Practitioner stories

Twinkle Patel, practice owner and optometrist at Walbank Opticians, discusses branching out into colourful eyewear and strengthening connections with the local community during COVID-19

Zoë Anderson, dispensing optician and practice partner at Eden Eyecare in Penrith, shares her favourite shapes and her Instagram style icon

Robert Sands, frame stylist and manager at The Spectacle Factory, considers how the perception of glasses is changing

While trial lenses are functional objects for optometrists, they are a tiny canvas for artist and treasure hunter, Andy Poplar

Rupinder Nanda, locum optometrist at Boots Opticians Teddington, shares the steps she took to help her surgeon husband find spectacles to fit around his PPE

Eva Davé, optometrist, co-owner of Mincher Lockett and Co Opticians and founder of the Eyewear Styling Academy, tells OT  her tips for selecting the perfect pair of frames

Mark Jensen started by collecting stamps as a child. Now he has more than 2000 pairs of eyewear in his collection, including iconic Elton John frames

Optometry student, Nashwa Choudhury, won the 2019 Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year Editor’s Choice Award. Now working part-time as an optical assistant at the multiple where she is responsible for frame styling, preparing dispenses and pre-testing customers, she shares insight her passion for frames OT 

Senior lecturer at City, University of London, Byki Huntjens (pictured), tells OT  about being prescribed her first pair of spectacles during a university clinic

Owner and optometrist at Seen Opticians, Tareq Moustafa (pictured), tells OT  that there isn’t just one pair of right frames