luxury-eyewear
(3)Kelly Urban
Kelly Urban is the Chief Marketing Officer of Maui Jim, the Hawaii-born sunglasses maker now part of the Kering Eyewear group. Based in New York, she leads brand and marketing for a company famous for its PolarizedPlus2 lenses and aloha-rooted identity. Before Maui Jim she built a marketing and communications career that included time at GoPro and the agency Formula Public Relations, with strengths in strategic communications, brand storytelling, and team leadership.
Kevin "K.C." Clarke
Kevin "K.C." Clarke is a Los Angeles-based consumer brand marketer who now leads marketing at DITA Eyewear, the Aliso Viejo-headquartered luxury eyewear house whose frames are handmade in Japan. His career reads like a tour of the Southern California brand economy: Hurley and Vans in action sports, adidas and the Anaheim Ducks in sport and sponsorship, ZICO in beverage, then brand marketing leadership at golf-lifestyle label TravisMathew and VP of Marketing at car-care cult brand Chemical Guys. He holds a BS from Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business and an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business. The through-line is a preference for brands with obsessive fans rather than merely large audiences - surfers, golfers, detailing enthusiasts, and now collectors of titanium and 18k gold optical frames.
DITA Eyewear
DITA Eyewear is a Los Angeles-founded luxury eyewear house that designs and handcrafts high-end sunglasses and optical frames in Japan. Founded in 1995 by childhood friends Jeff Solorio and John Juniper, DITA is known for meticulous production - a single pair can involve more than 100 steps and months of finishing using beta-titanium and premium acetates. The brand sells direct through dita.com, its own flagship boutiques, and a network of premium optical retailers, and has built a cult following among musicians, athletes, and film celebrities. It positions itself as 'A Category of One' in discreet, design-led luxury eyewear.