Eyeglasses have been around for a very long time and throughout that time, they have evolved very little, or so it would seem. The truth is actually quite the opposite, there have been many changes to eyeglasses and the technology behind them.  This is particularly true in the last few years. What new innovations in eyeglasses should you know about?

Going Green

Going green is very important to many consumers today. Now, there’s a way to go green even with your eyeglasses. There are types of glasses available that are made with 95% recycled material, which helps to alleviate the load placed on our landfills, as well as reducing emissions from new plastics manufacture.

Unique Styles

Once upon a time, eyeglasses were pretty utilitarian. Today, that’s not the case at all. You’ll find styles to fit any personality or activity, from sportswear to those that have lacework edging around the lenses. Adding your own sense of style or fun is simple and easy today.

Temple Designs

Most eyeglasses have plain temples – they’re just there to help hold your glasses on your head. However, modern options offer a variety of styles, designs and details. If you want a bit of bling, there are options with rhinestones and crystals. If you want something a bit more pop culture, you’ll find printed designs like skulls and flowers as well.

Colors

Eyeglasses were once pretty dull when it came to colors. Browns, blues, beiges, and blacks were the extent of your options. Not so today – you’ll find every color imaginable, and many more you thought unimaginable in eyeglasses. Translucent, transparent, lattice styles and many other options await you with some of today’s eyeglass designers.

Always Try Them On

A new pair of frames are worthless unless they fit your face and compliment your features. It doesn’t matter how good your new frames help you see if they are constantly falling off your face or even worse if they just flat out look terrible on you. Don’t commit online and deal with shipping and returns, stop in one of our locations and try on multiple selections to find your right pair.

If you want to explore all the new innovations in modern eyeglasses, contact Valuvision today for a free consultation with an optometrist and to learn more about your options in glasses and prescription sunglasses.

Give the gift of fashion forward eyewear this year for Valentine’s Day. It may seem a little less romantic to give your special one a pair of eyeglasses but it’s equivalent to a day at the spa – it improves your look and your health!

Give Her a Piece of Jewelry She’ll Wear Everyday

Fashionable eye glasses are an essential accessory for every woman from the business-savvy professional to the runaround housewife. Valuvision has a huge selection of eyeglasses that come from all of the best designers across the world.

How to Get Her the Right Eye Frames

Giving the gift of sight is a bit tricky, especially if that special someone is going to be surprised! How to do it? Simple.

First, start by noting her existing prescription on a pad of paper when she isn’t looking. Look for a prescription note around the home that has the description she needs. Or, even better, bring something in if you know she won’t be looking for it for a couple hours.

Secondly, take note of her closet. What are her favorite designers? Mark them down or keep note of the style she normally goes for when she is going to work or play.

Third, come to one of our Valuvision locations to speak to a sales associate about the right style, brand, and prescription is needed.

She’ll love you for caring after her eyesight, and you’ll love how easy it was to pick a gift for her!

Quality eye care is crucial to maintaining good eyesight. That is why you should always do good research when choosing the right optometrist. Out of the many eye doctors in Jacksonville, FL, Valuvision offers quality eye examinations, treatment for all different eye conditions, and prescriptions for glasses or contacts. Read more »

Jacksonville’s Valuvision knows that having the option between a pair of glasses that is comfortable for an evening at home and for a night out on the town has become essential for regular eyeglass wearers. Valuvision offers contemporary brands like Gucci, Prada, Guess, Dior, and Bebe that stay on top of today’s newest fashion accessory trends.  Designers are developing new trends for eyewear glasses that are giving consumers alternative options for daytime and evening looks. Read more »

Coach was founded in aloft in Manhattan during World War II. In 1941, six craftsmen began handcrafting a collection of leather products and accessories using skills handed down by previous generations. Discerning consumers soon began to seek out the quality craftsmanship of the Coach Brand.

Coach has now greatly expanded and emerged as America’s leading Read more »

Prada is a fashion label created by Mario Prada and his brother Martino in 1913. Prada is based out of Italy. Originally Prada only created and sold leather goods and imported English steamer trunks and handbags. While Prada had humble had humble beginnings, Prada designer fashion is now a worldwide brand recognized as a status symbol. Read more »

As an optometrist, I often hear people complain about eyestrain at work. With the amount of computer work people do these days, it’s no wonder. Some of the most common complaints from patients are tired or sore eyes, headaches that center around the eyes or at the back of the neck, burning or watering eyes. These symptoms of eyestrain do not necessarily come from using computers. Anything that requires long periods of up-close focusing can cause these symptoms, like reading, video games, even homework. Though that is not an excuse for your teenagers to get out of doing their daily assignments! Read more »

Valuvision Eye Care in Jacksonville Florida is a locally owned and operated chain of vision centers. All of Valuvision’s optometrists and eye doctors are board certified and experienced in providing comprehensive eye exams and prescribing vision correction solutions.

Do you have vision problems that are not corrected with conventional eyeglasses or contact lenses? You may be suffering from a condition known as low vision. Low vision is a decrease in vision that significantly impairs you from functioning Read more »

Valuvision Eyecare is a locally owned and operated chain of vision centers. Valuvision has served the Greater Jacksonville and Orange Park areas for almost 40 years. Whether your looking for eye exams, contact lenses, eyeglasses, designer frames, or sunglasses, Valuvision has it all at a vision center near you in Jacksonville Florida. This article is the third in a four part series on the types and function of eyeglasses.

One of the primary functions of glasses is for correcting vision problems in eye such as myopia or nearsightedness, hyperopia or farsightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia. Optometrists are primarily concerned with this function of prescription eyeglasses as a means of providing eye care for patients.  Nearsightedness(myopia) is a vision disorder where near objects are scene clearly yet far object are blurry or Read more »

This is the second of a 4 part series on the modern optical marvel, eyeglasses. In the last installment, we learned eye glass lenses are really fabricated from industrial plastics. But since “eyeplastics” just doesn’t have the same ring to it, spectacles are still referred to most commonly as eye glasses or glasses. In this article, the history of glasses will be discussed.

There earliest reference to magnification is found in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in 500 BC The first written record looking through an object as a lens is found in the 1st century AD, written by Seneca the Younger, the tutor of the Roman emperor Nero. Nero himself was said to have looked on gladiator contests using an emerald as a magnification lens. Several written references to using optics and lenses for corrective purposes were dated to the 1200′s. Sunglasses were developed as early as the 1200′s and perhaps earlier Read more »