Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2009/January 2010 | Page 114

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Save pounds on
your specs!

The cheapest spectacles

top designer names like DIOR,

sunglasses and contact lenses

GUCCI, GIVENCHY, BOSS,

on the Island! That’s the

RAYBAN and many more all in

guarantee at WIGHTSIGHT

one shop you are guaranteed

soon to be celebrating its 2nd

to find something for all

birthday in February. Owner

budgets and tastes.

Adrian Hughes has over 20

We have been surprised at

years in the optical trade so

how successful we have been

you can be assured of a service

since we opened. With new

that strives to be second to

product ranges joining the

none. We are very proud of

WIGHTSIGHT brand all the

the fact that we have sold

time and even a second shop

over 4000 pairs of glasses

being planned. Just bring

since we opened in Feb 08,

us your prescription and see

with many of our happy clients

how much you can save at

returning time and time again

WIGHTSIGHT 19 Cross St,

for glasses, sunglasses and

Ryde. Tel [phone]

now our new venture
Contact lenses at
internet prices. Most
people now understand
that you don’t have to
buy your glasses and
contact lenses from
your optician, like most
things you can shop
around for the best
prices (and don’t let
them tell you otherwise).
The best prices coupled
with quality products
from budget frames to
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Irresistible style at
Little Nippers
THE trouble with Little Nippers
is that you want it all for your
child. It’s hard to go back to
putting him or her in ordinary
clothes once they’ve worn the
best.
French styling, organic fabrics,
robust construction: these are
clothes that will still be looking
gorgeous when the next baby
comes along.
“Our Frugi cotton range will
wash and wash, yet it’s so soft
that it is perfect for children
with sensitive skin,” says Lisa
Boynton, proprietor of Little
Nippers. She points out some
sweet little tunic dresses which
team with matching leggings.
“And you don’t have to iron it.
For a mum that’s amazing.”
As well as a loyal Island-wide
customer base, mainland visitors
are increasing. “Sales through
my website have grown often
because summer visitors bring
something home for
their grandchildren,
and their parents
want more!” Girls’
winter wool coats,
made in Scotland,
and trimmed with a
faux fur muff, are this
season’s too good to
miss item.
It is as easy to

spoil grandsons: Frugi make
double-lined animal print cargo
trousers, and it’s hard not to
team them with a wolf or
racoon top. “The hooded jackets
with fleece linings make a good
ensemble,” says Lisa.
For newborns, locally made
booties, mittens and matinee
coats have joined the stock of
gorgeous styles by Emile et Rose,
among other must-have ranges.
Many-textured Lamaze toys,
such as the octopus with musical
legs, are made to stimulate as
well as sooth a child.
This is a beautiful shop for
0-5s. Calm and quiet yet
vibrant with style and quality,
it gives busy mums a moment
to appreciate what fun being a
parent can be.
By online, too, at www.
littlenippersuk.com Little
Nippers, 44 Regent Street,
Shanklin 868492