Hello Spring! Start off the season with new and outstanding eyewear, join us for our Kore Brands Trunk Show to find the perfect pair of glasses. We also have new Gucci eyewear in the store. Help us raise funds for the SPCA during Treat Week, come by for our bake sale or visit our page online.
Cutler and Gross, the British luxury eyewear company most famous for the Kingsman frame (yes, the one in the movie), has been in the eyewear business since 1969. Graham Cutler and Tony Gross, both opticians, established their namesake brand with the help of frame maker George Smith, who made each frame by hand.
November is going to be a fun month! Join us for our Lafont Trunk Show on November 21st and shop beautiful eyewear while enjoying some sweet treats! Lindsey from Maui Jim will be her November 6th if it’s sunglasses you’re looking for. We have a few new eyewear lines, including Rapp, which is handmade in Toronto, and Very French Gangster, which is especially great for kids and more petite sizes. Finally, we’re excited to announce we have launched a new contact lens recycling progam! It’s super easy! Click below for more information.
Etnia Barcelona is an eyewear brand with a colourful history. When the first collection was launched in 2001, it revolutionized the way frames were designed by injecting them with an array of colours. Since then, the brand and collection have grown to become synonymous with creativity and high-quality, all while remaining an independent company.
Continue reading to learn more about how three generations of expertise have helped build Etnia Barcelona into the brand it is today.
July is a month full of summer fun! Starting with the Victoria Pride Parade, which we will be participating in. Come out and show your Pride! Lindsey will be back for our Maui Jim trunk show, sunglasses are an essential all year round so make sure you have the best. Speaking of sunglasses, we now have Charlie Sun sunglasses for kids from ages 1-9+. Don’t forget Cherish tickets are still available, get them before they sell out (learn more below). And finally, we are preparing for our Etnia Barcelona trunk show at the end of August. This is the best time to shop the entire collection and enjoy an ice cream cone to celebrate Oak Bay Optometry’s 26th Anniversary!
Hurray May! Rain or shine, we have some fun events coming up including a Barton Perreira Trunk Show and training for the Ride Don’t Hide fundraising bike ride in June. In addition, Oak Bay Optometry will have a team racing in the Oak Bay Half Marathon Relay (yes, we are apparently an office of full of athletes). We have new Axon Optics lens technology available for those who experience sensitivity to light and migraine, also beautiful new frames from WOOW, Kilsgaard, and Lamarca. Click below to learn more!