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Beating The Cold
With A Hot Look
by Jackie Muise
Spring has officially arrived
here on the east coast and
Anne Shears of Oromocto,
New Brunswick is determined
to celebrate the end of a
particularly harsh winter with
a day of shopping for the hottest new fashions in eyewear.
Anne, an educational support
worker, says her next pair of
glasses will probably take her
to retirement slated for the
not too distant future.
“My husband has been very
impatiently waiting for me to
be done working,” chuckles
Anne, as she playfully pops
on a pair of oversized, pink,
square framed Luce Solare
sunglasses, with a gold-striped
temple, “We’re both looking
forward to being able to
escape to the sun whenever
the whim strikes us.”
Hakim Optical in the Capital
City, Fredericton, has been
Anne’s go to place for eyewear
for about 4 years, although
the relatively small shop has
been operating for more than
17 years, says optician and
manager, Ben MacFarlane.
Anne likes the atmosphere
and the inventory, which
ranges from retro ‘60s styles,
up to and including a variety
of modern brand names in a
multitude of shapes and colours. Hakim outlets even sell
a range of safety frames and
is, in fact, known for being
the largest retailer of safety
eye-wear in the country.
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But today Anne is looking for style
and perhaps a little adventure.
She begins with two pairs of Di Di’s,
the first in lime green, shaped in a
modified cat-eyed lift at the peak
with mottled pearly brown temples.
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The second are Designer Di Di’s in
cherry red, overlaid with diamond
coloured studs along the entire
narrow rectangle frame and temples both a little too bold for her taste,
she decides.
Next, the white and blue lattice
temples of a pair of Signatures catch
her attention, followed by very round
and oversized caramel Lidonnas,
although the shape isn’t quite right
for her face structure.
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Best to stick with the rectangle,
she thinks, and tries a pair of
Daisy Fuentes in light brown
stripes, but they are too narrow
for a progressive lens.
In the end, it is a pair of classic
black Bruno Alberti’s, in thick
and slightly oversized rectangle
frames with gold temples that
satisfies Anne’s search for that
perfect balance of colour, shape
and strong fashion statement.
1/Di Di
2/Signature
3/Daisy Fuentes
4/Bruno Alberti