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Dolabany Eyewear 2011 Winter Collection From Best Image Optical

December 30th, 2011

Best Image Optical Inc. continues to grow their Dolabany Collection by adding a new crop of modern and retro frames. The winter collection includes oversized retro frames, sharper cat-eyes, use of stainless steel on modern frames, semi-rimless, darker Italian zyl color tones, thicker frames, and gradient tones. Information on their 2011 Winter Collection is below:

Model: Abyss | Colors: Black/Lime, Brown/Beige, Wine/Teal | Size: 47-15-135 | Market: Women

Model: Daphne | Colors: Brown/Khaki, Violet/Purple, Black/Lavender | Size: 51-16-138 | Market: Women

Model: Fusion | Colors: Tiger Olive, Ebony Demi, Honey Demi, Olive Streak | Size: 52-17-145 | Market: Unisex

Model: Granite | Colors: Olive Swirl, Black Crystal, Purple Swirl, Caramel Swirl | Size: 47-21-140 | Market: Women

Model: Niko | Colors: Black, Olive Streak, Amber Beige | Size: 56-16-147 | Market: Unisex

Model: Pixie | Colors: M.Pink, M. Green, M. Brown | Size: 51-17-135 | Market: Women

Model: Rachet | Colors: M. Gun, M. Black, M. Brown | Size: 52-19-140 | Market: Men

Model: Romco | Colors: Black, Black C., Brown C., Purple C., Mahogony Smoke | Size: 51-18-140 | Market: Unisex

Model: Savvy | Colors: Wine/Teal, Black/Lime, Brown/Beige | Size: 52-16-135 | Market: Women

Model: Tinsel | Colors: M. Brown/Mustard, M. Black/Teal, Grey/Black | Size: 53-18-135 | Market: Unisex

About The Dolabany Collection
Dolabany frames are handmade in a variety of shapes and colors. Comfort and fit are always an integral part of the design features of each and every Dolabany frame. The look of the line is versatile, while always maintaining a high standard of functionality and excellence. The entire Dolabany Collection has something for everyone possessing distinctive tastes, and seeking a retro or modern style.

www.dolabanyeyewear.com

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Mykita Glasses Spotted In The New Movie “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”

December 29th, 2011

Actor Daniel Craig is seen wearing MYKITA’s “Helmut” glasses during his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the new David Fincher film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor – “Men Who Hate Women”) is an award-winning crime novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book in the trilogy known as the “Millennium Series”.

At his death in November 2004, Larsson left the three unpublished novels that make up the trilogy. They became posthumous best-sellers in several European countries as well as in the United States. Larsson witnessed the gang rape of a young girl when he was 15. He never forgave himself for failing to help the girl, whose name was Lisbeth – like the young heroine of his books, herself a rape victim, which inspired the theme of sexual violence against women in his books.

About MYKITA
MYKITA’s in-house workshop in Berlin has been supplying hand-assembled eyewear for the high-end segment since 2003. The creative core behind the brand are its four founders Moritz Krueger, Philipp Haffmans, Daniel Haffmans and Harald Gottschling.

Collaborative ventures with avant-garde designers such as Bernhard Willhelm or Alexandre Herchcovitch have seen MYKITA appearing on international catwalks and become an established feature of the fashion world.

A clear design signature coupled with excellent product quality and a huge potential for innovation have helped make MYKITA a major name on the international eyewear market.

Model: Helmut

www.mykita.com

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Ron “Jaws” Jaworski Spokesman For A&A Optical’s XXL Eyewear Collection

December 28th, 2011

The XXL™ Collection features an extensive selection of stylish eyewear engineered for the fit challenged man in sizes 51 to 63. XXL™ eyewear connects with the diverse lifestyle of the modern man, offering the most innovative eyewear designs and styling in titanium, acetate, metals, Torx™ memory metal, semi-rimless and combination styles.

Brewer
Brewer exudes a strong blend of modern appeal, clean lines and elegance. The combination frame combines rich acetate temples with the effortless look of a shiny metal rectangular, semi-rimless front. The wide temples feature a complimentary outside color and marble-like inside coloring. Brewer is available in black, brown and gunmetal in sizes: 56-19-140 and 58-19-145.

