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Henry Jullien has launched its first frame with moving jewels on the temple. The Cassiopee model was unveiled at the recent Mido 2010 exhibition. Featuring brilliant cut stones along the pierced temples, the model is available in gold, palladium and copper finishes, and in two styles.● DeTails: 01580 890111.

Belgian design and eyewear company Hoet has created a new frame presentation system for practice window displays. swift revolves round a central pedestal and can be suspended at heights of either 40cm or 140cm. While it is a static display, Hoet said swift created a sensation that the frames were ‘flying towards the customer’. Hoet described the display as being the successor to its earlier Birdy model. ● DeTails: info@hoet.eu

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10 | Optician | 02.04.10

Your guide to the latest innovations

armani looks to the 60s

Bold choices for all agesTen new styles have been added

by Brulimar to its Bench Kids range. Aimed at the five- to 14-year-old market, frames in the Bench Kids collection are designed to emulate popular styles in the adult eyewear market and are adapted to fit comfortably on smaller faces.

There are touches of vibrant colour, as can be seen with model BCK-30 (1). This is a high-grade nickel silver frame in purple, black or brown, with multicoloured laminated acetate flexi sides.

Brulimar has also launched six new unisex styles for the Bench adult collection which it reports reflects an increasing cross-over in

arch Crown’s new Zebra GK420T thermal desktop label printer

can print labels up to 4in wide and provides a fast print speed of 5in per second at a 203 DPI resolution.

Designed to meet low to medium volume printing requirements, the GX420T is reported to have the easiest ribbon loading system on the market and is available as standard with EPL and ZPL programming languages and triple connectivity. ● DeTails: www.archcrown.com

The 2010 sunglass and optical frame collection from Giorgio

Armani features contemporary elegant shapes featuring decorative elements, with designs available in different colour combinations.

Women’s rectangular shaped acetate frame GA798 (1) features thin metal temples, customised with a metal GA logo that is designed to be subtly recognisable. Colour options include dark Havana/pale gold, burgundy/pale gold and crystal/palladium.

Model GA795 (2) is a women’s optical frame in Optyl, which is described as being ultra-lightweight and is available in various colour effects. The rectangular shaped frame is decorated with futuristic two-coloured metal half moon detail which joins the front and the

Reactosol, a new photochromic lens brand, has been launched by southampton-based Waterside

laboratories. Developed by Vision Technologies, the new launch is being billed by the company as a

high performance ‘value’ lens which will enable independents to compete with multiples who promote ‘free’ photochromic offers.

Reactosol is available in single vision and latest technology ‘Voyager’ free-form progressives, with

darkening and fading times comparable to the leading brand on the market, according to Waterside laboratories.

● DeTails: 02380 429660.

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temples. Model GA 778/S (3) draws inspiration from the 1960s with its broad oval shape. Made in Optyl, the women’s sunglass model features a sophisticated decorative

motif that joins the front and temples, while the Armani inscription appears at the corner of the temples. ● DeTails: 01423 520303.

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male and female eyewear fashion. Exemplifying this trend is model

109 (2) which has a lightweight stainless steel frame with distinctive wide striped temples featuring a short ear tip in shades of gunmetal, dark brown, matt black and purple.

‘Modern women are far more

likely to make bold choices in their eyewear and we’ve found more and more of our most typically masculine frames are being picked out by stylish female wearers,’ said Howard Librae, managing director of Brulimar.● DeTails: 0845 130 1415.

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