Kids Los Angeles - August 22, 2011

Miraflex Launches Flexible-Frame Glasses for Kids

They're Bending All the Rules

You’ve dreamed of a bespectacled tot ever since you saw Jerry Maguire — but you know that replacing shoddy frames means showing the money (again and again).

So if the doc says glasses, get in the game with new flexible safety frames from Miraflex.

Made from soft plastic material (not a single metal component), the frames reduce the risk of facial trauma while kids are at play, and an elastic adjustable band keeps them snug and centered on small faces.

Available in six shapes, fourteen sizes, and 31 colors, they can handle any prescription strength and are practically indestructible.

They had us at hello.

Available at A.B.See Optical, 8488 West Third Street, between La Cienega Boulevard and South Orlando Avenue (323-933-1616), $80-$100. To see styles, go to miraflex.info.

BROWSE
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Why: Inspire a young minimalist.
When: Now.
Where: Online at modernchild.net.

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Photo: Courtesy of Miraflex

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