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Salaun, who designs most ofthe pieces sold at her four shops, began her career as anoptician in Paris, opened her first Selima Optique herein 1993, and has since amassed a following among not onlycelebrities but also designers and stylists: MickeyDrexler has worn the square-shaped Mike frames ($385) for20 years now, Carolyn Kennedy long sported the lowset,round Aldos ($385), and Marni creative director FrancescoRisso wore a pair of clear Sarahs (the shop has only afew "vintage" pairs left, for $650) to the Met Gala.Selima eyewear is "quirky but fashionable", says bookpublicist Sheila O'Shea, who adds that the NewWave-inspired profiles and color choices make them feeldistinct from the more bookish styles seen at othershops. BEST OF NEW YORK The Best EYEGLASSES SHOPS SELIMA OPTIQUEmultiple locations;selimaoptique.com JOHN TURTURRO WASN'T NECESSARILY looking to buy newglasses when he met Selima Salaun, owner of SelimaOptique, through a friend in the late '90s. Stylist Michelle Li compares shopping at Selima to"walking into the wand shop from Harry Potter", where theshopkeeper has a preternatural sense for matching themerchandise to the customer; in Li's case, the Selimastaff sold her on a thickrimmed tortoiseshell pair thatshe never would have expected to fit her small face, butit did, perfectly. [Extracted from the article]