B-Side Blog

Anne et Valentin Trunk Show December 15,16,17

Schedule an  appointment,  purchase  eyewear at the show,  and you will receive FREE  prescription  sun-wear  Anne et Valentin is a French frame manufacturer that works carefully to create a collection that shows many expressions: simple, happy, elegant, sensitive, and fun. This collection can be simple, dramatic or dramatically simple with each distinctive piece enhancing your ...

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Trunk Show

When Brookside Optical does a trunk show, it is one of the most exciting days to buy eyeglasses in the Kansas City Area. A trunk show is when a frame manufacturer brings their entire frame line into the store and has everything on display. The frame line being showcased takes over the store for the ...

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Randy Jackson shows of his Anne et Valentin

American Idol judge, Randy Jackson, was recently seen on television wearing an Anne et Valentin Factory frame. This is interesting to those of us in the optical industry, because Randy has his own frame collection. Anne et Valentin is one of the best selling frame lines at Brookside Optical. Factory frames are designed and manufactured ...

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theo – why they love you

Theo is the most exciting frame collection in the entire optical industry. There is no other frame manufacturer in the world that is as creative as Theo. Theo pronounced (TA-O), is a Belgium frame company that pushes the envelope of eyeglass design to the funky edge and just over with styling that is second to ...

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