Accessories for Active Lifestyles

What active consumers want to complement their sports sunwear.

By Marcy Bruch

Ask The Labs

Counting Beads with Didymium Lenses: Deep Freezing Photochromics: Problem in Kansas; Reality or Myth

By Joseph L. Bruneni

Competitive Nature

Function and fashion are no longer at odds in the sports eyewear market. A balanced merger of the two in today's frames is appealing to customers who want their technology to look good.

By ERINN MORGAN

Eye On Equipment

Processing Children's Eyewear

By SUSAN P. TARRANT

Fix and Fit

Soldering...In The Dispensary - Part Two

By Alex Yoho, ABOM

Lines and Launches

What's New for Buyers

By Marcy Bruch Photography by Peter Baker

The Name of the Game

One word sums up the new sports eyewear market: Extreme. As extreme sports hit the mainstream, the branding, manufacturing, merchandising, and selling of sports eyewear takes on a radical nature all its own.

By ERINN MORGAN

Testing For Toughness

A Fresh Look at Safety and Lens Materials

By Joseph L. Bruneni

The Last Word

Weekend Warrior at Work

By Marcy Bruch

Perspectives

Safe Spex and Other Malaprops