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izipizi #C reading glasses

Posted on 19/09/202109/02/2024 by Martin Cunningham

izipizi #C reading glasses.

izipizi #C reading glasses fashion and style on your face. These retro specs don’t take prisoners. Add #C to

your reading glasses collection. They are a bold fashion statement.

Measurements and strengths of izipizi #C reading glasses

Frame size 137 mm. Temple 143 mm.

Dioptre strengths +1-+3

Izipizi describe their #C reading glasses as ” High quality, light weight, comfortable reading glasses:

flexible arms, rubber texture… essential for everyday life”

Men or women can wear these unisex trendy spectacles.

Colours available

The izipizi brand across the whole of their range have exciting colours to adorn the frames.

You will find the following staple colours to choose from.

Blue tortoise.

This is a very popular colour with its blue speckle tortoiseshell design.

You can wear them for work or play.

With a suit or jeans and a t shirt.

Blue tortoise will take you anywhere and will attract attention to the wearer.

Black

A classic colour that will stand out in these retro ready readers.

Navy

You can almost imagine setting sail for sea. This colour will go with any outfit.

Kaki Green

Head for the jungle in this colour. You can almost hear the lions roar!

Red

Red is said to be the new black. Whatever the truth is this colour will make you stand out from the crowd.

Green crystal

Fashion and vogue marry together with this fresh green frame. It will transport you to the countryside!

Tortoise

No collection would be complete without a tortoiseshell. Classic smart and loved by many.

#C chunky trendy fashionable and chic. Parisian creation that will be part of izipizi history for a long time to come.

Izipizi once SeeConcept have retained one of their original classic shapes. Well done!

Buy izipizi here!

eyeeyedesign are a izipizi UK stockist

Check out our sister website Funkyreaders for more great brands

Valentines day gift ideas

Posted on 05/02/201918/02/2022 by Martin Cunningham

Valentines day gift ideas. Its izipizi to pick a gift for your valentine. Roses are red and violets are blue just take a look at the Flash lights in pink and blue!

Valentines day gift ideas

Valentines day is one of those occasions that you miss at your peril. Your loved one has spent all day preparing a romantic dinner, bought a beautiful greetings card and carefully packaged a gift for you. Have you forgotten? Well if you have it`s not too late!

5 facts about St Valentines day

150 million greeting cards are exchanged each year.
The St Valentine who inspired the day may have been 2 different men.
St Valentine is the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy
St Valentines Skull can be found in Rome
Chaucer may have invented St Valentines day

Who was St Valentine.

There are a number of different St Valentines recorded in history. All of them were martyred.

Two are said to be responsible for the romance of the day.

In the 3rd Century during the reign of Claudius II a young priest defied the Emperors edict. No men were to marry at any cost. The men were made for war not romance. This St Valentine performed secret wedding services for young lovers. He was caught and executed.

A more murky tale is of a St Valentine who whilst imprisoned fell in love with a young girl who was the jailers daughter and wrote a letter addressed and signed “From your Valentine” a term that we still use today.

Back to Romance.

The table is set, the champagne bubbles are flowing in the glass, a delicious sea food platter adorns the table.

Music fills the air. Time to open that Valentine day gift! What will it be?

Present time.

For your Valentines day gift idea. The IZIPIZI collection is all about fun and colour so what better gift than a pair of your loved ones favourite reading glasses. Buy them here:

pink halo #D izipizi — Pink Halo #A IZIPIZI reading glasses

Light Azure #A izipizi — Light Azure #A IZIPIZI reading glasses

You can go to our website to see the full range of our fabulous eye wear collection.

Have a great St Valentines day with your loved one!

Ciao for now Martin and Judith.

Reading Glasses part 2

Posted on 07/09/201809/02/2024 by Martin Cunningham

Reading Glasses have become part of modern day life. There are essentially 3 types.

Men`s reading glasses.
Women`s reading glasses.
Unisex reading glasses.

Are they necessary read more ….

The middle ages

The monks in the middle ages were among the first to wear glasses.

They were not the fashionable specs of today. Theirs were round and made of metal which they perched on their noses.

The monks needed them for their laborious work writing lengthy manuscripts by candle light.

Many famous figures throughout history have worn them. Napoleon Bonaparte wore them at the battle of Waterloo.

Do they help?

As people grow older their near vision can deteriorate and reading newspapers or documents can become difficult especially in poor light.

People are amazed at the difference that a magnification can make to their reading experience.

Strengths of magnification

The strengths of magnification for reading are a +, whilst for distance they are a -.

For reading the standard magnification begins with a +1 and will increase by .25 and then .50 and then +2 etc.

An optician will be able to test a persons eyesight and prescribe the magnification needed for reading (+) and for distance (-).

Lenses.

The lenses are important. Buying cheap reading glasses can be a bad idea. The curvature of some lenses in the cheaper version can give a bad reading experience and strain the eye.

The more reliable lenses are called Aspheric. These lenses will be flatter and will give a more even reading experience.

