As we gear up for our L.A. Eyeworks Trunk Show on May 13th, we’re thrilled to announce our “Framed” Contest. Opticianado has selected 12 famous faces from Greg Gorman for L.A. Eyeworks “Framed” and if you can ID 50% of them, you’ll be entered in to a draw to win your very own pair of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here at Opticianado, we’re picking our Oscar faves solely based on eyewear! Without further adieu, our picks are: Directing: Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Michel Hazanavicius all have outstanding eyewear, but our fave would have to be Oscar newcomer Michel Hazanavicius for his film The Artist. The rest of our picks in other categories are […]
The winner of our Two of Hearts Anglo American Giveaway is local jewellery designer Penny Cook. Penny dropped by the store to claim her prize and found the hearts weren’t the best fit but we helped her find a great pair of vintage sunnies that suit her just fine! Thanks to everyone that entered the […]
Monthy Live Jazz at Opticianado 1pm-4pm 2919 Dundas St. W FREE This month featuring: Alex Samaras – Voice Bram Gielen – Double Bass www.alexsamaras.com Next month featuring: Makeshift Island Quartet Sunday March 18th, 2012 Tania Gill – piano Mike Smith- bass Dave Clark – drums Rebecca Hennessy- trumpet www.rebeccahennessy.com Check out our past Sunday Jazz […]
So, it’s superbowl Sunday, which got us thinking. Is Madonna really going to be able to pull off the big half-time performance? Miss Madge is getting up there afterall. Timeless as she might be, sometimes we long for the old, younger Madonna. She was so care-free and fun, daring us with music and fashion (including […]
