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OPTIQUE Spring/Summer 2007
Welcome Note
Welcome
Welcome to what looks like a long, lovely summer in Northern Ireland. Sunglasses have become an integral fixture of the fashion landscape, as indispensable as a wristwatch. Elite brands, elegant styling, and every decorative element and design innovation you can think of have been incorporated into our sunspecs ranges for 2007.
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The Sun Report '07
In Focus
No longer confined to the holiday beach bag, status sunglasses have become luxury statement pieces in their own right. Geoff McConville takes a closer look at sunglasses trends for '07. It started with Jacqueline Onassis and it won't end with Paris Hilton. Celebrity cachet has always influenced t...
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The Outlook For Sunspecs 2007
In Focus
Oversized continues to dominate - the bigger, the bolder, the better. But beware, bug-eyed frames require an insouciant attitude and a high octane wardrobe to match. These are not for the fainthearted or wallflowers amongst us.
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Ford Focus: Tom's back
In Focus
The summer sees the arrival of the new Tom Ford sunwear range at Geoff McConville. The man credited with near-legendary turnaround of Gucci from a floundering fashion label into a $4 billion brand within less than a decade, Tom Ford marries commercial savvy with creative genius to brilliant effect.
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Racing Ahead
In Focus
Last month Accent magazine caught up with our intrepid optician en route to the racing circuit... It's Friday afternoon and Geoff McConville is packing passport and overalls into a weekend bag for his monthly date on the European racing circuit. This time its Jarama, former home of the Spanish Gr...
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Ireland's most expensive specs?
Style News
If you value your peepers, then spoil them with what might be Ireland's most expensive specs.
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GDX - getting results
Style News
Incidences of Glaucoma are on the increase in the UK - yet this leading cause of blindness can be easily arrested or managed if it is diagnosed early.
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Smoke gets in your Eyes
Style News
We are delighted to see the ban in smoking in public and workplaces implemented in Northern Ireland. Less than two years ago, the RNIB published research showing that smokers in the UK double their chances of sight loss in later life.
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Eye Health
The Clinic
Q: I am on a really restricted budget but would love to have a stylish pair of sunglasses for summer. The high street has some cheap versions - but I am worried about how well they will protect eyes - what's your advice?
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