Starting on the evening of May 5th, Opticianado will be playing host-gallery to photographer Shelley Wildeman as part of this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. In Wildeman’s word’s her work will evoke ideas concerning ‘urban parks, places that resemble nature but on our terms. Urban parks were first established in England in response to overcrowded […]
Today is definitely a day for well-adjusted lenses (sorry, we can’t help the optical jokes); tonight is the launch of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival featuring incredible work from the Canadian photography talent pool. On this year’s theme: Stimulated by the renewed global interest in street photography, this year’s festival explores the theme “Public” in […]
At our annual March pilgrimage to NYC for Vision Expo East we were excited to see lots of great new eyewear. A meeting with L.A. Eyeworks started with some incredibly thrilling frames from the always fascinating brand, and ended with a lovely photo-op with designer Margo Willits, and co-founder of the brand Gai Gherardi (pictured […]
We are thrilled to have celebrated our one year anniversary last weekend. The anniversary was marked with an in-store party for family and friends. With a DJ spinning tunes in to the night and of course, live music from the talented Donna Grantis and Anna Ruddick, a great time was had by all. Opticianado is […]
Happy Long Weekend Everyone! Our Easter Weekend hours as are follows: Friday April 6 Closed Saturday April 7 11-6 (Eye Exams Available) Sunday April 8 Closed Monday April 9 11-5 Enjoy the weather and see you soon!
Just a heads up out there for those nationalistic-vintage-eyewear-lovers out there: sometime in May will be holding a Made In Canada eyewear event featuring ALL Vintage Canadian eyewear… We suspect, that we may hold the record for the largest collection of Canadian Vintage frames, in Canada… but don’t just take our word for it – […]
We are overjoyed with the weather as of late, but more importantly, here at Opticianado Spring brings more than just sunny days and friendly faces. We’ve received a barrage of incredible new designer vintage eyewear including: KICK-ASS CAZALS Select vintage FIORUCCI, BURBERRY & DIOR molto di stili de Laura Biagiotti and, we’ve added to our […]
Usually when we think ‘tune’ around here – its music related… but this time we are talking tune-ups for your eyeglasses… Get a jump on your Spring fever and pop into Opticianado, because we want to invite you in to have your current glasses cleaned up, and tightened up, and readjusted for that adorable face […]
We just received a really cool package in our delivery today with sample of Essilor’s new Opti-Fog coating. This coating is designed to prevent your lenses from fogging up such as: moving from cold to hot environment, drinking hot beverages, eating hot food, boiling a pot of water, opening the dishwasher, sporting events when you […]
We know it sounds like an oxymoron, but not around here! We’ve just unpacked some sweet new-vintage frames, and have picked out our top three favourites to share with you. You can’t go wrong with Pierre Cardin, or anything made in France really – We have the ultra feminine two-tone ‘Brigitte’ style in cream/white & […]