Hurricane
Weather a storm of compliments with Hurricane. With sleek, modern lines exuding luxury, this combination frame creates a style surge. At the eye of the semi-rimless rectangle frame style are rich metal accents paired with wearable colored acetate. Hurricane is a splash in brown, gold and gunmetal. Sizes: 54-18-140 and 56-18-145.

Nighthawk
Look stylish, night or day, in classic frame Nighthawk. The deep rectangle titanium frame features sleek acetate temples in complimentary tones. Nighthawk is available in two sizes: 58-19-145 and 60-19-150. Sophisticated and timeless color palette in black, gold (with brown temples) and gunmetal (with black temples).

Ron “Jaws” Jaworski, legendary NFL star quarterback, ESPN Monday Night Football analyst is spokesman for A&A Optical’s XXL™ collection. In the past, Jaworski wore what he would describe as, ‘Ben Franklin’ style glasses. Ron explains his style choice, after discovering the XXL eyewear brand:

“XXL frames changed my entire look, and my TV persona. Instead of receiving e-mails and questions about football, I received comments about my eyewear. Everyone noticed my glasses. Now I’m the guy with the cool glasses.”

Ron’s Top Picks can be viewed on the A&A Optical website, aaopticalco.com.

XXL™ merchandising elements include: Ron Jaworski for XXL™ counter cards, XXL™ Collection counter cards and XXL™ logo plaques. For more information, contact A&A Optical at 800-492-4465, or visit A&A Optical online at aaopticalco.com.


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CARRERA Sunglasses Debut In Latest Katy Perry Music Video “The One That Got Away”

December 27th, 2011

CARRERA sunglasses made their debut in the latest Katy Perry music video “The One That Got Away,” the sixth single from the singer’s record breaking album Teenage Dream.

Model: Carrera 1

“The One That Got Away” features the always fun and flirty Perry donning a pair of gold CARRERA 1 metal aviator sunglasses which are part of the brand’s recently relaunched vintage collection. Customized with retro detailing including an iconic nose bridge, the sunglasses are inspired by the original CARRERA designs first introduced in the early Seventies.

The video for the single is currently in rotation in the U.S. and worldwide.

ABOUT CARRERA
CARRERA’s trademark history in the sector of sports eyewear began in 1956. The sunglass brand reached new heights in popularity in the 1980s, becoming one of the most iconic fashion sunglass collections of the decade. In 1996, Safilo Group acquired CARRERA, a market leader in sunglasses and prescription eyewear. Today, CARRERA remains an iconic and successful international eyewear brand synonymous with design, innovation and quality.

www.carreraworld.com

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21st U.S. Optometry School To Open In Massachusetts

December 26th, 2011

The Doctor of Optometry program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) has been granted “Preliminary Approval” by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE). Scheduled to begin in August 2012, with 64 students at each level, it will be the 21st school of optometry in the U.S.

The official letter from the ACOE stated that the program “has clearly demonstrated it is developing in accordance with Council standards. The program has approval to begin student recruitment, selection and admissions, and to begin offering the program.”

The accreditation effort was led by founding dean of the school, Lesley Walls, OD, and vice dean, Kent Daum, OD. Most recently, Walls served as president of the Southern California College of Optometry, and he was also the dean of optometry at Pacific University in Oregon and at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. Daum served as vice president and dean of academic affairs at the Illinois College of Optometry.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for the entire profession of optometry because our optometry students will be educated and trained side-by-side in a multiple disciplinary setting along with students in physical therapy, pharmacy and physician assistant programs,” said Walls.

The school will be located at Worcester’s Lincoln Square Living and Learning Center, which the College purchased in 2010 and currently houses 200 students. Construction on the six-story, 54,000-square-foot building where the School of Optometry will be located is well underway. It will include an on-site optometry clinic, research space, administrative offices, faculty/staff offices, and an optical dispensary. The College received permission from the Worcester Planning Board to move forward with the $10 million project in September.

