Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Anni Shades, Caroline Abram, EVENTS!, Francis Klein, Rapp, Theo
Yep, it’s what you have been waiting for all year…the new 2015 eyewear collections straight from Paris!!!! Hollah!
While the Queen of Specs takes the long voyage to Paris every year, and suffers while doing so (just kidding!), we make it easy on all of our customers by inviting the representatives from a small selection of our lines to Eye Spy on Saturdays on November. We tried to mix it up a bit this year…so we hope you are as excited as we are!!
Which show should you put on your calendar, if you cannot attend all of the shows? Good Question.
Here are links to the lines that we are showing…Take a peek and see which ones might be your soulmate!
11/1: Rapp and Anni Shades -select shape and color and have a custom pair made just for you!
11/8: Francis Klein- select shape and color and have a custom sparkly pair made just for you!
11/15: Caroline Abram- sexy cat-eyes at an awesome price!
11/22: Theo eyewear- incredible colors and shapes in acetate and metal!
11/28: Anne et Valentin- very wearable shapes and colors…in unexpected combinations!
AND if you want a private showing on the Sunday following each show…just call us at 773.477.2670 or email us at [optician at eyespyoptical.com] for an appointment 
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein
Meet Allison…our Customer of the week!
Allison fell head over heels in love with this Francis Klein Ginga frame…
Allison came in looking for a something different, and boy did we find it. She and the Design Maven knew this was the one. Allison put it on and practically started glowing! She was on a hunt for either a purple or a tortoise frame; They managed to find the best of both worlds, as this frame starts out purple and fades to tortoise!
Allison you are a total beauty in this frame, and in general. If we were in the E/R and you were our doc, it would make our day having you show up at our bedside wearing this frame! Thanks for being our Customer of the Week!!!
Here’s a close up shot of Allison’s lovely frame!!!!
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Filed under: NEWS!, Niloca
It’s about that time, it’s about that place, it’s about getting Niloca on your face!
How dreamy are these new Niloca Clockwork series frames? I mean, come on now! They even come in almost all of Eye Spy’s favorite color combinations!
Niloca describes this series as being: hard, edgy and a little bit brutal, made from exotic materials gathered from their own trip across the continuum. Designed in Melbourne, with a tip of the bowler hat to timelessness.
The Specs Wrangler has been obsessing over the Clockwork cat-eye in the sky blue…we will see how long she can hold out before ordering that one. Oh wait, she just ordered it!
Times a tickin’… come and try-on these titanium beauties that took a year to be manufactured!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Congrats to Phyllis!!!
Phyllis has been coming to Eye Spy for years and years. Every time she buys a pair, she always gets so many compliments…or at least, that is what she tells us;-) When she saw this pair of Anne et Valentin frames, she was immediately drawn to it. This pair was part of a limited edition series of Anne et Valentin sunglasses. Only 25 sets were made for the whole wide world! (They are all gone, except for one lonely pair on our shelf!)
Originally, her green glasses were sunglasses, as are many of Phyllis’ previous pairs. Instead, we turned it into an everyday pair with XTRActive Transition lenses. Why are XTRActive Transitions different from the good ole Transitions that we normally use?
All day Transitions XTRActive lenses adapt to help protect your eyes from fatigue and strain caused by UV light and bright glare outdoors, and even activate behind the windshield. Indoors they have a comfortable hint of tint to shield your eyes from strain caused by harsh indoor light.
Phyllis sells real estate, so she is in and out of her car all day, when she is not in front of the computer, or walking her three cute rescue dogs from her volunteer gig at PAWS. These lenses are a perfect solution…and she is getting even more compliments than ever on her glasses…or as she emailed us, “I am still accosted by strangers every day re: the glasses.”
Congrats to Phyllis and her pups!
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Filed under: Anni Shades, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Welcome back to the same bat channel and bat place! Allow us to introduce Todd, who was actually one of the first people that the Design Maven helped when she started at ye ole Eye Spy.
Todd came in looking for something different and fun. His first pair of Eye Spy frames was an RVS frame in a matte black and speckled tortoise. He loved them so much that he added a second pair of Anni Shades that, sadly, bounced out of his bike bag. He was looking to replace his beloved lost frames. (Hopefully someone found them that really needed them, right?)
