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We received a short email last night from blogger Jo, who runs the “Eye Heart Glasses” blog. Basically all the email said was “Hi, nice to discover you exist! I like your your site and I love your range“. It’s always good to get feedback like that. It makes it all worthwhile when you know people are actually taking an interest in what you do. We thoroughly enjoyed browsing Jo’s blog and feltvery much inspired by it. Looks like Jo certainly has an eye for great looking frames and a soft spot for nice glasses in particular. ... read more

Ralph Anderl, founder and face of ic!Berlin, the German cult brand of innovative eyewear appears naked and tied up at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin to promote the company’s new collection of super cool glasses and sunglasses. ... read more

After having had a private page for a number of months now, it is time to create a fan page. Thanks all for your support. Please keep spreading the good word and thereby make it possible for us to help Motuekans and Nelsonians to become the most trendy glasses wearers in New Zealand. Much appreciated. ... read more

We are now able to offer Grey Power and SuperGold card holders the following discounts: ... read more

Another busy day at Nelson’s Womens Lifestyle Expos 2010. It was a great opportunity for us to showcase our collections of outstanding frames and we certainly received great feedback. At this point we would like to thank each and everyone who visited us at our stand and hope that you had as great a time as we had. For those of you who entered our “Win Your Own Free Frame” competition, the big moment has just come. And the winner is: ... read more

Well, it was an early start for us today again. After having set up the stand at the expo venue yesterday, this morning it received the finishing touches. The Expo opened to the public at 10.00am. So far we had a great response and met many new people from Nelson, Richmond and Motueka. Unfortunately we spoiled all of our business cards right at the beginning of the day by dropping a full cup of coffee on them. Serves us right, I suppose, because we probably should have had our coffee before we came to the show. Here some impressions of day 1: ... read more

Together with the new BOZ collection, we also received some of the new JF Rey frames. Both are designed by Jean Francois Rey with the JF Rey collection being his “signature collection”. Inspiration is taken from modern architecture. JF Rey uses innovative colours, materials and finishes. He has become a trend-setter in the optical industry while maintaining his own distinctive look. ... read more

Here area couple of new BOZ models for the smaller face. Model BOZ Lio, both, in red and in with the leopard pattern are a nice combination of metal and acetate. Many acetate frames are sometimes difficult to adjust, however, the Lios are equipped with adjustable nose pads giving you the comfort of a metal frame with the sophisticated but heavier look of the acetate front. ... read more

2 brand new models from the ic!Berlin sunglasses range have arrived in the shop. As usual, they ooze quality and style with the trademark ic!Berlin temple hinge and their unsurpassed comfort. The ladies model “Nikola” and the mens style “Kornelius” both feature top quality polarised lenses which are coated with an anti-reflection coat on the inside surface. Both can also be fitted with prescription lenses if so desired. ... read more

Progressive powered lenses (PALs) come in many different designs and qualities. The choice is incredibly large, with the cheapest options costing from under NZ$240 and the most expensive ones going up to well over a thousand dollars for a pair of lenses. So where is the difference and what makes some lenses better than others? All progressive lenses have one thing in common, their top part of the lens is designed to allow for viewing in the distance, the bottom for viewing in near distances. Apart from the lens material, the tint and coatings, that is pretty much where the similarities end. All manufacturers carry a variety of progressive addition lenses from budget to top end quality. I guess the bottom end lenses all seem to be pretty similar in design and performance. It’s the high end designs that seem to vary because of the different approach taken to provide the best possible viewing experience. ... read more