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Tech Talk
What does it take for specs to qualify as high-tech? Cutting-edge materials and production processes—and incredibly skillful design—for starters. Here, three ECPs share their current best-selling, high-tech frames that can impress even the techiest customers.
“A lot of people use high-tech production techniques, but I really think it’s putting that together with an amazing design that really sets those people apart from everybody else.”
—STEPHANIE HAENES, ART OF OPTIKS
STEPHANIE HAENES
OPTICIAN/OWNER, ART OF OPTIKS
Two Minneapolis locations
Bevel Specs model Persnickety
Blake Kuwahara model Newell
ROLF Spectacles model Tickford
JAMES MULLIGAN, O.T.
OPTICIAN/FOUNDING MEMBER,
BOUQUET MULLIGAN DEMAIO
EYE PROFESSIONALS
Two Pennsylvania locations
Eyefunc model 601
Oakley model Tin Cup from Luxottica
ProDesign model 7635
RUTH DOMBER
CO-FOUNDER/EYEWEAR CONSULTANT, 10/10 OPTICS
New York City
Lucas de Staël model Stratus
Gold & Wood model Soho
FEB31st model Chara
—Kerri Ann Raimo
ProDesign sunglass model 8636