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Viva Magenta: The Best Glasses in Pantone’s Color of the Year

Written By Kara Keigan

Every December, Pantone announces a color for the upcoming year. Not only is the color meant to be a prediction for trending palettes, but the hue also reflects what is happening in the world around us. And this year, it’s bold Viva Magenta.

Pantone went on a journey to get to this color. After a year of chaos and upheaval in 2020, Pantone started the next year by announcing Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, a marriage of gray and sunshine yellow to convey the message of strength and hopefulness that feels enduring and uplifting.

Jump to 2023, and we get what Pantone called “An unconventional shade for an unconventional time.”

Pantone’s Color of the Year, Viva Magenta, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative. (Source)

In a year where conversations around artificial intelligence are omnipresent, it’s no surprise that this is also 2023’s Pantone Color of the Year. The shade itself was selected by human trend prognosticators who survey fashion, then interpreted by the A.I. tool to create a new ecosystem to be explored, aptly named “the Magentaverse.” Pantone also released various images of this make-believe world, of course dripping in the vivid magenta hue.

Just How Bad Is Sunlight for Your Eyes?

Written By Michael Healy

Like any other part of your body, your eyes require proper care and nourishment to maintain optimal health.

While we often associate sunlight with its effects on our skin and our overall well-being, its impact on eye health is equally significant, and surprisingly, not always in a bad way. Sunlight provides several benefits for the health of your eyes. In many cases, the right amount of exposure to natural light can enhance vision, prevent eye conditions, and promote overall ocular health.

Costa Del Mar Sunglasses: 5 Outdoor Favorites

Written By Kara Keigan

In 1983, a group of hardcore fishermen realized the sunglasses they were wearing were not protecting their eyes and meeting the needs of their adventures. After a fruitless search for sunglasses that would meet their standards, they decided to create their own. Costa del Mar was born.

Ever since, Costa Del Mar (or simply, Costa) has been the go-to brand of sunglasses for boaters and fishermen. The quality sunglasses were backed with the promise of durability and great customer service, an ethos of the brand looking to provide sunglasses for those who live to be on the water.

The mission of the brand has always been quite simple: create sunglasses for life’s great adventures. Through patented technology found exclusively in Costa del Mar lenses and frames, it’s safe to say they are succeeding.

How to Make Shopping on EZContacts Faster and More Fun

Written By Barry Silver

If you’ve shopped our e-commerce site, you know our product catalog is deep and your eyewear choices are massive.

Best selection? Check. Best prices? Always. But what about the shopping experience?

We’re doing our best with it too. Our objective, of course, is to help you find what you’re looking for fast and make the experience fun.

So, let’s look at how to (1) try our glasses on virtually, and (2) find what you’re looking for fast and easily.

90s Sunglasses: 5 Trendy Vintage Frames to Try Out This Year

Written By Kara Keigan

Scrolling through social media, it seems like a new ‘90s trend is reappearing every other day, from ’90s sunglasses to fashion staples from the era. In fact, some of the resurgences of the ‘90s in the fashion world are so widespread that those that weren’t there the first time around don’t even recognize the not-so-particularly new throwbacks of that generation.

You don’t have to be versed in the latest trends to realize this shift, seeing that 1990s style is influencing our fashion in every aspect—slouchy denim, strapless tops, low-rise jeans, and minimalist sunglasses are all things well-loved by the ‘90s aesthetic that are back and stronger than ever.