Todd found this beautiful Anni Shades Glimpse frame with a secret aqua accent…
Todd is really lovin’ his new frames and hopefully these will *not* bounce out of his bike bag. Below is his first pair of Eye Spy glasses. We did notice that he somehow scratched his lenses, and replaced them under his scratch warranty!
Thanks for being so much fun to work with Todd and such a good sport on one of the Design Maven’s first days!!! (Ya know, back a few years ago.) And…if you know a student at New Trier High School, they might recognized Todd as a fabulous history teacher! Have a great school year everyone and congrats to Todd for being Customer of the Week!!
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Filed under: Caroline Abram, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Unique Frame Lines
It’s that time again, THURSDAY!!! Which, also happens to be Customer of the Week day! Meet Brooke, who once upon a time lived in Chicago, and then moved to DC, then traveled back to Chi-town to shop for glasses. Brooke tried and tried again to find glasses in DC but nothing lived up to Eye Spy. So back to Eye Spy it was for Brooke. After spending some time with the Specs Wrangler she settled on Caroline Abram. Brooke scooped up two frames, although we only got a picture in one frame.
Brooke acutally insited a photo with the Queen of Specs. She even talked her hubby into getting a pair of glasses, who since he had never been here he got a referral discount! Brooke you look like a total babe in your new Caroline Abram frames! Thanks for the travels and tons of fun! We will see you when you want new frames!
Here’s a peek at her frames!
We will see you next week at the same bat time and on the same bat channel for Customer of the Week!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein, Unique Frame Lines
It’s that time again folks, customer of the week time that is. Allow us to introduce Beth, delcared her self the orginal the Pink Lady. Beth tried to find glasses at a shop that shall not be named (aka the Voltermort of Glasses Shops, and yes we did just say that.) She quickly realized that her personailty was just too much for that store. Beth’s lovely daughter Ruth brought her into Eye Spy, turning her over to the thoughtful hands of the Design Maven.
Beth and the Design Maven had a blast picking out these beautiful Francis Klein Bisou frames in sparkly leopard. Not only does she look awesome, she looks like she might teach you to bake or maybe just kick you to the curb, like any Pink Lady would.
Thanks for being such a B.A. Pink Lady Beth you look amazing in your Francis Kleins! We had a blast helping you pick these beauties out!!!
P.S. did we mention that Beth also got a referral discount since her daughter Ruth referred her here! Refer a friend and they save
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Hey Peeps! It’s that time of the week again, meet Sophia our jazzy new Customer of the Week! She’s frame twins with Alissa, the Queen of Specs! Sophia really wanted to jazz it up with her new frames, and she made a bold choice going from a rimless frame to these Theo Mille+25 frames. She pulls it off so well, we are so glad she took the leap!!!!
Thanks for being so brave Sophia!!! Oh, and for being our Customer of the Week!
Check out the Queen of Specs in her Theo Mille+25 frames. Alissa’s frames are fluorescent pink! What else would she choose?! Too bad we didn’t get a photo of Sophia and Alissa together:-(
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Filed under: EVENTS!, February 31st, Gentle Monster, Kaenon, Maui Jim, Oliver Goldsmith, Spectacular Sunglasses, Super, Theo, Thierry Lasry
Join us for some mayhem on Thursday, July 31st from 3-7pm!
Y’all know that August brings our Sunglass sale. Once a year we round up all of our sunglasses, and go over-board on the discounts. We even sneak in a bunch of optical frames:-)
This year we are starting the party a day early, because turn down for what? Thursday will bring a 4 hour sneak peak at the sunglass sale along with a handful of other surprises we’ve got up our sleeves. Trust me, you WANT to know what they are. Perhaps, we will let the cat out of the bag the week of the par-tay! Maybe.
In the meantime, please allow me to temp you with some images of our lovely sunglasses and some total babes in them! We will see you Thursday, JULY 31st from 3-7pm for some snacks, booze and previews.
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Congratulations to Barbara!! We were almost as excited to fit Barbara with these limited edition Theo beauties as she was. Barbara kept giggling and giggling every time she put these frames on…so, of course, she had to get them:-)
Barbara has been a simply spectacular customer since 2001!! She usually she opts for purple frames, but sometimes you’ve just got to go a bit crazy. Right?
Here is a sneak peek of the rest of the limited edition fluorescent Theos, just in case you need a pair for yourself…
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