Filed under: Anne et Valentin, NEWS!
i just got back from the eyewear trade show in Vegas and boy did i have a great time walking the strip;-) actually, i had the best time picking out new glasses for eye spy..of course! vintage styles are still going strong, along with translucent colors in pinks, beige and blue. here is a sneak peek of the new Anne et Valentin frames that are on their way….
you can also sneak a peek at every new style and color that i saw at the show…just swing into eye spy on saturdays in november! we will have a different representative here each weekend to show our special customers all the new styles…before we even receive them. awesome. we heart you and want you to have the best selection:-) see you soon!
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Filed under: NEWS!
i know, i know….what does tyvek® have to do with eyewear you ask?!
well, here at eye spy optical we love our planet and do our best to reduce, reuse and recycle….but when we receive shipments from a couple of our vendors, they are in tyvek® fedex packs:-( i was always sad having to throw these envelopes in the garbage instead of in our recycling bin…
BUT NOT ANYMORE! i just found out that the tyvek® envelopes can be sent back to dupont for recycling!! Yipee, yahoo! they are #2HDPE, so technically chicago *can* recycle them, but who know what chicago does with them! dupont makes the tyvek® into alternative wood products like park benches:-)
for quantities under 25:
Turn any Tyvek® envelope inside out, so the unprinted white surface shows on the outside. Stuff the inside-out Tyvek® envelope with other used Tyvek® envelopes for recycling.
Address and mail the envelope to:
Tyvek® Recycle
Attn. Shirley B. Wright
2400 Elliham Avenue #A
Richmond, VA 23237
For other quantities and info, check out the dupont recycling page
so nice! and speaking of recycling…
eye spy recycles old eyeglasses by sending them to an organization called New Eyes for the Needy.
if you cannot make it into eye spy and have eyeglasses to donate,
you can send them directly to:
New Eyes for the Needy
549 Millburn Avenue
PO Box 332
Short Hills, NJ 07078
If you have any other little-known recycling tips, please e-mail us!!
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Filed under: Grotesque, NEWS!
WooHoo!!
After many months of waiting, we finally received our new Grotesque frames!
If loving Grotesque is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.
Ain’t they cute?!
Come on in and try on our awesome Grotesque frames, they’re a fun line; we love having Grotesque eyewear at Eye Spy!
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Filed under: NEWS!
Hey Eye Spy friends!
Specs Therapist (Mary Hamilton) here. I’ve been away from Eye Spy for the last two weeks for a cross-country literary tour (The Dollar Store Tour) sponsored by Chicago’s own Featherproof Books. We went to 11 cities in 14 days and I can tell you that everywhere I went I saw Spectacular Specs! I saw Lafonts in New Orleans and I spotted a pair of bright green Theos in Baltimore among many other bright and funky frames.
Rockin’ blue specs in Nashville!The trip was great, but I missed Eye Spy! The first thing I did was take a walk around the store and coo over all of the new frames that arrived while I was away, I can’t wait to see them on all of you!
It’s good to be back.
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Filed under: FASHION!, NEWS!
We recently read this article about round sunglasses. At Eye Spy, we’ve long been in love with round sunglasses. From Anne et Valentin to Lafont, our lines have been the pacemaker to the heartbeat of eyewear fashion. That’s right. We are one step ahead of the eyewear trends, ready with the product so when you say to yourself, “I think I want some round sunglasses” you can just pop on by Eye Spy and you’ll be sure to know that we’ve got you covered. Round sunglasses?
Done.
Round metal frames?
Done.
Round plastic frames?
Done.
Round *and* Rimless *and* blue frames on a fuchsia background with a touch of late afternoon sunlight??
Done and done and done.
It’s because we love you, baby.
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Filed under: Francis Klein, NEWS!
I love the look of chunky authentic Vintage Frames! We have a few select vintage frames left in our in-store stock at Eye Spy, but they won’t be around long and let me tell you, when then go, I’m gonna miss them!
See how cute?!
Good for me we also have Francis Klein in our lives. This line embraces the spirit of vintage frames with the construction techniques and materials of modern times:
Ok ok, and I wanted to share a picture of our hula display. Sometimes it’s just so fun to be a part of Eye Spy!!
So whether you want to go authentic with your vintage look, or if you want something a little stronger, stop on by!
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Filed under: NEWS!
I like to peruse the Internets every now and again to find various ways that my favorite accessories, ***eyeglasses***, find their way into artwork.
First, I stumbled upon this poster for the Sweet Hair Poster Show:
Created by Chelsea Brick and Burns, this poster is Awesome! Check out more about them at Red Black Brown
I also stumbled upon this image on flickr:
Totally. Radical.
To see more check out the flickr photopage here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagetsou/
eye spy (hearts) eyeglass art!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, NEWS!
Congrats to our Eye Spy/Time Out Chicago contest winner, FRED L!
Fred won a free pair of eyeglasses care of Eye Spy Optical! It was a lot of fun choosing a frame for Fred, he was digging the classic look of the Anne et Valentin sunglasses, which are vintage inspired, but have a definite modern quality to their use of angles and color.
Fred settled on a blue Anne et Valentin sunglass frame:
What a lucky guy!
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Filed under: NEWS!
Check it out!!!
Hey You!! Look at me!!
Eye Spy has a new look!
green is the new awesome
You know us, at Eye Spy, we like to be as green as possible. For a while, we’ve been bored with our plain brown facade. It didn’t accurately represent the Eye Spy attitude!
Then, Alissa had the brilliant idea of putting astro-turf on the store! She cut the panels in her own back yard and put them up with Velcro, so when we remove the middle two panels, we have a fun purple chalkboard hidden away! Wait, there’s more!
It turns out the astro-turf is made out of recycled materials. So we did get the green facade we’ve always wanted. It just took a little elbow grease and a lot of clever thinkin’!
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Filed under: IC Berlin, NEWS!
I just came across a photo of IC!Berlin frames being used in a, well, creative manner. We have always told our customers how durable IC!Berlin frames are, referencing real-life incidents…such as the time a customer inadvertently got his IC!Berlin’s run over by a car and the frames were not damaged at all!! But this photo just proves how useful IC!Berlin’s really are….and how much extra time some people have on their hands!
So, remember…if you drop one of your chopsticks on the ground and can’t find another set, just take off your IC!Berlin’s, snap off the temples….and dig in. Delicious!
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