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August 19, 2019July 15, 2019

Parents and Toddlers’ Favorites

Julbo’s Loop is the perfect eyewear for 2 to 4-year-old children. The reversible and flexible frames, the thin and hinge-free temples, the soft material where it comes into contact with skin and the wide coverage will guarantee the comfort of children. Supplied with an extra-flat elastic strap, Loop is also available in a variety of colours; blue, red, purple, pink, fuchsia and sky blue.

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August 15, 2019

New Look Vision to Offer Custom-Tailored Eyewear

New Look Vision Group announced that it has entered into an agreement with Topology, a San Francisco-based leader in custom-tailored eyewear. The agreement gives New Look Vision Group exclusive rights to retail Topology products in Canada and other selected markets.

“The high-end custom-tailored eyewear market offers attractive opportunities to grow the premium segment of our business. Topology is leading the way in bringing technology to the world of custom-tailored eyewear, a segment at the crossroads of technology, cutting edge frames and precise optical measurement. New Look and Topology believe that technology will be used to improve eyewear products. With our significant retail footprint and our insight into customer demand for eyewear, the partnership will support Topology’s constant evolution of styles and designs, extending our premium products portfolio, and will bring Topology to the Canadian consumers,” stated Antoine Amiel, President and Chief Executive Officer of New Look Vision.

Eric Varady, Topology’s founder and CEO stated, “We are delighted to partner with the Canadian retail leader in optical. New Look Vision Group is a forward-thinking organization with a demonstrated track record of leveraging technology to elevate its customers’ retail experience. We are excited to expand the ways in which consumers will be able to experience Topology by offering our custom-tailored eyewear in-store to New Look’s discerning customer base.”

Topology uses the latest in 3D facial scanning, augmented reality, and advanced manufacturing to create high quality custom-tailored eyewear, for each and every individual. Topology’s patented mobile app takes over 20,000 measurements to develop a 3D model of facial features accurate to sub-millimeter level. The app automatically adjusts eyewear design to fit perfectly, and simultaneously extracts every optical measurement with unsurpassed 3D precision, delivering its custom-tailored offering to the most discerning of customers. Each pair of Topology glasses is cut from Italian acetate or lightweight, flexible stainless, uniquely inscribed with the customer’s name.

Topology will initially be available in 15 stores across Canada in the fall, located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, before a wider rollout in early 2020.

Source: New Look Vision Group

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

Neksia Returns with New Feature

The Best-Selling Edger Ever Has Returned Now with High Curve Capability

• Base curve coverage to 8, with adjustable bevel height, width and position

• High-quality finished jobs and reduced re-dos

• Greater variety of eyeglasses edged in-house, including those with high-wrap

• Available with optional drilling

For more information contact your local Essilor Instruments Territory Manager, call us directly at: 1-888-337-1429, ext. 1, or email us: info@essilorinstruments.ca.

August 13, 2019August 15, 2019

Dr. Catherine Chiarelli OD, FAAO, Diplomate BVPPO 1964 – 2019

Following a valiant and courageous battle with cancer, The Vision Institute of Canada very sadly reports that Dr. Catherine Chiarelli passed away on on August 3rd. Dr. Chiarelli worked tirelessly as a pediatric optometrist and advocate for children’s vision. She graduated from the University of Waterloo, School of Optometry in 1988 and subsequently completed a Residency in Children’s Vision at the University of Alabama, School of Optometry in 1990.

Dr. Chiarelli worked closely with many optometrists, pediatricians, teachers, early childhood intervention specialists, occupational therapists and parents, to help children develop strong vision skills. She actively participated on many committees to develop better eye care services for children and adults. These committees included the Ontario Association of Optometrists Children’s Vision Working Group, the Ontario Blind Low Vision Program, the College of Optometrists of Ontario Clinical Practice and Patient Relations Committees and the American Academy of Optometry Admittance Committee. She also directed the Vision Institute’s clinical teaching programs providing clinical training for optometry interns as well as educational workshops and seminars for other health care professionals.

Between 2012 and 2014, Catherine helped develop and deliver clinical outreach programs to the on-reserve elementary schools of Sagamok First Nation and M’Chigeeng First Nation, providing comprehensive eye exams and free glasses to the children in these communities. For her dedicated work with the children in these First Nations schools, she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Anishinabek Nation in August 2019.

She will be greatly missed by her many patients and colleagues, friends and family, and by the profession she dedicated her life’s work to.

Please view the full tribute to Dr. Chiarelli from The Vision Institute of Canada.

August 13, 2019August 16, 2019

Discover New Gigi Barcelona Prescription Frames

The new Gigi Barcelona prescription frames collection focuses on the intricacies of design, taking as its reference point the minimalism and pure sophistication. From delicate frames with neat details, to singular colour combinations, to subtle shapes both in high quality acetate and metal; all of which clearly reflect the brand’s DNA.

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