Bennetton Eyewear

WWD reports here, that Benetton Group SpA has signed a license for Benetton and Sisley eyewear.

The collection for Benetton will bow in spring 2007 and the companies forecast that the license will generate annual sales of about 35 million Euro.

The license runs to 2013.

Benetton had eyewear licensees, most recently the Italian subsidiary of German Metzler.

The new licensee also holds licenses for Gianfranco Ferré, Les Copains and Vivienne Westwood.