Dotting the Eyes

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Well, if you have been reading the same blogs we have, you know that lace is in this year. What to wear on your face with the beautiful lace clothing, though? Look no further: accessorize your eyes with the Lafont Fortune sunglasses. This is a metal/acetate combo frame, and it is truly beautiful. The way the metal lace pattern intertwines with the acetate will Read the rest of this entry »

The Final Day of Vision Expo wound down the festivities in New York. We made a few last minute visits to up and coming lines like Garret Leight, saw the latest La loops (adjustable dog tags and heavy metal chains hand crafted in Mexico), and spent the rest of the day crossing the t’s and dotting the “eyes” on all things eyewear related.

We paid a quick visit to Opticam and then shopped for the elusive “perfect” sunglass case…

It wasn’t the most exciting day at the meeting but did serve as a nice little wind down before the crew returned west. Stay tuned to the stores for the exciting arrival of Opticam and the new La Loops.

Also keep an eye out for more detailed breakdowns of some of the companies we visited with.

Day three in New York brought a bunch of appointments on Manhattan’s West Side. We covered a lot of ground and visited a lot of great designers, here are just a few…

Leisure Society started the day off right unveiling a few great ophthalmic frames and gorgeous sunglasses that stay true to their original quality materials and attention to details…

Barton Perreira presented tray after tray of remarkable eyewear we can’t wait to get out on the floor…

Barton Perreira also debuted two new limited edition pieces, the one pictured here honors Bob Marley. Look for a future post outlining all of the details…

Maybach offered some sheik new sunglasses as well as some new entry level ophthalmic pieces in their classic styles with zyl temples…

KBL is a sweet little company offering big beautiful frames. We saw new colors in proven styles as well as fun new designs…

Mykita… What’s not to love. Crisp, clean lines, great colors and somehow they continue to roll out great new shapes, and lots of them…

Day 2 in New York brought another amazing day with some of our favorite lines, great people and top notch eyewear…
We started the day off at Reptile and saw some awesome new styles and amazing gradient lens technology…

Oliver People never disappoints and we saw some classic ophthalmic styles, sassy suns and three new signature styles coming soon…

Matsuda was reintroduced about a year ago and are bringing great old styles back. They’re also working with that same aesthetic and adding some great new twists with a side shield aviator and other side shield sunglasses…

Zero G brought a number of exciting new titanium styles to their collection that will be making their way on to the boards in the near future.

We wrapped the day up with Lindberg and Etnia but were having such a great time seeing the new product once again I forgot to take pictures… Not to worry, I’ll pull together a few photos for the summary posts I’m putting together for each company to give you an idea of what we saw.

We just visited Reptile at Vision Expo and saw all their latest and greatest sunglasses.

There was a great new wrap, the Crocodile, two new aviator styles, the Indo and the Terrapin, a sassy feminine style the Stilletto and more.

The exceptional quality of Reptile was present but taken to a new level. They have mastered a technology that allows them to offer fully polarized gradient lenses in both glass and polycarbonate. Look for these lenses in the Indo, Terrapin and Stilletto styles.

The new styles will be posted soon so stay tuned…