances in sound & moving images of the 1930’s Hollywood has been one of the most visible and controversial businesses in America, The “Insider-Two” is a frame celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age of creativity, contention, and timeless iconic style.
Buckeye, Ash and Birch are the embodiment of Jeff’s dream to create an ultra-lite series of classic men’s optical frames in a variety of shapes and sizes that will flatter any face. Featuring custom Japanese acetate in a classic, angular shape with an elegant keyhole bridge and ultracomfortable beta titanium temples with a pressed diamond pattern.
Haliod propels optical craftsmanship to new and exhilarating heights with design innovations that conjure the expressive gestures and elegant proportions of ancient Japanese calligraphy. This riff on the traditionally conservative P3 silhouette features a continuous titanium wire exoskeleton that gracefully dips and meanders around titanium-cupped lens rims.
The retro sensibility of POLYMATH traces its roots to postwar Europe, where the Teddy Boy movement of early-1950s England set the dual currents of fashion and music on a collision course that forever changed the world. POLYMATH’s subversive reinvention of a menswear staple celebrates the swaggering, working-class appropriation of the Edwardian wardrobe.
East meets West in the form of Mann, a modern frame that infuses a quintessentially American silhouette with the unique historical signature of Japanese calligraphy. The frame’s unique contrast of volume and lightness draws upon the deliberate strokes of kaisho, an ancient artistic form that requires years of practice and extraordinary discipline to be...
I designed this frame as a testament to President Theodore Roosevelt’s enduring love of nature and his commitment to preserving America’s majestic landscapes; Roosevelt’s own classic round frames served as an early guide, updated with the innovative design and exceptional quality DITA customers expect.
The United might easily be mistaken for a classic Sixties frame were it not for DITA’s signature diamond press detailing at the temples and the bridge piece.
Dramatic proportions achieved with extraordinary craftsmanship, BRIXA lifts an eyewear classic to new heights with details inspired by Chinese artisans. A daring rendition of iconic browline frames, BRIXA features a host of carefully considered details designed to evoke advances in architecture and metalwork achieved during the Qing Dynasty.
Exceptional materials and groundbreaking technology converge in TORUS, a sleek acetate round frame inspired by the strength and beauty of Japanese arts and crafts. The circle is revered as a symbol of harmony and regeneration. From the ritualistic stone circles of Nonakado and Oshoro in northern Japan to the placid sculpted basins of the Ryoanji temple in...
A bridgeless frame that captures the refinement of the 1930s with lightweight materials and high-end finishing techniques. Stripping away the unnecessary, this bridgeless frame features a lightweight titanium brow bar and elegant temple design that focuses on a single line.
At DITA, the pursuit of excellence is a way of life. Inspired by Hollywood’s iconic Golden Age, our timeless American designs can take as many as 320 separate steps over 8 months to create. Balancing east and west in perfect harmony, DITA frames are manufactured by artisans and craftsmen who have spent as many as 50 years perfecting their crafts.
The classic browline frame gets a modern tune-up in Monthra, balancing technical prowess with sophisticated architectural influences. A 1960s-inspired silhouette pays homage to frames of that era with striking modern details.
An irreverent P3 frame rendered in lightweight acetate, TOPOS blends two of DITA's most advanced production techniques in a discerning feat of optical engineering. As part of the DITA-FEATHERWEIGHT series, TOPOS is sculpted from precision-milled acetate and treated using DITA’s innovative heat-tempering manufacturing process.
Aggressively styled with a fresh weight and proportion, SHOWGOER lands a knockout punch to the traditional 1950s cat-eye frame. Inspired by the cool screen sirens of French new wave cinema, SHOWGOER tantalizes with the possibility of concealed identities. Its angular dimensions suggest a new and rebellious attitude, from the bold new weight of the acetate...
REBELLA is inspired by the classic cool of two women clad in old-school leathers roaring down Pacific Coast Highway side-by-side on vintage BSA and Norton motorcycles, REBELLA is dedicated to all the free spirits who dare to dream and live life on their own terms — its bold, whimsical, retro design proves that the only limits are your imagination.
A chic take on a playful 60’s classic: A subtle yet whimsical cat-eye rendered in an ultra-light technical frame. Starlets from the 60’s were just a starting point for the look of Arise, but the real story is in the techniques and technology involved in creating elegance of the silhouette and the innovation of materials used.