ClearVision Debuts Its 2017 Eco Tote
Hauppauge, NY – January 2017 – Optical industry leader ClearVision Optical debuts its eco tote for the 2017 year.
Since 2008, ClearVision has created an annual eco tote to gift to its employees and customers. ClearVision’s marketing team studies upcoming fashion trends and colors to use as inspiration for each bag. Eyewear is always incorporated into each design, either subtly or boldly.
This year’s highly anticipated eco tote combines the best of fashion and functionality. The bright teal bag features an exterior pocket with a snap closure and an interior zipper compartment. The adjustable and removable strap allows the wearer to easily convert the handheld tote into a shoulder bag or crossbody bag. Additionally, the bag features an open top with an interior snap closure to keep the wearer’s belongings secure.
“What started as a bag for a giveaway has evolved into an annual project that both employees and customers have come to look forward to,” says Mary Tarantino, project manager at ClearVision. “The bag is gifted to employees and is also used at key industry events throughout the year. Every year we take the feedback we are given and try and incorporate it into the next design. The bright color and use of snap closures in this design are a direct result of that feedback. The bag is fun, which ties back to the culture of our organization.”
With its functionality and durability, this spacious tote is suitable for work, school, or the beach. Plus, the whimsical eyeglass design printed on the front pocket is sure to appeal to members of the optical community.
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About ClearVision Optical
Founded in 1949, ClearVision Optical is an award-winning leader in the optical industry, designing and distributing eyewear and sunwear for top brands such as BCBGMAXAZRIA, BluTech Eyewear, Ellen Tracy, IZOD, Jessica McClintock, Op, Revo, and Steve Madden. ClearVision’s house brands include Aspire Eyewear, ClearVision Collection, Dilli Dalli pediatric eyewear, DuraHinge, Junction City, PuriTi Titanium, and Red Raven. A privately held company, ClearVision is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York and has more than 250 associates throughout the U.S. ClearVision’s collections are distributed throughout North America and 20 countries around the globe.
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JEAN VUARNET -- A VISIONARY CHAMPION
It is with great sadness and regret that the VUARNET team has learned of the passing away of Jean Vuarnet at the age of 83. Jean gave his name to the brand 60 years ago and in his honor we wish to review the historic milestones of this visionary champion.
An outstanding athlete, Vuarnet won the downhill gold medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley in California and was a seven-time French ski champion. He was a pioneer in his sport discipline, always looking for ways to improve his performance. He was the first to develop the "egg" position that racers have been using ever since and to incorporate metal components in skies, which have now become the norm.
It was a meeting with a French optician in 1959 that marked the start of the business adventure that lead to the creation of the legendary brand VUARNET. During this meeting, the optician Roger Pouilloux offered the French ski champion the 02 sunglass model as a token of his admiration. These sunglasses, equipped with the luminous Skilynx mineral glass lenses, enabled Jean Vuarnet to further improve his performance. The Skilynx lenses would highlight contrast and enhance depth perception in downhill skiing along the slopes of Squaw Valley, several months later, during the 1960 Winter Olympics. Following this victory the two men, who shared a common passion for performance, forged a friendship and decided to join forces in creating a brand that embodied their vision: constant innovation, high performance and French elegance. The brand VUARNET was born.
A visionary, Jean Vuarnet was also instrumental in the development of the Avoriaz ski resort in 1960 and the "Porte du Soleil" ski area that joined 12 ski resorts between France and Switzerland in 1964. He then became the technical director of the Italian ski team from 1968 to 1972, and vice-president of the French ski federation from 1972 to 1974.
A brilliant businessman, he launched VUARNET and always promoted its international reputation as a brand that has become the absolute benchmark in sunglasses thanks to the unsurpassed quality of its glass lenses.
It is with great passion and determination that we will carry on his dream.
Paris, January 3rd 2017