Filed under: Anne et Valentin, EVENTS!, Unique Frame Lines
Have you been dying to see the new collection of Anne et Valentin? Dreaming about a new pair? Well, we have got the solution to the problem! We are having a trunk show with the whole collection! Please try and contain your selves…
It takes a long time to make a pair of Anne et Valentin frames….and these frames, in particular. Each part of these titanium frames, where you see a color change, is a separate piece! These frames are a work of art!!
Stop by on Thursday, July 18th from 1 to 7 pm to see the entire collection…every style and every color.
We will also be donating part of our sales to our sweet friends at Marjorie Kovler Center.
Located in Rogers Park, Marjorie Kovler Center transforms the lives of individuals recovering from the complex consequences of torture. Kovler Center provides medical, mental health, and social services; trains and educates locally and globally; and advocates for the end of torture worldwide.
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Anni Shades, FASHION!, Mykita, Theo, Unique Frame Lines
The Hipster. The fashion figure that against it’s own will has become mainstream. Being TOO cool is, unfortunately, what made hipsters cool.
They are ID’ed by their tight t-shirts meant to look like they came from the Salvation Army (but were actually purchased from an over-priced corporate-driven sale rack), painted-on skinny jeans, grandpa’s sweater, and a knit beanie worn in -9° or 90° weather.
But let us not forget the ultimate hipster accessory….
The Hipster Glasses.
The only requirement really for the hipster frame is that it be over-sized, holding no real prescription. They are predominantly there to complete the “look” of uncool coolness.These are the kinds of glasses we wore back in the day that would get us beaten up or stolen and thrown out the school bus window. These dork-a-licious frames have risen from the ashes like a phoenix and are in higher demand than any other style. WHO-DA THUNK?!
You can’t TRULY be a hipster if you’ve got the same glasses as the hipster standing next you smoking an herbal cigarette, listening to music you’ve never heard, outside a bar that no one else goes to. SO we’ve decided to put together a lookbook for all the folks out there, hipster or otherwise, that can show you how to portray the type of hipster you are, will be, or always have been.
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Check out our customers of the week Patrick and Jessica! This sweet couple came in for an updated look. What do you think? We are in love with Jessica’s big smile…and her Anne et Valentin Elevate frame. Patrick loves very handsome in his Theo Huitante+3 in brown and green. Go green frames!!
Jessica took a small hiatus from Eye Spy, got lenses somewhere else and had trouble adjusting to the lenses:-( She knows she is sensitive to small changes in her prescription…just like many artists, engineers, designers and other detail-oriented folks! When she put on her new Anne et Valentin frames from Eye Spy, we tweaked the adjustment and she said that they felt great…and that made *us* feel real good:-)
The fact is, there are hundreds of lens designs for opticians to choose from….and choosing the correct lens design is paramount to adapting quickly to your new glasses!! After looking at your prescription, frame choice and asking some lifestyle, adaptation, and usage questions, the certified opticians at Eye Spy decide on the very best lens design…just for you!!
Many opticians do not ask these questions, and do not have the access or training to use the newer technically-advanced that we like to use. It takes a bit more time, but it is worth the time and energy to select the perfect lens design for each customer…especially when we are talking about progressive lens design! We prefer to use lenses from Hoya and Shamir, but we have access to every single lens on the market.
Jessica and Patrick came in for the Mom’s the Word Trunk Show, got a free massage and picked out these sweet glasses! Congrats to our customers of the week!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Anni Shades, Mykita, NEWS!, RES/REI
The gospel music is playing on Pandora, and the new frames are arriving from Italy, France, Germany and Ohio! Hallelujuh and Amen.
The theme seems to be round, round and more round…but we tried to balance it out as much as we could:-)
Here are just a few pictures of the new frames that arrived the past couple weeks:
Anni Shades straight from Ohio! Wear Wood!
Buonjourno to RES/REI from the mountains of Italy
A few more RES/REI frames from Treviso, Italy
Bonjour to Anne et Valentins from sunny Toulouse
Anne et Valentin tres jolie titanium frames
Guttentag to Mykitas from Berlin
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Francis Klein, Mykita, NEWS!
We are very excited about all the new shapes, colors and lines that we discovered and ordered in Milan last weekend…while drinking espresso!
What’s in: bi-colored metal frames with pastels and gold, plastic and metal combination frames, colors from the 70’s and round frames!
So, here’s what we saw and loved…and will be receiving in the next few months:
and much more more!! We are off to NYC this weekend for the next trade show…and to make some final decisions! Stay tuned…
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Allow us to introduce our customer of the week … Sharon! This lady is lookin’ mighty fine in her sweet new Anne et Valentin Djakarta frame.
Sharon has been a friend of Eye Spy since 2003! She has a pretty awesome collection of frames and this one is the best since it was FREE! Sharon was the winner of our Mustache Contest this summer. 
Sharon got the most “likes” out of everyone that entered in our contest!
Thanks for being awesome and participating in our contest Sharon!
Congrats on being our customer of the week… you sure are as sweet as pie:-)
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Obviously we LOVE when people find awesome glasses. We DOUBLE LOVE when couples come in and they both find really awesome glasses. Bringing us to the point of this post: the customers of the week are Ann and Victor. They both look great in their brand new Anne et Valentin frames. Ann, is shaking things up in her Franca frame, while Victor is wearing his new Lio frame.
Congrats on being our customer(s) of the week! You look stunning Victor and Ann! Check out the details on their frames below.
First up, Ann’s frame. 
Next up, Victor’s frame.
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Anni Shades, Claire Goldsmith, EVENTS!, February 31st, Francis Klein, IC Berlin, Italee, Lafont, Mykita, Rapp, Swissflex, Theo, Unique Frame Lines, Wonderglasses
Haven’t had the time to make it into our sale yet? Wondering what’s on sale with out having to make a trip? Well… today is your lucky day! Check out the awesome possum sale frames below. Don’t doddle though, while they are here today…they may be gone tomorrow!
Francis Klein
Feb31st
Frames Galore!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, EVENTS!, February 31st, Francis Klein, Lafont, Mykita, Rapp, Unique Frame Lines, Wonderglasses
Welcome to the New Year! Bring it on 2013. What better way to start the year off, than with scoring some sweet deals on new frames. Come in and check out our sale ALL MONTH LONG! Prices start at $99! Frames will be anywhere from 25%-75% off, so come get while the gettin’s good.
Sale lines include: Anne et Valentin, Lafont, Francis Klein, Theo, Rapp, 2.5 and Mykita. Best of all, we will have Mykita, Selima, Feb31st and Wonderglasses frames that will be 50% off! Bam!
See you soon!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo, Unique Frame Lines
Our Customer of the Week is Lael!
Lael and his wife Eugenie have been coming to Eye Spy for almost ten years! Eugenie has always had a love of funky eyewear, but it took a bit of persuading to get Lael on board. A couple of years ago, Lael decided to take the plunge…he was jealous that his wife always got all the compliments. Once he bought his first fun pair, he kept coming back for more! Now, Lael and his wife are the talk of the town!!!
You rock Lael…and you are our Customer of the Week!
P.S. This is Eugenie. She is a hard act to follow!!
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