Filed under: Anne et Valentin, Unique Frame Lines
Everyone…and we mean EVERY.ONE. should be trembling with excitement.
Why, you ask?
Because the Anne et Valentin Trunk Show is less than a week away!
Don’t miss out on the cocktails, snacks, and of course our favorite line of frames. There are new colors and styles galore!!
…Thursday, July 18th…
…Eye Spy Optical…
…Be there, or be square…
In the meantime, check out these sweet faces and their awesome Anne et Valentin frames!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Say hello to our Customer of the Week: Debbie!!
Debbie is sporting the super hot Theo Huitante+ Sept. With their awesome pink and orange sherbet color, these frames are perfect for Debbie’s summer look!!
Debbie travelled to Eye Spy from the western suburbs in order to find glasses that she could not find anywhere else! And…it just so happened that our fabulous Theo eyewear rep was in-store when Debbie stopped in. As a result, Debbie got to try-on tons of colors and shapes. We have three color combinations of this frame in-stock, but Debbie fell in love with this color…so we ordered it for her and received it in two weeks. It takes time to get frames from Belgium!
Congratulations on your Customer of the Week status Debbie!!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein, Unique Frame Lines
Presenting our Beautiful Customer of the week Querida…in her new sassy-pants Francis Klein Ginga frames!
Querida came in on a whim wanting frames that are as sassy as she is. Well, we sure did find them! We had a tough call between two frames but these ones really are perfect for her. Querida’s style and flair inspired our Specs Wrangler to get an asymmetrical haircut as well! Thanks for being so awesome Querida and being our sassy customer of the week!
Check out her frames up close. Love the frame but not the color? Don’t worry Francis Klein will make it almost any color of the rainbow!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein
Introducing our CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!! Say hello to local artist Mary Ellen Croteau! Mary Ellen is our customer of the week in honor of our April Green Scene!
Mary’s art is composed of thrown-away bottle caps…as seen in the picture below!! This month, we will are hosting eco-workshops every Saturday at Eye Spy from 12-4 PM. Click here for the schedule.
Mary Ellen is donning her new, adorably chic pair of Francis Klein Miny’s. We’re lucky enough to have a piece of Mary Ellen’s art right here in our own little store, seen here in the picture(look familiar?) Also, check out her new exhibit “Plastic World” at the Dittmar Gallery showing April 1st-May 5th.
**Here’s a close up of the beautiful FK frames for your ocular titillation!**
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein, Unique Frame Lines
Allow us to introduce Tracee, our beautiful customer of the week!
As a close friend of our Opticianista, Tracee has visited Eye Spy Optical many, many, many times….and every time she stops in to say hi, she tries on our simply spectacular specs. Of course. How can anyone resist? After almost going for a raspberry-colored pair of titanium Theos, Tracee changed course and went for these leopard-print Francis Klein Wing frames. She looks pretty darn sexy in these cat-eyes….but who wouldn’t?!
Tracee is quite the “jill of all trades” ranging from a killer hair dresser, makeup artist to a awesome painter. Are you curious what her work looks like? (Come on, you know you are.) Check it out here.
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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: NEWS!, RVS, Unique Frame Lines
We have a new lady in the house! Join us in welcoming Adrienne, our new Optical Chanteuse!! We are stoked to have another curly-haired gal join the team!
ROCKIN’ THE VISIONARY FRAME BY RVS
We asked Adrienne a few questions just so everyone could get to know her a little better before you let her pick out your new dreamy glasses.
What catches your wee eye at Eye Spy?
Um…. the rad ladies I now get to work with. Seriously.
What is your favorite thing in the entire world?
CHOCOLATE! It makes everything okay.
If your house was on fire what would you save?
My Cat, Ophelia, my phone….and my Lucky brand boots.
What is your fave role you played? (Side Note: Adrienne is an actress, in case you didn’t catch that.)
Jenny Diver, from Three Penny Opera.
Why make the move to Chicago?
Wanted to live in a big city that wasn’t too big. I wanted to be surrounded by arts and culture.
What do you do in your free time?
If I am not in a show…..usually trying to catch up on some quality Hulu time with my man.
Adrienne is currently obsessed with the Visionary frame by RVS. We can’t wait for everyone to meet our brand-spankin’ new optician. Come on in and let her sing you a song.
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Filed under: NEWS!
This week has been quite busy around Eye Spy! The highlight of our week so far has been this past Monday….believe it or not!? Who likes Mondays, especially when the high is around 5 degrees? Ack. Normally that would be our reaction too. However, this Monday Mary Ellen Croteau and her hubby installed these bottle-cap beauties…making us fall in love with Monday, for one week only:-)
We won’t even try to lie, we all know the ladies of Eye Spy love us some color. Mary Ellen definitely brought it! Who knew that we needed more color in here? Mary Ellen created these pieces in stacks and then did some calculating to figure out the aesthetics of the columns. Her studio is full of caps, lids and tops…all sorted by color. People donate them to her or she even dumpster dives for some of them at her local recycling center. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle right?! We are looking forward to staring at these beauties for a long time! Oooh, aaah.
The columns look ever better in-person…and Mary Ellen just hung a grouping of 8 columns at the Carl Hammer Gallery!! You go girl! Check out Ms. Croteau’s website to see all of her fabulous artwork…including our favorite piece made from bottle caps: My Eye. We have a print of it in our back office…so let us know if you want to take a peek at it:-)
This is our Design Maven’s favorite detail
Our Queen loves the metallic detail!
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Filed under: NEWS!, Unique Frame Lines
We are so pumped to welcome RVS by V into our little Eye Spy family of awesome eyewear. RVS is a line unlike any other, and the very first eyewear company to be based out of Istanbul, Turkey. The line started in 2006 and is going strong with a beautiful selection of matte colors. Each frame is hand made and fits right in to their vision for “quality eyewear built to last a lifetime.”
Vidal Erkohen, founder of RVS, started in eyewear by supplying eyewear boutiques, runway shows and some celebrities with vintage eyewear. Erkohen then founded RVS with the goal of bringing back the originality and quality of vintage eyewear.
We are over the moon with his collection and the wide range of matte colors the frames come in! Here is just a few samples of what our new line looks like.
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Filed under: Anni Shades, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Unique Frame Lines
Welcome to the first full week of 2013! We are so excited to ring in the new year with our very first Customer of the Week…Jessi! Jessi is jumping for joy in her new Anni Shades Glimpse frames! She looks awesome in the kelly green with the pop of yellow sandwiched in-between.
Jessi will be showing off her new frames at her new job as a Librarian! (It’s hard not to have the Music Man song go though your head. “ Marian…..Madam Librarian“). So, she’s a little excited!? New job, new city…. off to a good start Jessi!
Check out the Anni Shades Glimpse frame below. It’s the same shape as Jessi’s, but its natural cocobolo color is shining through with a red inlay peeking out to say hello. Or maybe you have been wondering how to combine your love of wooden frames with your favorite color: orange. Look no further…
Do you love these two pairs, but want to make your own color combo? The nice guys at Anni Shades will create a custom piece for you…right here in the Midwest.
Anywho…thanks for being our very first customer of the week for 2013, Jessi! You look great!
Note: The number 13 is our Queen of Specs’ lucky number, so this will *definitely* be Eye Spy’s lucky year!
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