FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Ross Harvey 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/21/2010 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EMERGING VISION INC [ISEE] (Last) (First) (Middle) 180 SOUTH STREET, UNIT 101 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ 07974 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 11,831,716 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	09/29/2005	09/28/2015	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	75,000	$ 0.15	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	04/27/2006	04/26/2016	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	150,000	$ 0.12	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	06/11/2007	06/10/2017	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	75,000	$ 0.47	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	05/07/2008	05/06/2018	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	125,000	$ 0.21	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy) (1)	09/21/2010	11/29/2011	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	7,208,220	$ 0.14	D (1)	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Ross Harvey 180 SOUTH STREET UNIT 101 NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ 07974	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Harvey Ross		09/23/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to an agreement between the reporting person and Christopher Payan, the former Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Vision, Inc. (the "Seller"), the Seller granted the reporting person the right to cause the Seller to exercise options to purchase 7,208,220 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Option Shares"), of Emerging Vision, Inc. held by the Seller at any time and to assign such Option Shares to the reporting person.

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