Studio Optix News

Oprah Winfrey used our Studio Optix staff and location to provide eyeglass makeovers for one of her shows. We were quoted as being one of the most fashionable and knowledgeable stores in NYC that can help provide the perfect choice for your next eyeglass purchase!

The New York Times June 23, 2002, featured an article on Dr. Mitch Cassel and his cosmetic contact lenses in the SUNDAY STYLES section. The article was titled" Make Your Brown Eyes Blue", which described Dr.Mitchell Cassel's use in providing new  FDA approved lenses for cosmetic and prosthetic  (patient's with eye injuries)applications. Mentioned was Dr.Cassel's work with the motion picture industry, helping actors change their look for each particular role.

The London Times quoted Dr. Mitch Cassel also in 2002 regarding the custom colored lenses for both actors and patients.

Over the last 10 years Dr. Cassel has been mentioned in some of the top magazines, newspapers and TV  for being  one of the leading providers of colored contact lenses to the motion picture, TV and video industries.They include: IN STYLE, ALLURE, GLAMOUR, VOGUE, NY POST, THE RECORD, ESPN, FOX NEWS, Entertainment Tonight, and The Maury Povich Show.

Recent movie work includes Julianne Moore THE HOURS (provided aged eyes), and Michael Crawford in Dance of the Vampires (color changes) on Broadway.

In addition Dr. Cassel lectures extensively to the eye care profession on the topic of cosmetic and prosthetic contact lenses. He is a consultant to many of the leading contact lens companies including Johnson and Johnson, CIBA and CooperVision.

Dr. Cassel writes an article for Contac t Lens Spectrum on Colored Contact Lenses