http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/ Ken's Eyewear Club - For anyone who appreciates good eyewear design Fri, 03 May 2013 17:06:02 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2236 I'll respond to this in the usual way: I wish the same money and expertise - and so much more - would have put into fighting horrible Macular Degeneration, Fri, 03 May 2013 17:02:28 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2235 This is quite a phenomena: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass Hope it gets far. It's on the news in my wife's opthamologist's waiting room. Woman says Wed, 01 May 2013 02:14:07 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2234 I wonder what the origin is for the term "Tokyo Tortoise" in referring to plastic frames with wide variation of mottled colors - always or usually in the brown Wed, 01 May 2013 01:58:05 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2233 Video of 2009 featuring Robert Marc collection for 2009-10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S2Pg4NR_7I Enjoy! Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:42:44 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2232 Shia LaBeouf in film: http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.news/NEfOz0bJNXr9in_1_1.jpg Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:34:30 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2231 ... The frame Redford occasionally wears in the film is likely the same he wears in real life, as shown in this photos with Redford as Director. In the film Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:16:17 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2230 The frame Redford wears in the new film, "The Company You Keep," is quite dignified and flattering: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:31:11 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2229 Georgetown Optician, on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, DC - very amiable place. I was fortunate to get there a few years ago on a quick Georgetown walkabout. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:03:21 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2227 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82zxomXHXZM At least these young ladies know the names of their eyewear.... Ken, Fdr. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:40:20 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2226 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0OEbewci4 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:17:33 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2225 Apparently Luxottica keeps growing and growing and growing.... http://luxottica.com/en/brands/license_brands/ They've taken over some pretty darned designers. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:48:22 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2223 Saw in Cleveland's new Eyewear on Chagrin today - opened three months ago - a line I wasn't familiar with: Marius Morel 1880. It's French and they had a Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:19:40 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2222 http://phys.org/news/2013-02-tech-firms-aim-future.html Ken, Fdr. Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:48:35 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2219 Let's begin a dialogue, please. What do you feel makes an eyewear frame look expensive, and what makes one look cheap? We could go on with your ideas about Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:37:42 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/2218 Saw some of the new Barton Perreira frames today at the recently opened Eyes on Chagrin, in Woodmere (suburb of Cleveland). Definitely classy but they all