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        D.C. 20549</strong></font></div>
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        2007</strong></font></div>
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        VISION, INC.</u></strong></font></div>
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                  York</strong></font></div>
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                  File Number)</font></div>
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                  Employer Identification No.)</font></div>
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        Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt;"><font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt;"><font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt;"><font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt;"><font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;<u>Garden
        City, New York
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        of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></div>
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        390-2100</strong></font></div>
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        the Company (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;), scheduled for September 21, 2007, because
        the date the Annual Meeting was called for does not fall within the fifty
        (50)
        day period following the July 24, 2007 record date (i.e., the date of
        determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to notice of, and
        a
        right to cast a vote at, the Annual Meeting), as required by the Company&#8217;s
        Amended and Restated By-Laws.&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company intends to schedule
        an annual meeting for a date in the near future.&#160;&#160;The press release
        announcing such cancellation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
        incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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                  Release, dated September 20, 2007, issued by Emerging Vision,
                  Inc.</font></div>
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        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.</font></div>
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        VISION, INC.</font></div>
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        Brian P.
        Alessi</u></em>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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form8-k.htm
UNITED
        STATES
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):
September 20,
        2007
EMERGING
        VISION, INC.
(Exact
        name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New
                  York
001-14128
11-3096941
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification No.)
100
        Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard
Garden
        City, New York
        11530
(Address
        of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
        telephone number, including area code:
(516)
        390-2100
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions:
o
Written
                  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                  CFR
                  230.425)
o
Soliciting
                  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                  240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
                  (17 CFR
                  240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
                  (17 CFR
                  240.13e-4(c))
Item
                  8.01
Other
                  Events
Emerging
        Vision, Inc. (the "Company") has cancelled the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
        the Company (the "Annual Meeting"), scheduled for September 21, 2007, because
        the date the Annual Meeting was called for does not fall within the fifty
        (50)
        day period following the July 24, 2007 record date (i.e., the date of
        determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to notice of, and
        a
        right to cast a vote at, the Annual Meeting), as required by the Company's
        Amended and Restated By-Laws.   The Company intends to schedule
        an annual meeting for a date in the near future.  The press release
        announcing such cancellation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
        incorporated herein by reference.
Item
                  9.01
Financial
                  Statements and
                  Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
99.1
Press
                  Release, dated September 20, 2007, issued by Emerging Vision,
                  Inc.
[Signature
        on following 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/
        Brian P.
        Alessi
Name:
        Brian P. Alessi
Title:   Chief
        Financial Officer
Date:      September
        20, 2007