Before I move on to Chicago (from where I am about to leave), I have to just post a few more piccies from Dallas. One of the best parts of this trip has been to spend some time with the different people selling my product. With the enthusiasm from the guys at Habackers Fine Eyewear (one Optician postponed an operation to be there!) to the professionalism of Rick at Occhiali, I have learnt more about TD Tom Davies than I thought possible i.e. I thought I knew quite a lot about different face shapes, fitting and individual markets, but I have picked up such valuable information from the people here, that you will all see a marked improvement in our product and service over the coming year.
So a big Thank You to all I’ve met so far (but I’m only half way through!).
This lady won a competition at Occhiali to see me and sent me this lovely picture today (this is the before photo, I'll post the afterwards when she has her new glasses).
Here I am at Uptown Vision, my last stop in Dallas. I had a great time here, one of the most fun events I’ve done. The frozen margaritas helped keep the atmosphere light and almost resulted in skill exchange, which I might have regretted.
Here you can see me fitting a Bespoke frame to a customer. He is a plastic surgeon and we found that we were both looking at the same facial features and visual tricks to bring balance to his face. If we had both not drunk a few too many frozen margaritas, he was going to go off and get some Botox for me, in swap for a free pair of bins. I found the offer slightly alarming and alluring at the same time. First of all, I’m used to people calling me a young designer (so I obviously don’t need Botox... ahem) and second of all, I rather liked the idea.
Fortunately my sixth sense (I could hear my wife's voice in my head) kicked in and I bottled it!
Here you can see Dr Bill doing an impression of Wonder Woman (you will just have to take my word for it, it was most amusing).
Finally, here is the team from Uptown vision. We did a four hour stretch and sold ten Bespoke frames, including several horn frames. Here you can see the World Tour Round Horn Sunglass. I’ve sold it around eight times so far (and it is $1,000 a pop).
And one last frame, this was a bespoke for an existing customer. I rather liked it, so I took a photo!