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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



         DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): April 6, 2004


                              EMERGING VISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        New York                       1-14128                   11-3096941
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)


                         100 Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard
                           Garden City, New York 11530
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (516) 390-2100
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






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Item 5. Other Events

     On April 6, 2004, Emerging Vision,  Inc. (the "Registrant")  issued a press
release  announcing that it would not be restating its quarterly reports for the
periods  ending June 30, 2003 and  September 30, 2003,  as had  originally  been
announced in the Registrant's press release, dated February 16, 2004. Registrant
also  announced  certain  corrections  to  amounts  and dates  disclosed  in the
February 16, 2004 press  release.  A copy of the April 6, 2004 press  release is
attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  The press release is  incorporated  herein by
reference.


Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a) and (b) Not applicable.

(c) The following exhibits are filed with this report:


Exhibit No.       Document

99.1              Press Release, dated April 6, 2004, issued by Emerging
                     Vision, Inc.






                          [Signature on following page]




                                       2
<PAGE>






                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       EMERGING VISION, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Christopher G. Payan
                                          ------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher G. Payan
                                       Title: Senior Vice President,
                                              Co-Chief Operating Officer and
                                              Chief Financial Officer


Date:    April 6, 2004














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<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
                                                                    ------------

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                           ---------------------

                       EMERGING VISION, INC. NOT RESTATING
            QUARTERLY FINANCIALS / CORRECTION TO PRIOR PRESS RELEASE


     GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - April 6, 2004 - On February 16, 2004,  Emerging Vision,
Inc. (OTCBB:  ISEE.OB) announced that it had, on December 31, 2003,  effectuated
(a) the rescission,  ab initio, of the exercise,  by certain of its shareholders
(the "Subject  Shareholders"),  of 13,000,000 of the oversubscription  rights of
such shareholders, and (b) the rescission,  surrender and cancellation of all of
the remaining  warrants that were  acquired by the Subject  Shareholders  in the
Company's   shareholder   rights   offering   (collectively,   the   "Rescission
Transactions").

     As a  result  of  such  transactions,  the  Company  announced  that it had
intended to restate its  quarterly  reports for the periods  ended June 30, 2003
and September 30, 2003. However, the Company has subsequently determined that it
will not restate such financial statements.

     The Company had also announced that, in addition to the 13,000,000 warrants
rescinded in connection  with the Rescission  Transactions,  the total number of
remaining warrants  rescinded,  surrendered and cancelled in connection with the
Rescission  Transactions  totaled  31,594,772,  that the number of new  warrants
issued to the Subject Shareholders as settlement,  as a result of their entering
into  the  Rescission   Transactions,   totaled   57,594,772  (the   "Settlement
Transactions"),  and that such new warrants were not exercisable until April 14,
2007.  The Company is announcing  that the actual  number of remaining  warrants
rescinded,   surrendered   and  cancelled  in  connection  with  the  Rescission
Transactions totaled 33,210,028, not 31,594,772,  that the correct number of new
warrants  issued  in  connection  with  the  Settlement   Transactions   totaled
59,210,028, not 57,594,772, and that such new warrants are not exercisable until
April  15,  2006,  not  April 14,  2007.  The  Company  does not  believe  these
corrections  to have a material  impact on the Company's  financial  position or
results of operations.


<PAGE>

About Emerging Vision

     Emerging Vision,  Inc. operates one of the largest chains of retail optical
stores,  which  includes  one of the largest  franchised  optical  chains in the
United  States,  with  approximately  172 franchised  and  Company-owned  stores
located in 20 states,  the  District of Columbia,  Ontario,  Canada and the U.S.
Virgin Islands,  principally  operating  under the names "Sterling  Optical" and
"Site for Sore Eyes".

     THIS STATEMENT MAY CONTAIN CERTAIN  FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS,  WHICH MAY
INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES,  AND OTHER FACTORS NOT UNDER THE
COMPANY'S CONTROL, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE COMPANY TO BE  MATERIALLY  DIFFERENT  FROM THE RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE,  OR
EXPECTATIONS  OF THE COMPANY.  THESE  FACTORS  INCLUDE,  BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,
THOSE  DETAILED  IN THE  COMPANY'S  PERIODIC  FILINGS  WITH THE  SECURITIES  AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION.


