http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/ Ken's Eyewear Club - For anyone who appreciates good eyewear design Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:21:21 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1577 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the kenseyewearclub group. File : Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:30:31 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1576 With all the glitz now considered appropriate to those extremely featured temples, just about anything goes, it seems. Saw a frame on Saturday which includes Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:25:18 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1575 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1575 In this business the human element must be kind of fun at times. The day I first saw the Lafont I now wear, a couple I knew was in the shop and the guy was Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:12:03 GMT josephrobertjr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1574 I chuckled over your comment about males deferring to their spouses or girlfriends. I am in that camp, too. My wife has a much better eye for style, so when Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:39:13 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1573 On my annual birthday trip, Wed., the 13th, I stopped in an optician's where I always enjoy a conversation with the guy. He said right away - yes, my Lafonts Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:16:49 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1571 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1571 Because of my wife's bad vision, we frequently sit in our synagogue in sort of a riser area along the left side of the round sanctuary - near the large windows Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:09:09 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1570 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1570 I saw the MarVal "spot" on YouTube and some other websites referring to Valeries' shop. Looks like a place I'd like to browse around but can't imagine when Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:01:12 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1569 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1569 Thanks for responding with thought. I certainly found in Paris in July (where, incidentally, I visited three of the four Lafont boutiques), the French were in Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:24:28 GMT josephrobertjr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1568 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1568 My wife, Valerie, is our optician and fashion expert, so I discussed this with her. Most of our lines are European. Through these lines, we can offer our Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:09:24 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1567 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1567 Here's their latest, from their website: http://anneetvalentin.com/pdf/Catalogue%202009%20-2010.pdf Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:06:11 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1566 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1566 Here's a recent Anne et Valentin catalog: http://anneetvalentin.com/pdf/Catalogue%202009%20-2010.pdf Ken, Fdr. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:35:30 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1565 Saw a lot of glitter and lacey temples, too. I might add this is one of our best opticians and really into trends. However, I saw few what I'd call Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:25:50 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1564 Saw some exciting Anne et Valentin's last evening. They're really keeping up their bold colors and innovative shapes as well. Several frames had small, Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:15:30 GMT op68_1999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1563 Joe - Have you been seeing more oversized in the catalogs or from whatever your sources are? Do you think it's starting in Europe? Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:26:36 GMT josephrobertjr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenseyewearclub/message/1562 I agree completely about the unattractiveness of large, bulky frames. I feel the same way about the cat eyes shape, somehow associating that shape with mean