Melbourne paediatric orthoptist Maddy Scavone had a dream – not figuratively, an actual dream – which woke her up and prompted her to start sketching. She drew adjustable spectacle frames that she envisioned would grow with a child, potentially saving parents a significant proportion of the annual AU$600 average spend on their children’s specs. That was 2013, and she continued to work on the concept in the years that followed in between her day jobs, but it was the vacuum of lockdown last year that provided the nudge she needed to bring her new specs product to life and add it to her expanding start up Speckles.
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