F1 Optical · The First UV Capsule
The F1 Eyewear Optical Collection has thirteen models. We chose five to start.
Curation is not exclusion. It is editorial direction. The work of an independent eyewear studio is not deciding what to stock — at UV we have all thirteen F1 Optical models in the studio, ready for you to try on. The work is deciding which ones to put forward first, which five carry the editorial position we want to make.
This is the first UV capsule from the F1 Optical range. Five frames, three tiers, one editorial line. Launching during Monaco Grand Prix week — early June, ahead of Mille Miglia in Brescia. The other eight models will be in the studio with us — and on the website — for anyone who wants to discover them.
The Three Tiers
Before we talk about what we chose, it helps to understand how the F1 Eyewear Optical Collection is built.
The range works in three tiers, each defined by its construction:
Acetate — Italian cotton-fibre acetate, plant-based, made in Italy. The entry point to the collection. The most universal tier, the one most people will start with. Acetate frames carry weight in the right way — they sit on the face like they belong there. The frame that does not announce itself.
Metal — Monel and carbon fibre, with hypoallergenic rubber detailing on the temples. This is where F1 engineering becomes visible. Carbon fibre is not a marketing line on these frames — it is structural. The temples are racing-derived. Monel is corrosion-resistant, light, strong. The metal tier is for people who want their eyewear to do more than rest on their nose.
Rimless — Titanium and carbon fibre, drilled construction, hypoallergenic rubber temple ends. The most technically refined tier. Titanium gives strength without volume. Rimless construction makes the lens itself the structure of the frame. The temples carry the colour; the rest disappears. This is the tier for people who prefer what is engineered well over what is visible.
Each tier answers a different question. The acetate asks: what works every day? The metal asks: what shows the engineering? The rimless asks: what stays out of the way?
How We Chose Five
We could have featured all thirteen. The collection is good enough that any of them belongs in a serious studio. But a website is not a warehouse — it needs an editorial line, a starting point, a way of saying "begin here."
Five frames, distributed across the three tiers:
— Two acetate frames. One rectangular silhouette for the daily wearer. One aviator double-bridge for those who follow Formula 1 not for the noise, but for the precision of the racing line.
— Two metal frames. One premium aviator with carbon fibre temples and racing-derived rubber detailing. One architectural rectangular, same engineering, different geometry, for the face that prefers structure to softness.
— One rimless frame in titanium. The most technically refined of the five. Designed to disappear on the face while doing everything a frame should do.
Each of the five corresponds to a different moment in a Formula 1 weekend. Each is for a different person at the paddock. We named them after those moments, not after numbers.
The naming will be revealed at launch.
Why a Capsule, Not a Default
When you walk into a record shop, the best ones have a "Staff Picks" wall — twenty albums out of ten thousand, chosen by people who listen for a living. You can still buy any of the other albums in the shop. But the wall is the conversation starter, the editorial position, the reason you walk in the door rather than ordering online.
The F1 Optical capsule is our staff picks wall.
We have all thirteen F1 Optical models in the studio. Every one of them is available — in person or, after launch, on the website. But the five we are putting forward are the ones we would point to if you walked in and asked us "where do I start?"
This is the first time we have applied this curation publicly to the F1 Eyewear range. There will be more capsules in the months ahead — different brands, different occasions, different reasons. Each one will start the same way: with the question "where do we begin?"
What's Coming
Early June, during Monaco Grand Prix week and ahead of Mille Miglia in Brescia, the F1 Optical capsule will be live online and in the studio. Each of the five frames will have a name, a story, and a tier. Three colourways per model. Mineral sun lenses available alongside prescription, progressive, and blue-light filtering.
The other eight F1 Optical models will be in the studio with us, and on the website too — for those who want to discover beyond the curated five.
Until then, this is what we can tell you:
— Five frames, the editorial starting point of the F1 Optical range at UV. — Three tiers: Acetate, Metal, Rimless (Titanium). — Each one for a different moment in the F1 weekend. — Launching early June.
If you are reading this, you already know how to find us. UV Studio Brescia, Via Fratelli Dandolo 5/7. We will be open every day in June. The F1 Optical capsule — and the rest of the collection — will be in the studio before it is on the website.
Some things are better in person first.
