These Eye(glasse)s

haha thanks! I found my current pair in a vintage eyeglass shop in nyc. I have a pair of vintage combo frames from the 60s that I got from a website, look beautiful but 1. are really heavy 2. don't seem to curve correctly at the nose bridge or something, so that I always get dizzy and 3. just don't look that 'good' on me!

you could try taking them into an optometrist's and seeing if they can be adjusted

that's true! I haven't had a reliable optometrist in years though

got my warby parker try-on frames. opinions?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/allocryptic/warbies.jpg

The Pierce colors look the best on you imo. I may do a few try-ons of these soon, too. Did you already have a prescription from a local optometrist?

i think you could rock pretty much any of those styles, elmo, but i do agree with rockapads that the pierce colours are particularly good on you.

pierce

i def like the color pierce but i also really like the roosevelt shape on you

Huxley feels too small, maybe? The Roosevelt is a classy shape with a nice straight horizontal across the bridge. I want to like the Winston but the downward notch continues/emphasizes the angles of your eyebrows, up then down then up then down...there's too much noise.

Voting for one of the middle two. :)

hmmm... thanks guys! i agree that the color of the pierce is v flattering, but i'm not too keen on the boxy shape. it's almost too contemporary for my taste. i'm favoring the roosevelt pretty heavily right now. the huxleys come in a light amber color that might counteract the thickness of the frame. i dunno, i've got a few more days before i ship them back.

hey y'all coastal contacts doing free glasses again today!

guys i need new glasses p badly

kinda want half wire half plastic, but after years of lol hueg goggles it might be time for some wire frames, i dunno

i hate shopping

i officially need glasses as of last week and from 5pm today it is free glasses (+£5 shipping or something) at lensway uk.

thinking of these but i dunno is my face too round/heartfaced? people say get angular glasses if you have a round face? http://www.lensway.co.uk/glasses/frames/joseph-marc-4031-grey/prod24040.html or http://www.lensway.co.uk/glasses/frames/joseph-marc-4032-brown-tortoise/prod24047.html. i guess the grey ones are bit boxier.

obviously at this price it hardly matters, but i think it's one per household.

I don't know what you look like tbh but those are some classy glasses!

Yeah those are both good but I do think the round face boxier frames is a good rule and those are both quite round. Can you return them if you don't like them.

I got new glasses last weekend. I love them but they're not online so I can't link to them. They're from this place that designs their own frames and it's where I've gotten my last two pairs. Love these dudes and their specs so much. Should be ready by the weekend. Can't wait!

They're green!

good point xxp

i look like a baked bean

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/155482_10150352629870305_673235304_15822461_2599927_n.jpg

i don't think i can return them. it's more that i get one shot at this price than the money that is the concern though.

lol u do not look like a baked bean and your face isn't that round. If you really like those (and they're good so you should) then go for it. If they suck at least you didn't spead a lot and can get another pair and use these as backup.

ordering glasses online is such a gamble

haha thanks but i like the way baked beans look. v masculine imo.

you are right though: i should just get them.

can someone do me a favour and quickly like these assholes http://www.facebook.com/LenswayUK and tell me if the discount code you get is 11LW250? if not can you tell me the code you got? and then of course you can unlike them.

lol i am using a printout of a pdf of a rule to measure the distance between my pupils

yeah it's 11LW250

thanks v much

11LW250

Yep

damn, too slow

haha thanks!

oh you look like my friend's bf! I think those glasses would instantly make anyone into a Distinguished British Gent (TM).

E - can't wait to see the greenies! That's about the only colour I don't have. Or orange/yellow shades. I should get some yellow ones. Bwahahahahaha.

haha i start trying to be a professional academic next week so, you know, fake it till you make it is the idea. i kinda worry/hope they will make me look like patrick bateman though.

coastal contacts is doing this today and i still don't have my pd measurement!

either i am really terrible at PD measurement, or i am in the 95th percentile of wide-eyed men

i used my mum's address and my dad's address and got two pairs for free

http://www.lensway.co.uk/glasses/frames/joseph-marc-4039-brown-tortoise/prod24048.html lol trendy
http://www.lensway.co.uk/glasses/frames/joseph-marc-4054-havana/prod24067.html a bit more practical/conventional wisdom says better suited to my face

haha i tried on a pair of sunglasses p much exactly the same as your pair of 'lol trendy' glasses

tza: are you alone? if not - anyone with a ruler can do it! in a pinch you could even do it with a mirror and a ruler, but probably more difficult.

hmmm maybe this is a project for my intern? hah. i tried using the photo upload w/ cc strip thing and it came up with a not humanly possible #!

btw been thinking baout these

tza i did it with this http://www.lensway.co.uk/template-resources/assets/documents/doc_PDrulerLW_UK.pdf

coastal contacts is doing this today and i still don't have my pd measurement!

Is there a link to this offer or is it a locals only thing? I tried to find it the last time you posted about it and couldn't figure it out. I'm up for new glasses.

FREEGLASSES525

I keep trying to peep the ones Tza has her eye on but the page won't load. :(

Omg it worked. I just bought ridiculous glasses for the cost of shipping and lens coating.

THANK YOU TZA. You the best.

aw. i didn't buy any!
what did you get?

Hey, I was posting what I got and xposted with you asking me what I got! SYNERGY!

I got these: http://www.coastalcontacts.com/glasses/frames/derek-cardigan-7005-black/prod27005.html

I love them and they look just like a pair from Zenni that I almost ordered but didn't because they only came in pink or orange tiger striped and I wanted black. But I'm a little nervous about them now, though, because even though the bridge and lens width measurements are OTM for me (and the same as the ones from Zenni), the listed frame width is really small. Like, way too small to be size-classified as "large" frames, so I don't know if it's a typo or what. This is what I get for trying to take advantage of a free glasses sale at work when I can only access commercial websites for ten minute increments.

Also, I didn't notice all the math symbols on them (thank god they're subtle) which is a bit too cute for me, especially since I'm a god damn lawyer with a lit degree.

fun! hope they work out! the genius of this sale is you're only out shipping if they're ridic.

I'm looking again and according to the measurements, the temple length is longer than the frames are wide, which is highly unlikely, so maybe they just switched the numbers.

Well, shipping and lens coating. I am astigmatic so I always get anti-glare coating because it helps cut down on the annoying halos around lights.

oh man! Jenny I *LOVE* those.

I went to a cool shop today and tried on some circular ones like the tortoiseshell ones caek posted, they were pretty good but I dunno if they're too ~trendy~