PADUA, Italy—Safilo announced a new licensing agreement for the design, manufacturing and worldwide distribution of the Moschino and Love Moschino collections of optical frames and sunglasses. The agreement which goes into effect January 2018 will run for eight years, ending on Dec. 31, 2025, with an optical extension for an additional eight years.

“The many who love Moschino’s provocative surrealist wit will celebrate with us this new exciting entry in our brand portfolio,” said Luisa Delgado, Safilo’s CEO. “We had been looking for a while for a brand that would add distinctive momentum through irony to our premium offer, and found it in the vivid creativity of Moschino, now so powerfully interpreted in Jeremy Scott’s vision. The subversive and pop spirit of the brand demands the highest levels of creative sensitivity, product knowledge and industry expertise, that have all been in our DNA since 1878.”

She continued, “Moschino is an amazing inspiration for eyewear stylistic design and product creation. It perfectly leverages our leading capability to translate distinctive brand equity into iconic design, and transform the most incredible sketches into detailed product construction and excellence of manufacturing. This is the foundation for the growth potential we see in this new brand.”

The Moschino and Love Moschino Eyewear collections will be distributed worldwide in optical and department stores as well as in all Moschino boutiques.