#EYELOVEMEMPHIS, BLOG FEATURE, Robbie

A New Eye for Community

It has been a year since we closed our doors at Eclectic Eye because of a global pandemic. It has been 10 months since we re-opened. What have we learned? How are we changed? When the pandemic reality started to take shape, I was overwhelmed, desperate and confused. Every trauma trigger was active. I felt […]

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#EYELOVEMEMPHIS, ACCESSORIES, BLOG FEATURE

Eclectic Eye + The Crybaby Club

At Eclectic Eye, we have always been inspired by the Memphis Grizzlies motto, “Grit and Grind.” We feel it is also an apt description about what we do in the Memphis community and throughout the eyewear business nationwide. Eclectic Eye is not like most optical shops because we carry hand-made, independent eyewear that is unique […]

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BLOG FEATURE, EVENTS

Booth & Bruce Trunk Show

We’re thrilled to welcome English eyewear brand Booth & Bruce back to our shelves! In celebration of the brand’s return to our store, we’re hosting a trunk show the weekend of October 21. Brand representative Cyril will be at our Collierville store on Oct. 21 and our Midtown store on Oct. 22 with the brand’s […]

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RetroSpecs & Co.

The RetroSpecs collection initially focused on the early modern gold-filled frames, circa 1890–1940s but it was soon apparent that if RetroSpecs was going to truly compete in the high-end optical and fashion world, the company needed to expand its offerings. The rimless gold-filled collections grew to over 100 custom designed shapes and sizes and they began the push to catalogue and restore RetroSpecs hugely popular combination and cellulose acetate frames manufactured after WWII from the 1940s-1980s.

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