Framed!... The Eyeglasses Thread

[softgrey]

searched and searched...
finally got new frames...

i'm in LOVE>>>>...

http://www.saltoptics.com/detail.php?id=85&pageindex=28&categoryid=1&orderby=4

not in love anymore...
...

i still like them as an object...but...
i think they make me look like i am going to work at the office...
but i don't work in an office so i don't like looking like i do...
...
oddly, i get compliments on them...
but it doesn't make me feel a single bit better about it...


i just try to avoid wearing them until i can find a frame i like ...

 

[softgrey]

omg- i just read that my fave eyewear frame makers from paris have opened a store just blocks from me...

rawr!!!
time to go shopping!!!...

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[cbcb]

Which cateye sunglasses do we like best - and any higher-end ones that are spot-on very very very similar to #1? (These are both Mango.)

 

[cbcb]

^and those pics are both from the Mango site.

 

[Alstroe]

These C&G 1060s are still my dream spectacles. I love the shape and the contrasting wire bridge.

 

[Alstroe]

Which cateye sunglasses do we like best - and any higher-end ones that are spot-on very very very similar to #1? (These are both Mango.)

I like the latter pair much better, with the white corners. The corners give the frame more form.

 

[softgrey]

hallelujah...
i found frames...
AND sunglasses...

spent an unreasonable amount of money...
but could not be happier...
yay!

 

[softgrey]

ah--
picked up my frames today...
had them custom tinted to match an old pair of glasses that i had in college!...


they are perfection...
oh happy day!

 

[Jungla_Juana]

pictures are in order...!!

 

[Creative]

Does anybody know who makes these blue shades?

facebook.com/ohmymarcisco via jessica 909

 

[kasper!]

dries van noten by linda farrow, my recent purchase. photo by myself.

 

[Fruitty]

I’ve been wearing glasses since I was in my high school. I tried contact lenses a few years back but was never comfortable wearing it. I have sensitive eyes and could not wear therm for very long periods of time.... not more than 8 hours. I've switched back to wear glasses .

 

[softgrey]

had my eyes checked and my prescription put into my replaced frames...
it's amazing how these frames change the look of everything...
it's like getting a whole new wardrobe...

*no tint this time...
though i may decide to add a tint at a later date...

i'm very glad i got them replaced ~ thanks to some good advice...

...

 

[Melisande]

it's amazing how these frames change the look of everything...
it's like getting a whole new wardrobe...


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TOTALLY! I just got a new pair of glasses last week...for the first time in like decades, after my old favorite ones broke...and completely in love...it's like having a whole new self ... a smarter, slightly more cool and laid back self that wears half the amount of makeup

 

[softgrey]

well- that sounds like a successful purchase...
but why less make up?
do the glasses make you want to wear less?

 

[Melisande]

Yeah, for two reasons: I guess because the frames already add definition to my face, so not much more definition is necessary through makeup. Also, the whole aesthetic/style is different. It gives me a more casual look than usual, so it looks fine without makeup. I also like how the glasses tone down a more dressed-up outfit.

I'm finding that glasses are like shoes that way, they could change the tone of an entire look.

 

[softgrey]

yes- i think that is true, depending on the frame...
some are very nondescript, but some could actually define our whole personality...

i think these current frames actually do that for me...
it's kind of amazing, right?

what do yours look like?

 

[Melisande]

They're simple, dark faux-tortoise shell, and squarish-rectangular.
They're meant to be for men I think.

 

[softgrey]

they sound great...
i see what you mean about a more casual feel...
tortoise def lends itself to that...

B)

 

[Alstroe]

I wear the Cheap Monday "Brightness Falls" kids' glasses. (I have a tiny head!)

(specsavers.co.uk)

They look quite basic and unappealing in that picture, but they suit me quite well.