Dotting the Eyes

Archive for July, 2010

I’ve been speaking with Jennifer at our Europtics Cherry Creek store, and her favorite frame these days is the Orgreen Speedster. She loves it because it fits petite faces, and comes in 8 different colors. Depending on the color you choose, the frame goes from sporty to dressy, and anywhere in between. Her favorite color is the black and gold, and it goes great with her style. The Speedster is a full titanium frame, and the temple is a beautiful design, split right down the middle. It may have gotten the name “Speedster” from the fact that the split temple looks almost like speed lines. Read the rest of this entry »

What is an Anti-Reflective Coating?

Anti-Reflective coatings, also know as AR Coatings, Non-Glare Coatings, Anti-Glare or similar, are applied on top of the lenses.

The anti-reflective coatings perform a very important job for your eyes. They allow approximately 8% more light to pass through the lens, and into your eyes. This allows you to see more clearly.  This is most noticeable at night, when the anti-reflective coating will take the halos off the lamps, and oncoming headlights, and allow you to see street signs more clearly.

The anti-reflective coating also takes the glare off your lenses, which does a couple things. It eliminates backside glare on the lenses, that can be distracting to you while looking through your lenses, and it allows people to see your eyes and eyeglass frames more clearly. Read the rest of this entry »

I want to take some time today to talk of the different types of lenses you can do for your prescription glasses. Most of these indexes can be made in transition lenses, as well.

CR-39: This is the most common lens material. CR-39 (also known as regular plastic) has the best clarity of any of the plastic lenses. If your prescription is less than +/- 2.oo, this is usually perfect for you. Not good in drill mounted eyeglass frames, though.

Polycarbonate: This is a great material for sunglasses, or anything where things are flying towards your face. Very shatter-resistant, fully UV protected, and thinner than regular plastic, but also the worst clarity out of all the materials. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been speaking with Connie, who works at our Cherry Creek Europtics location, and the frame she’s most excited about this week is the Betsey Johnson Darling Dots. She particularly likes the Midnight color. Connie finds this frame to be perfect for the summer. The Darling Dots is a retro-styled cat-eye frame, with a metal/acetate mix frame front, and metal temples. Their is a multi-layer plastic flower on the left temple, and it just makes the frame shine. This is a whimsical frame, and it really does make people smile when they see it. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my favorite fashion sunglasses is the Lafont Jamaique. These sunglasses are super chic, and they do a great job of protection, too. The lenses are large enough to protect your eyes and give a wide angle of vision. They’ll fit a progressive with ease. The sculpted temples are beautifully made, and protect from the side, as well; without being overpowering.

The shape of the Jamaique is very stylish and modern-retro. You can imagine Marilyn Monroe in a pair of these. They also come in many colors, with my favorite being Lafont’s signature Panther. This color is perfect for sunglasses and works great with blondes, brunettes and redheads! It stands out, and gets so many compliments. Read the rest of this entry »