The 20/20 Editorial Team

James J. Spina
VP, Editor-in-Chief

Jacqueline Micucci
Executive Editor

Gloria Nicola
Senior Features Editor

Andy Karp
Group Editor, Lenses and Technology

Melissa Arkin
Associate Editor

Author: 20/20&U Blog Admin Created: 8/23/2007
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9/21/2007 Trading Places
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We’re packing our bags. Most of the 20/20 edit team is in travel mode and setting out for Vision Expo West in Las Vegas. Are you going? If so, we hope to see you there and be sure to pick up all five publications we’ve prepared especially for the show. Look for our regular September issue of 20/20 with our largest style section ever and an exceptionally wonderful Lafont eyewear cover, the September 15 Seller’s Guide with Coach’s Reed Krakoff on the cover, our Galleria supplement, the special edi ...
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9/18/2007 Questioning Deluxe Accommodations
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I’m sure you’ve noticed some hefty changes in the land of luxury retailing these last few years. It hasn’t specifically been a downward (or upward) sku-ering of price, purse-say, although lower cost goods have certainly slipped in readily as absurdly expensive thing-a-ma-bobs some folks just can’t live without.

It’s more a factor of the consumer market being targeted. The super-rich have always loved their Bentleys and Birkin bags. They will continue to do so. But, increasingly, curre ...
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9/4/2007 Little Miss Sunshine
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Yes. That's me circa 1969 on a Long Island, N.Y. beach. And those are my mother's sunglasses perched precariously (and upside down) on my little, yet-to-be-fully developed nose bridge.

I always loved playing dress up. Having two older sisters I was fair game for some pretty entertaining ensembles. Sunglasses many times were a key...
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8/26/2007 So What’s YOUR Point (of View)?
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Better later than never but better be best by now. The editorial team of 20/20 has been contemplating the initiation of a blog for quite some time but the waiting game has been earmarked by some very definitive objectives.

With its engaging and often conversational style the published edition of 20/20 already functions as a readily available forum for the whole optical professional community. Responses from our readers ...

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