Broadcaster, author and culinary icon Dame Prue Leith has teamed up with Modstyle Eyewear to launch a playful and personality-led new collection of optical frames inspired by one of Leith’s greatest passions: cake!
EssilorLuxottica delivered historic double-digit revenue growth (up 11.2%) for 2025, largely driven by sales of Ray-Ban Meta glasses and myopia-management solutions.
High-tech innovation is the driver behind Lafont’s new designs, combining beta-titanium temples with a bevelled end piece. With its softly angled rectangular shape, model Trigonometrie (featured) delivers a timeless masculine style. Available in four contemporary colour combinations.
Launched at Mido, Blackfin’s latest collection Vitra – from the Latin vitrum (glass) – evokes purity and light. The front is made of VitraCore, a proprietary Blackfin technology based on a high-performance polymer. Its thickness is intentionally greater than the market standard – a choice Blackfin s
ZEISS Vision Care has launched the VISUREF 1000 in Australia and New Zealand, describing the device as a versatile refraction system combining objective wavefront autorefraction with multiple eye-screening functions in a single platform.
Woodys Eyewear’s Unique Bakery campaign features more tasty treats this season, serving up an impressive 44 fresh, edgy and innovative styles.
Already live in the Wellington region, roadside saliva drug testing is now being rolled out nationwide, with all regions expected to be live by mid-2026.
Landing her first optometrist role, graduate Grace Su is returning to the Tauranga practice where she did part of her externship while participating in the University of Auckland’s Rural Health Interprofessional Programme (RHIP).
A study evaluating the impact of the University of Sydney’s microsurgical skills course (MSC) on first-year ophthalmology trainees' cataract surgery performance found it accelerated early proficiency and improved patient safety.
Essilor Instruments has launched Idra X, a fully automated ocular-surface analysis platform designed to streamline dry-eye assessment in clinical practice. Built on the Italian company SBM Sistem
A Chinese study found a significant association between long-term exposure to air pollutants and increased myopia risk among school-aged children. The large-scale cross-sectional study discove
A two-year clinical study evaluating Lenslet-ARray-Integrated (LARI) spectacle lenses found switching designs further reduced axial elongation, while refractive error progression remained similar.
