Form 6-K

Securities and Exchange Commision 
  Washington, D.C. 20549Report of Foreign Issuer
  Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
  Of The
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934

|For the month of August 2004 |  | Commision file number 1-12260
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DE RIGO S.P.A.
  (Translation of registrant's name in English)

Republic of Italy
  (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Zona Industriale Villanova
  32013 Longarone (BL)
  Italy
  (Address of principal executive offices)

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|For further information, please contact:**Maurizio Dessolis** *Chief Financial Officer***Tel 39 0437 7777**
      Fax 39 0437 770727
      
      
      e-mail: investor@derigo.com **NYSE: DER** | 3 August  2004**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
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DE RIGO

announces sales results for the first six months of 2004

De Rigo S.p.A. (NYSE: DER) posted net sales of EUR 275.9 m1for the first six months of 2004, an increase of 0.9% as compared with the same period
last year.

The sales results confirmed the positive trends in the Group's current businesses, as comparisons with the prior year were affected by De Rigo's sale during July 2003 of the controlling interest in Eyewear International
Distribution ("EID"), a joint venture with the Prada Group. Excluding EID's sales from the Group's results for the first six months of 2003,2the period on period increase
in consolidated net sales was 8.8% .

Highlights of the Group's unaudited sales results for the first six months of 2004 include:

- Consolidated net sales increased by 0.9% to EUR 275.9 m, as compared with EUR 273.4 mposted in the first six months of 2003. Foreign currency translations had a positive effect of
1.1percentage points on consolidated net sales3.
- Wholesale & manufacturing sales grew by 3.6% to EUR 82.8 m from EUR 79.9 m posted in thefirst six months of 2003. Excluding sales made to EID during the first six months of 2003
fromthe comparison, the segment's sales increased by 7.1%.
- Sales through the retail companies increased by 8.8% to EUR 198.7 m from EUR 182.6 m inthe first six months of 2003, primarily as a result of positive same store sales growth at
bothGeneral Optica ("GO"), the Group's Spanish retail chain, and Dollond & Aitchison ("D&A"),the Group's British retail chain.

In this release, De Rigo is reporting net sales and revenues on a consolidated basis, as well as sales for each of its two principal business segments. In calculating its consolidated net sales and revenues, De Rigo has
eliminated the intercompany sales among the Group's business segments, as detailed in the following table:

1The Group reports its results in Euro. On August 2nd, 2004, the Euro/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, as fixed by the European Central Bank, was EUR 1 = USD 1.2055.The financial results reported in this press
release have not been audited by the Group's independent public accountants and are presented on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in Italy ("Italian GAAP").

2Tables detailing the Group's consolidated Italian GAAP sales results and those of its wholesale & manufacturing business segment
excluding sales made by or to EID are provided on page 2 and page 3 of this release.

3In addition to reporting its Italian GAAP results, the De Rigo Group uses certain measures of financial performance that
exclude the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates in the translation of its operating results into Euro. In doing so, the Group has calculated its sales for the first six months of 2004 on the basis of the same average exchange rates
used to calculate sales for the first six months of 2003. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to both management and investors by allowing a comparison of sales performance on an exchange rate
neutral basis. See the tables on page 2 and page 3 of this release.

The De Rigo Group's method of calculating sales performance excluding the impact of changes in exchange rates may differ from methods used by other companies.

