We said it then. And we’ll say it again. Vision Expo events need more people dressed in spacesuits.

Day 1 Vision Expo West photo gallery here.

Porsche Design Eyewear hosted a release party in March at the swanky Elsie Rooftop.

We met Patrick Dempsey there and clearly the time we spent together was meaningful. Just a few months later he was named People’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive.

Read about our time with Dempsey here.

From New York to Las Vegas, there’s nothing quite like an eyewear industry party.

Kate Spade New York pulled out all the stops during its party at The Wynn during Vision Expo West.

See the photo gallery from the event here.

Were you able to attend one of two Italian Eyewear shows this year?

The one-day events took place in Seattle and Chicago in October.

See our gallery of the events here.

The annual World Sight Day photo competition is one of our favorite events of the year.

See our photo gallery here.

Image by Santanu Bose courtesy of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

The Vintage Frames booth is always one of our favorites.

Cheeky.

Our Day 1 gallery from Vision Expo East here.

AM Eyewear celebrated its 20th anniversary with a blowout bash this week in the heart of Sydney, Australia.

More event photos here.

Ray-Ban hosted Runway Icons to celebrate the launch of the new Ray-Ban Reverse collection.

More event photos here.

The Latinos En Optometry event at Vision Expo West.

See more pics here.

Arnette teammed with British lifestyle magazine Dazed to host Skate Jam in New York City.

See more pics from the event here.

Shamir’s Driver Intelligence presentation in San Diego’s Automotive museum was great.

Seeing a Back to the Future DeLorean up close in person was pretty cool, too.

More photos from the event here.

Persol launched its fall/winter collection with an event in New York City.

More pics from the event here.

There’s always something interesting going on at a Vision Expo event.

More pics from Vision Expo West here.

Eyestyle Influencers at the INVISION booth in New York City!!!

More of our photos from Vision Expo East here.

New York City’s newest baseball team is the Lighthouse Guild Lightning.

Read more about it here.

VisionSpring made a pilgrimage to the Dalai Lama’s community of Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh India.

Read the full story here.

Ferragamo launched its fall/winter collection with an event in New York City.

More pics from the event here.

Polaroid Eyewear celebrated a world of colors during three days of sights and sounds at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain.

See more pics from the event here.

The inaugural NOW Awards were presented on Day 2 of Vision Expo East 2023.

See more pics from the event here.

A star studded cast of international celebrities attended Carolina Herrera’s first full-fledged runway fashion show in early June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

See more pics from the event here.

The spectacular view from Marchon Eyewear’s Midtown Manhattan showroom.

More pics from Marchon’s 40th anniversary here.

Carrera Eyewear was the featured eyewear brand at this year’s Coachella Music Festival.

More pics from the event here.

See you all in the new year!