Frames

The frames for glasses tend to be mass produced in the far east and are made from poly carbonate or from acetate which is a form of plastic.

Size and shape

It is important when choosing your reading glasses that you get the size and shape right for you face.

You will often see on the arms mysterious numbers and wonder what they mean. An example might be 140 x 40 x 140.

Usually the first number will be the length of the frame, so in our example it would be 140 millimetres.

The second number will be the depth of the lenses so that that would be 40 millimetres.

The last number is the length of the temple. By that we mean the length of the arm, so 140 millimetres.

You might also see the letters PD. These relate to pupil distance.

Can a necessity ever be a luxury

Well Yes!

We sell some beautiful reading glasses that are good looking products and from fashion brands around Europe.

Take a look at:

IZIPIZI

DOUBLE ICE

SEMPRE ART

I hope that this article has been of use to you.

Ciao for now Martin and Judith

Check out Funkyreaders our sister site for more great glasses!

Fashion Reading Glasses

Posted on 09/08/201809/02/2024 by Martin Cunningham

Fashion Reading Glasses

Fashion Reading Glasses should be a marriage of style and quality. As reading glasses are a necessity the designs often tend to be dull and boring.

We believe in making a luxury item out of a necessity and stamping them with modernity. Giorgio Armani famously said ” The difference between style and fashion is quality”.

Eye Eye Design believe that IZIPIZI Doubleice and Sempre Art have achieved this with their collection of fashion reading glasses. But what is the history behind fashion reading glasses….read on

History of Reading Glasses

The first reading glasses were invented by a monk called Salvino degli Armati in the middle ages.

These were rivet spectacles and must have been purgatory to wear.

The monks spent many hours a day writing and reading lengthy manuscripts, much like our modern day computer users.

The first sunglasses go back to the prehistoric times.

It is said that an Eskimo blinded by the sun`s reflection on the ice carved an aperture in a piece of bone and strapped it over his eyes.

Fashion reading glasses did not truly come to the fore until the 1960s.

“Fashion eye wear”was largely undefined and its creators could and would try anything.

In this era optical companies threw caution to the wind and designed amazing pieces.

Mass market brands such as Foster Grant, Opti-Ray and Samco set the tone for fashion reading glasses.

The market grew bigger than ever.

Foster Grant retained the Geer DuBois advertising agency to devise a campaign.

Ad Age magazine would cite this as one of the best of the 20th Century.

The ads featured popular celebrities such as Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Christie, Raquel Welch and others.

Moving forward into the early 2000’s off the shelf reading glasses became uninteresting affairs especially in the United Kingdom.

Where we began

In 2013 My wife Judith and I were on holiday in Siena in Italy and Judith purchased a pair of velvet fashion reading glasses.

No one was selling fashion reading glasses like these in the United Kingdom.

Our next task was to trace the supplier in Milan and to start a fashion reading glasses company.

Sunnyreaders Ltd was formed later that year.

We established our 2 websites Funkyreaders.co.uk and eyeeyedesign.com.

Our brands of fashion reading glasses are now sold across the world.

Ciao for now

Martin and Judith

IZIPIZI Sun Reading Glasses

Posted on 03/06/201809/02/2024 by admin

IZIPIZI Sun Reading Glasses come in 5 shapes and many different colours.

They have a soft touch finish to their cool and trendy frames.

The lenses give 100% UV category 3 sun protection to your eyes.

They have flexible temples to give a firm comfortable fit.

IZIPIZI SUN has 5 shapes :

#C which is a chunky shape.

#D which is a round classic shape.

#E is a large rectangular shape suitable for a larger face.

All the above are available as a sun reader.

The strengths are 0, +1, +1.5, +2, +2.5, and +3

#F are the new folding sunglasses. They are round in shape and fit into a small pouch. They are easy to carry when travelling.

#G are a completely round lens. They look like the type of sunglasses John Lennon may have worn.

Sunglasses

IZIPIZI Nautic are polarised sunglasses.

These sunglasses are a large shape that will suit both men and women.

Wear them doing water sports or sailing.

The polarised lenses will keep out the glare of the sun

Sun protection

IZIPIZI sun reading glasses and sun glasses provide 100% category 3 UV protection.

Like your skin, your eyes also need protection from the strength of the sun.

Wearing sunglasses will help provide that protection as long as they have adequate protective lenses.

Types of lenses used by IZIPIZI

The sun reading glasses lenses are grey.

IZIPIZI mirror lenses are either blue or green.

Nautic sun glasses have polarised lenses.

All the products in this range will provide fashion and style to the wearer.

IZIPIZI frames.

The frames are all polycarbonate and come in a multitude of colours.

The hinges are spring loaded and will stretch to fit the contours of the head.

Make a statement on the beach or in the city!

The colours range from a cool Black to a stunning Red.

If you want a really out there colour go for the #C blue tortoise mirror

Ciao for now!

Martin and Judith