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|                                  |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |        |  |        | 
|--------------------------------- |  |  | ------- |  | ------- |  |  |  | ---------------- |  |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------ |  | ------ | 
|NET SALES BY BUSINESS SEGMENT     |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |       
|(Euro in millions)                |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |       
|                                  |  | 
|                                  |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |        |  |        | 
|                                  |  |  | 1H 2003 |  | 1H 2004 |  |  |  |                  |  |  | 1H 2004                                                            |  | 1H 2004                                                       |  |        |  |        | 
|                                  |  |  | Net     |  | Net     |  |  |  |                  |  |  | Effect of
      application of
      constant
      exchange rates |  | Sales at
      constant
      exchange rates
      (Non-GAAP) |  |        |  | %      | 
|                                  |  |  | Sales   |  | Sales   |  |  |  | %
        change |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  | change | 
|                                  |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |        | 
|                                  |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |        | 
|                                  |  | 
|Wholesale & Manufacturing         |  |  | 79.9    |  | 82.8    |  |  |  | +3.6%            |  |  | 0.1                                                                |  | 82.9                                                          |  |        |  | +3.8%  | 
|Retail                            |  |  | 182.6   |  | 198.7   |  |  |  | +8.8%            |  |  | -3.2                                                               |  | 195.5                                                         |  |        |  | +7.1%  | 
|- D&A                             |  |  | 116.5   |  | 127.3   |  |  |  | +9.3%            |  |  | -3.2                                                               |  | 124.1                                                         |  |        |  | +6.5%  | 
|- GO                              |  |  | 66.1    |  | 71.4    |  |  |  | +8.0%            |  |  | 0.0                                                                |  | 71.4                                                          |  |        |  | +8.0%  | 
|Elimination of Intercompany Sales |  |  | -8.9    |  | -5.6    |  |  |  | -37.1%           |  |  | 0.0                                                                |  | -5.6                                                          |  |        |  | -37.1% | 
|                                  |  | 
|Consolidated net sales excluding  |  |  |         |  |         |  |  |  |                  |  |  |                                                                    |  |                                                               |  |        |  |        | 
|sales through EID                 |  |  | 253.6   |  | 275.9   |  |  |  | +8.8%            |  |  | -3.1                                                               |  | 272.8                                                         |  |        |  | +7.6%  | 
|                                  |  | 
|                                 
|EID                               |  |  | 19.8    |  | 0.0     |  |  |  |                  |  |  | 0.0                                                                |  | 0.0                                                           |  |        |  |        | 
|                                  |  | 
|                                 
|Consolidated net sales            |  |  | 273.4   |  | 275.9   |  |  |  | +0.9%            |  |  | -3.1                                                               |  | 272.8                                                         |  |        |  | -0.2%  | 
|                                  |  | 

The Group's consolidated net sales of EUR 275.9 m were broken down as follows: eyewear sales of EUR 129.3 m, lens sales of EUR 82.8 m, contact lens sales of EUR 38.3 m and other sales and revenues of EUR 25.5 m, as compared
with sales of EUR 140.1 m, EUR 71.7 m, EUR 36.8 m and EUR 24.8 m, respectively, for the first six months of 2003.

As previously announced, on July 23, 2003, De Rigo sold its 51% interest in EID, the former joint venture for the marketing and distribution of Prada eyewear, to the Prada Group. As a consequence of this transaction, EID is
no longer one of De Rigo's business segments, though its results were consolidated in the De Rigo Group's results for the period through the date of its sale (including the entire first six months of 2003). As mentioned above, if one excludes sales
through EID during the first six months of 2003 from the period on period comparison, the Group's consolidated net sales increased by 8.8% .

Foreign currency translation differences had a positive effect on consolidated net sales, particularly with regard to the translation into Euro of sales made in Pounds Sterling, as the average exchange rate for this
currency in the first six months of 2004 was more favorable to the Group than that during the first six months of 2003, with the effect of an increase in the value of the British currency more than offsetting a decline in the average exchange rates
for Japanese Yen and Hong Kong Dollars. As shown in the table above, foreign exchange rate differences had a positive effect of 1.1 percentage points on consolidated net sales.

Analysing consolidated net sales by geographic area, net sales in Europe increased by 2.7% to EUR 247.3 m, primarily as a result of higher net sales through the retail companies and increased wholesale sales in certain
markets. Net sales in the Americas decreased to EUR 4.4 m from EUR 7.9 m, primarily as a result of the deconsolidation of EID. Net sales in the Rest of the World decreased by 2.0% to EUR 24.2 m, as the deconsolidation of EID was partially offset by
very positive results posted by the Group's Far Eastern distribution subsidiaries.

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The overall consolidated net sales results reflected the contribution of each of the Group's principal business segments:

Wholesale & manufacturing

Wholesale & manufacturing sales grew by 3.6% to EUR 82.8 m from EUR 79.9 m posted in the first six months of 2003.

Excluding net sales made by the wholesale & manufacturing business segment to EID from the results for the first six months of 2003, the segment's sales increased by 7.1%, as detailed in the table below:

|                                 |  |                  |  |                     |  |                                    |  |                         |  |                |  |      
|-------------------------------- |  | ---------------- |  | ------------------- |  | ---------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- |  | -------------- |  | -----
|                                 |  | 1H 2003Net Sales |  | 1H 2004 Net Sales   |  |                                    |  |                         |  |                |  |      
|                                 |  |                  |  |                     |  | 1H 2004                            |  | 1H 2004                 |  | % change      
|                                 |  |                  |  | %       
    change |  | Effect of      
    application of |  | Sales at  
    constant |  |               
|                                 |  |                  |  |                     |  |                                    |  | constant                |  | exchange rates |  |      
|                                 |  |                  |  |                     |  |                                    |  | exchange rates          |  | (Non-GAAP)     |  |      
|                                 |  |                 
|Wholesale & Manufacturing sales  |  | 79.9             |  | 82.8                |  | +3.6%                              |  | 0.1                     |  | 82.9           |  | +3.8%
|- of which sales to EID          |  | -2.6             |  | 0.0                 |  |                                    |  | 0.0                     |  | 0.0            |  |      
|                                 |  |                 
|                                
|Wholesale & Manufacturing        |  |                  |  |                     |  |                                    |  |                         |  |                |  |      
|sales excluding net sales to EID |  | 77.3             |  | 82.8                |  | +7.1%                              |  | 0.1                     |  | 82.9           |  | +7.2%
|                                 |  |                 

The increase in wholesale & manufacturing sales was primarily due to very strong sales results in certain Far East markets, particularly Japan and Hong Kong, as well as in several European markets, including Germany,
Spain and Greece.

Retail

Sales through the retail companies increased by 8.8% to EUR 198.7 m from EUR 182.6 m posted in the first six months of 2003.

The following table sets forth certain data on the sales and store network of De Rigo's two retail chains: D&A, one of the leading retailers in the British optical market and GO, the leading retailer in the Spanish
optical market.

|             |          |          |        |  |           |           |        |  |            |            |       
|------------ | -------- | -------- | ------ |  | --------- | --------- | ------ |  | ---------- | ---------- | ------
|             | 1H 2003  | 1H 2004  |        |  | 30 Jun 03 | 30 Jun 04 |        |  | 30 Jun 03  | 30 Jun 04  |       
|             |  in     |  in     | %      |  | Owned     | Owned     | Unit   |  | Franchised | Franchised | Unit  
|             | millions | millions | Change |  | stores    | stores    | change |  | stores     | stores     | change
|             |          |          |        |  |          
|D&A          | 116.5    | 127.3    | +9.3%  |  | 232       | 232       | -      |  | 145        | 141        | -4    
|GO           | 66.1     | 71.4     | +8.0%  |  | 141       | 146       | +5     |  | 11         | 15         | +4    
|             |          |          |        |  |          
|Total Retail | 182.6    | 198.7    | +8.8%  |  | 373       | 378       | +5     |  | 156        | 156        | -     
|             |          |          |        |  |          

D&A's sales grew to EUR 127.3 m, an increase of 9.3% as compared with sales of EUR 116.5 m posted in the first six months of 2003. Sales grew by 6.5% in Pound Sterling terms, reflecting the increase in its value against
the Euro, while same store sales per working day increased by 7.6% . Sales of franchised stores during the period grew by 8.4% to EUR 35.1 m; in Pound Sterling terms, sales of franchised stores increased by 5.8% . The increase in D&A's sales was
primarily attributable to the Company's continuing aggressive marketing campaigns driving increased sales

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of higher quality products. At June 30 2004, D&A operated a network of 232 owned shops and 141 franchised shops.

GO grew sales by 8.0% to EUR 71.4 m from the EUR 66.1 m posted in the first six months of 2003. GO continued to achieve notable sales gains, reflecting a 7.8% increase in same store sales per working day as well as the
expansion of its owned and franchised store network. At June 30, GO operated a network of 146 owned shops and 15 franchised shops, having opened a net total of 5 owned shops and 4 franchised shops during the last twelve months.

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Ennio De Rigo, Chairman of the De Rigo Group, commented on the first six months sales results:"Our businesses have enjoyed a very pleasant 2004 to
date. 3.6% sales growth in the wholesale segment and a 8.8% increase in the retail segment demonstrate the Group's ability to drive sales. The enlargement of our licensed brand portfolio with a global brand like Escada will enhance our position in
the premium market. We have just completed the first step in developing distribution synergies with Viva, and look forward to continuing to build a closer relationship to create new value. "

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De Rigo is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of premium eyewear, the major optical retailer in Spain through General Optica, one of the leading retailers in the British optical market through Dollond
& Aitchison and a partner of the LVMH Fashion Group for the manufacture and distribution of Givenchy, Celine, Fendi and Loewe eyewear. De Rigo also manufactures and distributes the licensed brands Escada, Etro, Fila, Furla, La Perla, Mini and
Onyx and its own brands Police, Sting and Lozza.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

|Date: August 3, 2004 | DE RIGO S.p.A.                                                                                   
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|                     | By:/s/ Ennio De Rigo
      Ennio De Rigo 
      Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer