Help us celebrate the completion of our new storefront this Saturday with holiday festivities!
We will be toasting Bob Fields, the artist & father to the Queen of Specs, who created this masterpiece. Since we introduced our new logo and new website last year, we have debating on how to redo our storefront. After many, many, many iterations on Illustrator, many people consulted, and many google image searches…we realized that we had the perfect resource: Bob Fields! He worked on these four panels tirelessly everyday for a month. Then, he spent two weeks devising brackets and installing the panels. What a brilliant job! Bob’s work on the storefront really brings the whole place together.
We will also be welcoming the start of Chanukah with treats and dreidels. To top the day off, there will also be festivities along Lincoln Ave. from Diversey to Addison! Meet the Clauses, hear carolers, and see live ice sculpture carvers from 1-4 PM. Wow!
Finally, if that isn’t enough…we are participating in a CPS Book Drive! If you have new or gently-used children’s books and stuffed animals, please bring them to Eye Spy for donation through Saturday at 4 PM.
So come and join us for fun, treats, art and a little holiday merriment!
In the holiday spirit of giving we are going to donate 50 cents for every new LIKE we get on our Facebook to Optometry Giving Sight!
Did you know Optometry Giving Sight is the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error? There are at least 670 million people around the world that are blind or vision impaired simply because they do not have access to the eye exam and glasses that they need.
Optometry Giving Sight funds the solution by supporting programs that deliver:
Vision Care – eye exams, low-cost eye glasses and low-vision devices
Training – of optometrists, eye care personnel and their teachers
Infrastructure development – establishment and support of vision centers, eye clinics and schools of optometry
Help us spread the word about this wonderful organization and keep on LIKING our page!
I know what you’re thinking, “What do I get someone who has everything?” If it isn’t obvious, let us suggest a gift certificate from Eye Spy Who doesn’t want a pair of Simply Spectacular Eyewear?! Really.
Just call or email us and we will do all the work!
If you would like to pay for the gift certificate online, click the button BELOW…
Happy Holidays and happy gift-giving from the team at Eye Spy! xoxox.
We already have customers asking us about our Saturday Trunk Shows in November…so we figured it is time to put up a post and make it official! We will have the newest of the new, hot off the press, straight from the Paris trade show…100’s of new frames that are not in any stores!
So, let me set you straight…this is NOT a sale. These are exclusive trunk shows where the sales rep from each line brings his or her samples for all to try-on. Every sample that the rep has, will be in the store for the weekend only. The shows are open to the public on Saturdays from 11-5 PM...and BY APPOINTMENT only on Sundays.
This is your one and only chance to see every color and every shape available in the current collections. We carry a majority of each collection, but we do not have room to stock the entire collection of each line. If you have been looking for the perfect pair or have something specific in mind, this is the time to come in to Eye Spy. You will be like a kid in a candy shop!!
Oh, and did we mention that these trunk shows will be showcasing the 2013 collections that are not in any stores yet? The only drawback is: you might have to wait a few weeks or a few months to receive your frames….but it will be worth it!! See you soon:-)
It’s hard to believe that it has been 14 years since Eye Spy Optical opened its doors on a cold and rainy Saturday morning on Lincoln Avenue! I still remember lying down on the couch to take a nap, as a result of staying up through the wee hours on Friday night to get everything ready for opening day. We have a new couch…but it still beacons me to take a nap;-)
We still love fitting our customers with unique, handmade eyewear in a living-room atmosphere…and giving the same honest and expert advice. We have a new logo, new website, and great employees. But not much else has changed. We continue to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as we can. And we love seeing our customers (and their families) return to us year after year. Who wouldn’t?
Take advantage of in-store specials on Saturday, Sept. 22nd & enjoy mimosas and homemade pie while selecting simply spectacular eyewear!!
Thanks for supporting us all these years!! You are the best customers ever!
Join us for a walking tour of our neighborhoods’ merchants showcasing local artists in Lakeview. Our featured artist is: Bob Fields. He is also the Queen of Specs’ father:-)
Meet Bob Fields at Eye Spy on Saturday, July 21st from 3-5 PM.
Join us on July 12th from 2-8 PM for a Theo trunk show!
We’re having a big ole barbecue and cold refreshments (read:beer) to celebrate having all of Theo’s brand-new frames and sunglasses at Eye Spy, straight from the Milan trade show!! Theo has eyewear in every shade under the rainbow, so don’t miss seeing this ground-breaking collection in all its glory at Eye Spy for one day only!
We love Theo this much (arms spread wide!) and are very excited to show all the new shapes and colors to you!! Although we relish trying on every frame in the collection ourselves, it is even more fun to see the collection on all of our customers:-)
Handsome dude in the Cinquante+Quatre frame!
For lovers of round frames…Theo Huitante+Sept
For cat-eye lovers…Theo Tortilla
For lovers of the traditional P3 shape, with a burst of color…Theo Septante+Deux
In addition, we will be donating a percentage of our sales to: Girls Rock! Chicago.
Girls Rock! Chicago is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering girls’ creative expression, positive self-esteem and community awareness through rock music. Pretty cool! Through music education programs for girls ages 8-16, they are committed to educating girls about the musical, technical and creative aspects involved in musicianship. They believe that young girls are rarely encouraged to explore self-expressive creative outlets and are less likely to be given access to musical and technical instruction or equipment…and rock music can be a crucial tool in allowing young women to respond to preconceived notions of what they can become!
YES, we already have a wooden frame line at Eye Spy….but this one is a little different, of course!
Meet Anni Shades! A new, small line of wooden frames made in the Midwest. Ohio, to be exact.
This small company makes every frame to order, so we were able to pick out custom color inlays that peek out in between the layers of beautiful wood. In addition, they plant a tree for every pair purchased:-)
We should have our order within the next week or two, so check back for pictures of our newest collection!
We were sooo excited when we saw all the new Anne et Valentin frames at the trade show in March! We ordered just a *wee* bit more than our budget! We are still waiting for a bunch of our order…since handmade frames take a long time to make:-(
While we are waiting, though, our sales rep from Anne et Valentin is going to bring the entire collection to Eye Spy for all to see!! Yahooo!
Join us on Thursday, June 14th from 12-7pm to get a sneak peak of the entire collection! See every style, shape and color in the Anne et Valentin collection…for one day only.
Who doesn’t want a pair of Simply Spectacular Eyewear?! Really.
