Suzi Quatro

I've got more than 600 pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses, from 1950s originals to newer models. I have them on the wall like opticians do so I can pick out a pair that goes with my outfit. I had around 30 pairs, then my husband Rainer started getting them for me as birthday and Christmas gifts.

American Musician

Hallgrimur Helgason

Everything is very expensive in Iceland, so I got some things done in India in the two months I was here. I visited the dentist, the optician, the tailor. When I go home, I'll have a new smile, a new wardrobe, and spectacles.

Icelander Novelist

Refers specifically to professionals selling glasses and contact lenses, not making them.

Eyewear Specialist

Opticians work in stores or clinics related to eye care and assist with eye health products.

Healthcare Setting

An optician is not the same as an optometrist, who can perform eye exams.

Misconception Alert

Technical opticians focus on crafting and perfecting optical elements for various uses.

Technical Precision

In a technical context, opticians work beyond eyeglasses, often with scientific equipment.

Not Just Eyewear

A technical optician might not interact with the public but works in labs or workshops.

Instrument Craft

 was at that age and he's looking at his phone very closely all the time i think i wonder if he's you know needs his eye test so i take him into town for an eye test and the optician comes and gets me no this is odd he pulls me aside and says has he got lyme's disease i don't know

Legends of Kingfishers,...

 By using carefully crafted lenses to steer light to exactly the right spot on the retina, a person's clear vision can be restored. We've come a long way since Seneca's discovery and the crude glasses of yesteryear. In 1727, a British optician named Edward Scarlett