April 2011
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TD Tom Davies Natural Horn Launched at Vision Expo...
Luxury eyewear label TD Tom Davies launches TD Tom Davies Natural Horn, a new innovative product range by the British bespoke eyewear designer. The launch represents a significant addition to the existing offering in acetate and titanium, breaking the boundaries of horn eyewear production, and creating an outstanding opportunity for opticians to offer made-to-order natural horn spectacles using...
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Understanding Digital Lenses
Does anyone have trouble understanding all the new terms used to describe progressive lenses? I am referring to terms like; free-form, direct-to-surface, high definition, digitally computed, digital processing, digitally enhanced, and so on. I will try to blow away the clouds of confusion to give you a better understanding of what going digital is all about.
When you read about a lens that is...
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Mykita Adds Sporty Chic Styles for Gents
Mykita has added new optical and sun styles with a sporty chi aesthetic for gents to their Collection No. 1 for the spring/summer season. Three new optical styles and two new sun styles for men.
The optical frames share a common design feature: a subtly curved but distinctive upper line that exudes a sporty, dynamic feel which varies solely in the variation of frame thickness and size....
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New theo "Trees" Collection by Tim Van Steenbergen
theo by Tim Van Steenbergen ‘La jardinière’ as the symbol for ‘Trees’ sunglasses and then there was color… After the limited White Tie sunglasses collection in black & white, theo is unwrapping radiant colors for the summer – straight from nature! The colours give the sunglasses a completely different dimension and perfectly complement Tim Van Steenbergen’s clothing collection....
“I wear my wife’s eyeglasses because she wants me to see things her way”
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Ornamental Eyewear- Repurposed Fashion
Tomihiro Kono based in the UK, handmakes these ‘ornament eye patch’ in the studio from feathers, sequins, beads and ornaments.
Tomihiro Kono
‘My main inspiration comes from ‘assemblage expressionism’ which is an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects. I love once-in-a-lifetime encounters with vintage objects and materials...
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Optometrists Offer Allergy Relief Suggestions
Heavy rains over the winter and into the spring have millions of allergy sufferers struggling. It is serious enough that the California Optometric Association is now offering advice to help patients protect their eyes.
As spring days go, it is a good one for Mona Armstrong. This time of year, she usually suffers allergies so severe she has trouble getting out of bed in the morning.
“I have...
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Anatomy of the Eye Animation →
This animation from lensshopper has been used by some universities to learn more about the inner workings of the eye, just by clicking on the name of the corresponding part in the animation.
