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From: LindyBill	9/6/2008 11:15:34 PM
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MORE PALINMANIA: "Opticians Report Surge In Requests For Palin's Frames" ASTUTE BLOGGERS By Reliapundit WNBC SANDIEGO: What Women Want -- Palin's Glasses Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is not just rocking the political world -- she's creating quite a frenzy for opticians with her signature frames. Doug D'Amico said he's rushing to order Palin's glasses. The Encinitas optician told NBC 7/39 he's getting calls from women who want to buy the same glasses worn by Palin during her convention speech Wednesday night. "It's fun," D'Amico says. "While we stay away from politics, the glasses make a strong professional statement." The plan is to get the glasses in the store sometime Friday. D'Amico's office, Europtics, is located at the Lumberyard Shopping Mall in North County, but it's not the only store getting calls. Reports coming in across the country say that eyewear companies haven't seen interest in a pair of glasses like this in years. USA TODAY: It's been awhile since the optical business has been as charged by celebrity specs as it has by the rimless pair the vice presidential nominee wears most of the time. If she wins, it could rock the vision-care market, which totals $26.6 billion a year, says tracker Jobson Optical Research. It's already shaking up the company that makes them. "We keep getting calls from dealers who want to stock the exact shape and style that she's wearing," says Amy Hahn, vice president at Italee, the U.S. distributor of the frames designed by Kazuo Kawasaki, a Japanese industrial designer.

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