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Contact:

Emerging Vision, Inc.
Christopher G. Payan
(516) 390-2134
chris.payan@sterlingoptical.com
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): April 6, 2004

                              EMERGING VISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        New York                       1-14128                   11-3096941
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)

                         100 Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard
                           Garden City, New York 11530
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (516) 390-2100
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5. Other Events

     On April 6, 2004, Emerging Vision,  Inc. (the "Registrant")  issued a press
release  announcing that it would not be restating its quarterly reports for the
periods  ending June 30, 2003 and  September 30, 2003,  as had  originally  been
announced in the Registrant's press release, dated February 16, 2004. Registrant
also  announced  certain  corrections  to  amounts  and dates  disclosed  in the
February 16, 2004 press  release.  A copy of the April 6, 2004 press  release is
attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  The press release is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a) and (b) Not applicable.

(c) The following exhibits are filed with this report:

Exhibit No.       Document

99.1              Press Release, dated April 6, 2004, issued by Emerging
                     Vision, Inc.

                          [Signature on following page]

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       EMERGING VISION, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Christopher G. Payan
                                          ------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher G. Payan
                                       Title: Senior Vice President,
                                              Co-Chief Operating Officer and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

Date:    April 6, 2004

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Exhibit 99.1
                                                                    ------------

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                           ---------------------

                       EMERGING VISION, INC. NOT RESTATING
            QUARTERLY FINANCIALS / CORRECTION TO PRIOR PRESS RELEASE

     GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - April 6, 2004 - On February 16, 2004,  Emerging Vision,
Inc. (OTCBB:  ISEE.OB) announced that it had, on December 31, 2003,  effectuated
(a) the rescission,  ab initio, of the exercise,  by certain of its shareholders
(the "Subject  Shareholders"),  of 13,000,000 of the oversubscription  rights of
such shareholders, and (b) the rescission,  surrender and cancellation of all of
the remaining  warrants that were  acquired by the Subject  Shareholders  in the
Company's   shareholder   rights   offering   (collectively,   the   "Rescission
Transactions").

     As a  result  of  such  transactions,  the  Company  announced  that it had
intended to restate its  quarterly  reports for the periods  ended June 30, 2003
and September 30, 2003. However, the Company has subsequently determined that it
will not restate such financial statements.

     The Company had also announced that, in addition to the 13,000,000 warrants
rescinded in connection  with the Rescission  Transactions,  the total number of
remaining warrants  rescinded,  surrendered and cancelled in connection with the
Rescission  Transactions  totaled  31,594,772,  that the number of new  warrants
issued to the Subject Shareholders as settlement,  as a result of their entering
into  the  Rescission   Transactions,   totaled   57,594,772  (the   "Settlement
Transactions"),  and that such new warrants were not exercisable until April 14,
2007.  The Company is announcing  that the actual  number of remaining  warrants
rescinded,   surrendered   and  cancelled  in  connection  with  the  Rescission
Transactions totaled 33,210,028, not 31,594,772,  that the correct number of new
warrants  issued  in  connection  with  the  Settlement   Transactions   totaled
59,210,028, not 57,594,772, and that such new warrants are not exercisable until
April  15,  2006,  not  April 14,  2007.  The  Company  does not  believe  these
corrections  to have a material  impact on the Company's  financial  position or
results of operations.
About Emerging Vision

     Emerging Vision,  Inc. operates one of the largest chains of retail optical
stores,  which  includes  one of the largest  franchised  optical  chains in the
United  States,  with  approximately  172 franchised  and  Company-owned  stores
located in 20 states,  the  District of Columbia,  Ontario,  Canada and the U.S.
Virgin Islands,  principally  operating  under the names "Sterling  Optical" and
"Site for Sore Eyes".

     THIS STATEMENT MAY CONTAIN CERTAIN  FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS,  WHICH MAY
INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES,  AND OTHER FACTORS NOT UNDER THE
COMPANY'S CONTROL, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE COMPANY TO BE  MATERIALLY  DIFFERENT  FROM THE RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE,  OR
EXPECTATIONS  OF THE COMPANY.  THESE  FACTORS  INCLUDE,  BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,
THOSE  DETAILED  IN THE  COMPANY'S  PERIODIC  FILINGS  WITH THE  SECURITIES  AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

------------------------------------
Contact:

Emerging Vision, Inc.
Christopher G. Payan
(516) 390-2134
chris.payan@sterlingoptical.com