Founded in 1823, MCPHS is the oldest institution of higher education in the entire city of Boston and the second oldest college of pharmacy in the U.S. “This setting will help to ensure that future ODs are recognized as an integral part of the entire health care team,” added Walls.

www.mcphs.edu

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Protein In Fruit Fly Eye May Shed Light On Blinding Diseases

December 23rd, 2011

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems in humans. Reporting in the Nov. 16, 2011, issue of Neuron, the scientists note that similar but yet-to-be-identified proteins in the eye and brain could help explain age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, as well as Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and prion diseases.

The protein, which the scientists have named XPORT, serves as a molecular chaperone for two important proteins that are key to sensory activities in the eye. One protein, rhodopsin, is responsible for absorbing light, and the other protein, TRP, is a channel that plays a role in calcium influx into cells. XPORT guides the two proteins from the place where they are made in the cell to the location where they do their jobs.

Dr. Nansi Jo Colley

This intricate process of chaperoning includes synthesis, folding, assembly, quality control, transport and targeting of proteins to their appropriate locations, explains senior author Dr. Nansi Jo Colley of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. The complex process is prone to error, and a malfunction in any of the steps can have dire consequences in tissues. Colley and her team discovered XPORT as a result of screening a collection of 900 fruit-fly mutants that undergo retinal degeneration. The XPORT mutant displayed retinal degeneration and defects in rhodopsin and TRP.

In their experiments, the scientists showed that XPORT forms a complex with rhodopsin and TRP, and is required to successfully transport the two proteins to a specific location on the cell surface. They also determined that XPORT is essential for cell survival-mutations in XPORT prevented the two proteins from moving through the trafficking pathway, and this ended in retinal degeneration and blindness in the fly. XPORT was also found to interact closely with another family of molecular chaperones called heat shock proteins, which are indispensable in the folding of newly synthesized proteins. While XPORT is an eye-specific protein that is expressed in flies and other insects, Colley expects that a protein very similar to XPORT exists in humans.


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TD Tom Davies Bespoke Eyewear Launches In Malaysia

December 22nd, 2011

Optometry specialists, Eyecon Optometry Network (Eyecon), has launched TD Tom Davies Bespoke, the world’s first luxury made-to-measure eyewear service in Malaysia. Malaysia is also the first country in Asia to launch this exciting bespoke service following the appointment of Eyecon as the sole distributor by the award-winning British luxury eyewear brand.

TD Tom Davies, helmed by British spectacle designer Tom Davies, has revolutionised eyewear by introducing bespoke frames that are designed and hand-made to suit a person’s face, skin tone, physical characteristics and lifestyle.

Having a frame designed and made for you is like a combination of ordering a bespoke suit and re-designing your own face. You get spectacles or sunglasses that fit perfectly, in exactly the colours and materials you choose, and designed specifically around your natural features.

According to Eyecon Chief Executive Officer, Murphy Chan, while consumers could spend thousands of ringgit on designing and tailoring their wardrobe, there was simply no option for personalisation when it came to spectacles or sunglasses until TD Tom Davies came long.

“For many, glasses are the defining features of their faces and something they will wear every day for years on end. Eyecon is proud to introduce TD Tom Davies Bespoke frames to discerning Malaysians. They are made for spectacle wearers who want the perfect fit and trendsetters who are seeking their signature style,” he said.

During the consultation, the customer chooses his or her preferred frame. The optometrist then takes a sophisticated series of measurements and photographs, chooses colours, shapes and materials and input them into the online design wizard.

TD Tom Davies designers in London will then provide a portfolio of three designs which gives a realistic idea of what the frames look like on the customer’s face.

Once the option is chosen, the frame is hand-made using a combination of traditional techniques and modern machinery. One of the features most liked by TD Tom Davies customers is having their names laser-engraved discreetly on the inside of one of the arms as the finishing touch.

Typically, the entire process, from consultation to delivery, takes about three weeks.

TD Tom Davies Bespoke was launched in conjunction with the official opening of Eyecon’s flagship outlet at The Gardens, Mid Valley City. The outlet, one of the 12 Eyecon Optometry Centres nationwide, promises a new experience in eye care.

Instead of opticians, every Eyecon Optometry Centre is managed by optometrists who are trained to detect eye disease or evidence of systemic abnormalities. Optometrists are also able to provide more comprehensive eye care and advice to the public.

