By Dr. Nadine Shelton
Fellow Earthlings Eyewear: Made in Canada
Owning a pair Fellow Earthlings satisfies the feel-good notion of supporting great quality, Canadian owned and one-of-kind handmade pieces. Husband and Wife team, Christopher and Sydney founded their own bespoke eyewear company after working in the industry internationally. They founded a different kind of eye wear-company, when they returned home to the east coast of Canada, in Prince Edward Island. An artful fabricator that specializes in design, prototyping, short run production and handmade frames. These glasses are hand made with love in their picturesque and inspirational seaside workshop.
Custom Frames
You have the ability to decide your own combination of frame shape, when ordering a pair of these frames. Frame colour and finish from matte to glossy (you can mix and match the face plate and temple colour) and lens colour (if ordering sunglasses). There are 6 shapes for sunglasses and available in small or larger sizes and there are 7 optical frame shapes. These trendy shape options and guaranteed unique looks range from the fun round shape called Annie to a vintage cat eye shape called Billie to a classic rectangular shape called Mikey. See them all on line at nvmyeyes.com/shop
Come into nv eye care & eye wear and try on a piece of Canada with these glasses and feel proud about supporting a creative but natural product that looks amazing.
Special Projects
Fellow Earthlings are known internationally for producing custom eyewear. Anna Sui, is a recent designer that commissioned sunglasses by Fellow Earthlings to complement her latest fashion campaign which, graced the runways of New York. This dynamic duo also collaborated with another Canadian east coaster, fashion designer Maggi Jayne to create flower shaped sunglasses. No order is too small. Shape options are only limited by imagination.
Recycling RE:FE
The vibrant and colourful upcycled line of frames called RE:FE are the latest addition to the Fellow Earthling brand. These glasses are made from the combining the excess material from the cuttings of other frame shapes. No two pieces of upcycled material are alike, after they have been melted together. The result are unique colour patterns that shine. RE:FE frames are highly wearable works of art and are some of the most fun frames to order as we never know exactly what will show up. We support local at nv eye care and eye wear, and encourage you to consider supporting this growing Canadian institution by getting your own pair of Fellow Earthling eye wear available in Winnipeg at nv.
Insurance Benefits
With only a couple months left in the year 2020, now is the best time to take advantage of eye care benefits and unused health spending accounts. Many people wait too long and are scrambling to use of their benefits at the end of the year. Being proactive now means that you can take your time to shop and be happy with your eyewear purchases or get an eye exam done at your desired time. Here are nv eye care eye wear we can direct bill most insurance companies in order to make the purchase of eyewear easy for our patients.
Eye Care at nv during COVID-19
Here at nv eye care & eye wear we are open for all your routine and emergent eye care. We limit the people in our office during COVID. It is best to call ahead or email to ensure we are not busy helping someone else. Take a seat outside on our patio, until we are done helping our present patient, if you arrive at our office and the door is locked. Once our patient leaves, we then take the time to properly disinfect all surfaces that were touched by them.
Call the Misericordia Urgent Eye Care Clinic at 204-774-6581, if you have eye issues and are feeling sick, have traveled outside the province or country in the last 14 days, have been with a person who has or for afterhours care. You must call us to reschedule any appointments you have made with us, if you are feeling sick.
We are here for your eye care needs during these difficult times. Do not hesitate to call or email us at nv eye care & eye wear, if you have any questions. For more answers to your vision health questions, please contact me, Dr. Nadine Shelton at nv eye care eye wear, 204-504-6863.
The Owner
Dr. Nadine Shelton B.Sc, O.D. studied at University of Winnipeg, Canada and Indiana University, USA. She has worked abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico assisting outreach patient eye care with VOSH (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity). Her university days focused on early child eye care and low vision. Dr. Shelton has been practicing optometry for thirteen years in Winnipeg and has celebrated three years in her own practice with her partner Victor Lopes in the heart of the Corydon Village called nv eye care eye wear. nv is a full service optical where eye exams are available and a great selection of unique to the city eye wear can be found. Learn more at nvmyeyes.com, call us at (204) 504-6863 or come see us at 100-698 Corydon Ave in Winnipeg, Canada.