New store hours!

Sunday fun-day! We are happy to announce that we are now OPEN on Sundays from 11am-3pm. Sunday's are the perfect day to stroll, shop and eat in Lawrenceville. Now you can also stop at Eye Candy and select a pair (or two) of beautiful hand-made frames. Not many optical shops are open on Sunday's, but we are! We hope to see you soon!

hours:
Sunday 11-3
Wednesday 1-6
Thursday 11-6
Friday 9-2
Saturday 11-6

always available by appointment! email us to set up a time!

New Arrivals...

Last weekend we were at Vision Expo East, the optical convention of the season hosted at New York City's Jacob Javitz convention center. It's HUGE! Every frame line to lens manufacturer to lab equipment company shows there. If it's new, it's there! For someone like me who lives and breaths optical fashion, it is an absolute paradise! We walked miles and rows of frame vendors and designers searching for the perfect fit for Eye Candy. As if the Javitz isn't big enough, there is also a loft a couple of blocks away that is super private and holds some of the most cutting edge in hand-made fashion eyewear ever. We definitely found what we were looking for! So what's hot this season you ask? Well, you are going to have to stop in Eye Candy and see for your self, but I can let you in on a couple little industry secrets. BIG and beautiful, translucent fresh colors, layers of acetate and throw-back designs are just a few. Stop in Eye Candy and see what's arriving daily!
While at the show we also saw Pittsburgh's own and most innovative lens and frame company, Eyenovate. They had a very large booth and I was lucky to get a picture with one of the company's lens professionals.
Eye Candy's hours:
Wednesday 1-6
Thursday 11-6
Friday 9-2
Saturday 11-6
We are always available by appointment! Email us to schedule an appointment.
Longer hours coming soon!

Eyewear Design Company

Marseilles France sets the scene for the birth of Eye'DC's upmarket leading-edge optical and sunglass collections, "Made in France". The three French designers put their boundless imaginations to work on creating collections starring humor, innovation and technology. With eight Silmo awards (only like, the best awards given for the best eyewear designers in the world)and sold in only 2500 up-scale optical boutiques world-wide, this avant-garde French eyewear is designed to be original and completely unique.
In my words: "I have never seen anything like it!" Eye Candy is proud to be the first optical boutique in the Pittsburgh area to be carrying this fabulous line! Eye'DC features cutting edge technology and designs that are full throttle fashion. Acetate plastics, rich in colour. Flat sheet stainless steel, flexible and strong. Even... rubber-bands! You'll have to stop in to see for yourself. Available for men and women. Be the first get your face in this truly fashionable and technologically irresistible eyewear line; Eye'DC!

Are you enjoying "safe sun"?

Did you know that millions of Americans every year suffer from UV damage eye disease? When we go outside in the summer we are concerned with our skin, lather up with sunscreen and go. Did you know in the winter UV rays can be even more damaging due to the light bouncing off of the snow? In the winter, our skin is covered up with our layers of clothing, leaving our eyes exposed to harmful UV rays. As an optician for 10 years, I can tell you that sunglasses work best when in bright sunlight. Wrapped frames, high fashion frames and polarized lenses. But, in the winter, when the sun isn't always out and we aren't spending a lot of time outside, we tend to forget about our eyes being protected. So let me introduce to you Photochromic lenses, known by the more popular house brand, Transitions. We've all seen the commercials, "right in every light". I for one would like to say that is film trickery, however, it is not. An avid Transition wearer, I can say " I love them!". How does it work? Transitions are triggered by UV rays. The more UV they are exposed to the darker they get. This easy; if you go outside, within 30 seconds they are dark. Go inside and within 1 minute they are clear. It's that easy. The best part, in the winter when it's cold, Transitions get darker in the lower temperatures. Because the function of these lenses are "temperature dependent" they get completely dark on cold sunny days. And because the lens has been on the market since the 1960's, all the cons are simply worked out. No more darkening inside, no more darkening in photo flash lights. The best part ( I think I already said that ) they are so convenient! In and out of stores. In and out of cars. They just change for you. So you don't' have to. Plus, who doesn't like the neatest technology in their lenses?!
Stop in Eye Candy and I will show you all the benefits Transition Lenses have to offer!
Wednesday 1-6 Thursday 11-6 Friday 9-2 and Saturday 11-6 always available by appointment! Email me at katie@eyecandypittsburgh.com

100% boredom-free...

In a time where most of the "trendy" people are fashion victims, wearing clothes, accessories and eyewear "designed" by a few big labels, it is almost impossible to find real originality and independence.

The company grotesque frame was founded to change that. Each style is a statement for uniqueness and originality. You can find the models only in the best optical shops worldwide.
Eye Candy being one of them! Eye Candy is proud to introduce Grotesque Frame! Hand made in Germany, grotesque frame is a combination of nice details, shiny colours and great workmanship for everybody that wants to underline his personality. Made from the finest materials, all models are made in small quantities, for individuals, not for the masses.

Why has the name "grotesque frame" been chosen? "We wanted to have a name that stands out of the mudd of boring names in the eyewear business. "grotesque" means different, funny, bizarre, original, interesting. If you don't see the sense of the word, you don't have any humour at all" say the founders.

Stop in Eye Candy or give us a call at 412-408-3415 and experience these one of a kind frames!