Eyecon Optometry Centres also use state-of-the-art equipment and machines that are able to offer a comprehensive analysis of the health of your eyes. In addition to the usual range of products, they also offer customised solutions for frames and lenses.

According to Chan, Eyecon aimed to provide a totally new eye care experience to the public as the “trusted eye care advisor”.

“We currently have 12 centres nationwide and aim to increase the number through our franchise programme. Our vision is to become a world-class optometry network that is able to deliver professional and holistic eye care services and innovative solutions that enhance and enrich lives,” he said.

Since the network’s formation in 2010, Eyecon has been providing vision testing and free eyewear to underprivileged children through its Penglihatan Jelas, Prestasi Cemerlang (PJPC) Corporate Responsibility campaign.

In conjunction with the launch of TD Tom Davies Bespoke, Eyecon announced that it will be sponsoring eyewear and eye care for one underprivileged child with every purchase from the range.

www.tdtomdavies.com

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Judith Leiber Eyewear Persia Collection—Lavish and Bold

December 21st, 2011

Drawing inspiration from Middle Eastern architecture, the Persia group is lavish and bold. With ornate decoration and sculpted temples, these frames represent the best of the distinguished Persian design aesthetic.

JL 1630SG, a square sunglass, JL 1631, an oval optical style, JL 1632, a classic round optical style, and JL 1641, an international fit optical style, are crafted from handmade custom acetate laminates and boast gold and silver leafing, large navette- shaped genuine Austrian crystals and skived down temple décor that has been integrated into the hinge for a seamless look reminiscent of world renowned Persian-style domes.

This group introduces new stone colors including chrysolite opal, sunflower and sand opal.

www.legacie.com

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The American Optometric Foundation Announces 2011 Recipients of the Essilor Technology Grants

December 20th, 2011

The American Optometric Foundation along with Essilor of America, Inc. has announced the 2011 recipients of the Essilor Technology Grants; now in its tenth year. The announcement was made at the Foundation’s Annual Celebration Luncheon on October 15th during Academy Boston. Three $20,000 grants were awarded to optometry institutions for projects intended to elevate the standards and visibility of ophthalmic dispensing to students and patients in the training environment.

The 2011 recipients are:

  • State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry, New York, NY
  • University of California Berkeley School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA
  • The Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus, OH

AOF President, Catherine Amos, commented “we are delighted to have a productive ongoing relationship with Essilor. We share their goals of enhancing optometric education and improving patient care.”

The American Optometric Foundation is committed to improving the visual welfare of the public by fostering advances in education and research. A leading organization in optometric education, the AOF provides assistance and encouragement to students who plan on pursuing a career in visual health and promotes healthy relationships within and among organizations that share a common goal.

“Essilor is proud to support the next generation of eyecare professionals through its long-standing partnership with the AOF,” said Rod Tahran, O.D., F.A.A.O., vice president of professional relations and clinical affairs for Essilor of America, who presented the awards at the luncheon “Since the program began ten years ago, these grants have enabled schools of optometry to make significant advancements their educational programs, ultimately benefitting the entire vision community”

About AOF
The American Optometric Foundation is a philanthropic organization devoted to the advancement of optometric education and research, administering over $400,000 per year in scholarships, fellowships, and research grants. The AOF is an affiliate of the American Academy of Optometry.

The American Optometric Foundation

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Mixed Materials and Textures—New From ProDesign: Zense 7901-06

December 20th, 2011

The designer‘s love for aluminum materials and colors inspired this lively collection, that combines acetate, titanium and aluminum. The beautiful colors they have achieved with the aluminum fronts, really makes these frames stand out.

The bold block hinge creates the perfect connection between the fronts and the acetate temples without disrupting the flow of the matching colors. The different textures of the aluminum and the acetate brings a certain dynamic to these Zense frames. On the temples, the colors are strongest on the inside, with just a drop on the outside, achieved by milling away a small part oft he upper layer of acetate.

Other small details that you notice are the integrated rim lock, that is special for ProDesign, and the titanium nosepads that ensures a allergy-friendly frame.

Two feminine shapes in six colors each, one unisex shape in five colors each, two masculine shapes in five colors each and one model in the alumininum and titanium combination comes in three colors.

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