A New You In 2015
Make 2015 your year with a new look and a new pair of designer eyeglasses from Kennedy & Perkins. Stop in today to any of our 6 convenient locations and we will help see a better year ahead!
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2014 Trunk Show
Thank you to everyone who came to our 2014 Trunk Show late last month. We were able to showcase so many great new styles and colors of eyewear from some of the best eyewear manufacturers from around the world. Many of what our manufacturers displayed are arriving on our store shelves every day, so come in and take a look at the great new eyeglasses and sunglasses we have for Connecticut. Here are a few shots from our Trunk Show.
From left to right: Kennedy & Perkins Opticians Brandon O’Brian, Ann Moser, Kathy Hagan-Carver,  and Sonia Pinto, as well as Lafont representative  Jed Leach at our Old Saybrook location.
From left to right: Â Kennedy & Perkins Opticians Maggie Lieberman, Jennifer Rich, Nanette Hammond and Michele Merola with Cyril Dray, President of L’Unique Optique at our New Haven location.
From left to right: Kennedy & Perkins Optician Michelle Mathieu, Oliver People rrepresentativeMichael Mason and Kennedy & Perkins Optician Patricia Perrelli at our Guilford location.
SALT Optics
Fall is an exciting time at Kennedy & Perkins. We have an amazing fresh collection of new colors, shapes, textures, and styles from some of our hottest brands including SALT Optics from California. SALT Optics is  about simple, timeless design, impeccable quality, useful technology, hand-craftsmanship and a pure fit. They are modern, yet they honor the past, and are driven by a minimalist sensibility in all things. Less is, in fact, more. SALT. Optics is The Independent Lifestyle Company that creates premium handcrafted eyewear for individuals with a unique sense of style. Stop in and see the new SALT line of eyeglasses and sunglasses at our New Haven and Guildford locations today.
2013 Fall Trunk Show – This Saturday
Don’t miss our biggest and best Trunk Show EVER! This Saturday at all 6 Kennedy & Perkins locations!
Kennedy & Perkins in Guilford
We recently opened our sixth optical location in Guilford. So many of our loyal clients live in between Branford and Old Saybrook that when the opportunity arose, we jumped at the chance to open a beautiful new store in the Shorline Big Y Plaza at 856 Boston Post Road. Here is a photo of our recent ribbon cutting ceremony to open our newest location.
Those included in this photo are from left to right:
Joe Mazza / First selectman town of Guilford
Brian McGlone / Economic development coordinator, Town of Guilford
Brendan O’Brian / K&P Guilford Team
Jill Laccone / K&P Guilford Team
Richard Kennedy / Owner K&P
Patricia Perrelli / Â K&P Guilford Team
Dr. Â Ann Moser / Â K&P Guilford Team Optometrist
Dart Messick / Owner K&P
Erica Azarigian / Guilford Chamber of Commerce Board member.
We look forward to seeing so many of our old friends and make a lot of new friends in this great new location.Stop in a see us soon.
Those included in this photo are from left to right:
Joe Mazza / First selectman town of Guilford
Brian McGlone / Economic development coordinator, Town of Guilford
Brendan O’Brian / K&P Guilford Team
Jill Laccone / K&P Guilford Team
Richard Kennedy / Owner K&P
Patricia Perrelli / Â K&P Guilford Team
Dr. Â Ann Moser / Â K&P Guilford Team Optometrist
Dart Messick / Owner K&P
Erica Azarigian / Guilford Chamber of Commerce Board member.
We look forward to seeing so many of our old friends and make a lot of new friends in this great new location.Stop in a see us soon. Here We Grow Again
Hello Guilford. Kennedy & Perkins has long served customers from Orange to Old Saybrook with our five locations. Today we add a sixth store in Guilford. This beautiful new store located at 856 Boston Post Rd in the Shorline Big Y Plaza, brings to Guilford and Madison areas the vast selection of designer eyeglasses and sunglasses Kennedy & Perkins has been offering in our other locations for over 60 years. Stop in and take a look at our newest location and save 20% on all sunglasses as an added bonus.
Guilford is coming….
Kennedy & Perkins is soon to open a new store in Guilford at 856 Boston Post Rd (Route 1) in the Shorline Big Y Plaza. The sign just went up and already people are knocking on our doors wanting to shop. Only a couple of more weeks and we will be ready.
Fall Trunk Show
We spend months preparing for our annual Fall Trunk Show. We want to thank all of our customers from across Connecticut who made it to last weeks Fall Spectacular. Most of all, we want to thank our dedicated staff of Opticians without whom we could never put on such an event in all five Kennedy & Perkins locations. If you missed the Fall Trunk Show you can still stop by your nearest Kennedy & Perkins and see some of the great new product for 2013 arriving daily. Here are a few shots from last weeks event.
Above: In Old Saybrook featuring the Oliver Peoples and Paul Smith eyewear collections for 2013. Seen above l-r are the K&P store manager Dave Wojcik, eyewear fashion consultant Kathy Hagan-Carver, Oliver Peoples New England sales VP Michael Mason, and K&P general manager Patricia Perrelli.
Above: In the New Haven office featuring the French eyewear collection for 2013 from Anne et Valentine. Seen above from L-R are K&P staff members Nick Murano, Nanette Hammond, Michele Merola, Anne et Valentine East Coast sales manager Marie France Labbe, K&P staff member Jennifer Rich, and K&P owner Richard Kennedy.
Education at Kennedy & Perkins
We are all about keeping up to date with the newest in the optical industry. Whether it is great new frame designs or the newest in lens technologies, Kennedy & Perkins is the optical stores vendors turn to in New England to bring their newest and greatest to first. The staff at Kennedy & Perkins just finished an evening of learning about the great new freeform progressive lenses from Shamir from Bruce Mossman Shamir’s New England Regional manager. We look forward to showing you the Shamir difference for your favorite eyeglasses at Kennedy & Perkins.
In The News
It’s always a great feeling to be recognized for all our hard work. We were very humbled when the folks at Elan Magazine asked to write about our stores. Here is a copy of the newest issue and here we are modestly boasting once more. We do it all for you, our loyal customers.
