These Eye(glasse)s

how much can you adjust glasses? this is my first pair and i'm sure they aren't going to fit.

They can adjust the heck out of the arms and the nose pieces (if they have nose pieces). On my regular everyday glasses, they had to adjust the arms so they are at obtuse angles to the frames \oo/, which sounds ridiculous but looks fine and is very comfortable.

depends, had a pair on which the nose support rubbed a raw spot into the side of my nose no matter how much I adjusted them... had an open sore on my nose for like 3 months

hi! today i am dressed as a villain from raiders of the lost ark.

http://i.min.us/icU01E.jpg

Do not look into any ornate boxes and you should be okay.

They look good! Do you like them?

i like them! they fit and i can see better. someone called me "herr professor".

they are kind of smaller on my face than i was expecting, and next time there is a sale i will get the slightly bigger versions (i got these for free pretty much, but they are now back to £60).

my eyes feel kind of strained/sore. not unbearable, but a noticeable relief when i take them off. is this normal and just me getting used to a new pair of glasses (my first)?

Your first ever pair of glasses? I think they might take some getting used to, yeah (I started wearing glasses at age 13 so I can't remember my initial adjustment period, but every time my prescription changes, I go through a day of perceiving everything as a lot taller than it is). Does wearing them make you feel dizzy or ill or off balance? If that's the case, you might have the wrong PD and you need to do something about that.

That happens to me from time tto time. Xp

yes, first pair ever. should really have got those from an optician rather than the internet, but the price was right.

i feel fine. no dizziness or whatever. it's like the faintest possible headache. i think maybe part of it is that the lenses are quite small and the frames are relatively thick, so they are right there in my vision. taking them off is a bit like taking non Rx sunglasses off.

I think they look good and very professor-like indeed.

the ones i ordered above are PERFECT - of my previous go-to pairs, one was too light and the other too dark (black) for my colouring, but these are just right.

whenever I change glasses, even keeping the same prescription, I go through about 2-3 days of feeling slightly dizzy.

I bought a new pair of glasses with round frames as per the gregory peck linked above except the frames are too thick and not elegant at all so I look like a two bit hipster when I wear them

think I'll stick with my old ones for now

oh well

yeah i wear contacts on the reg and if i switch to glasses i have a weird mild headachey adjustment period. i think it's the difference of the correction being right on your eye vs a half inch away? who knows?

i still need to get new glasses.

starting to love these ridiculous glasses. i think they really tie the room together.

hope no one pees on them! :O

I ordered new glasses and sunglasses yesterday and I can't wait to get them.

i am totally used to these glasses now

I bought another pair of frames from a vintage shop the other day - they are glass twins of caeks

guys guys! i got new glasses tooooo! for the first time in like 5 years! i bought them in nyc last week :)
they are anna sui tortoise shell plastic frames and they were on sale yaaay. and also now i can see the world properly!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/5853479957_6a6893554f.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/5844101915_7efeeeba1d.jpg

Very nice!

I like those a lot!

tortoiseshell is the best! they look great.

New (safety) glasses

http://i56.tinypic.com/2rr79zm.jpg

I actually bought some new normal frames at the weekend but they are being fitted out.

Here is a deceptively flattering (thank u fatgirl angle and instragram filters!) of my wacky free glasses from Coastal Contacts:

http://instagr.am/p/GSih-/

Jeff shook his head at me over breakfast and said, "It's going to take me a looooong time to get used to those." Ha.

that link doesn't work :(

http://instagr.am/p/GSih-/

you gotta copy paste. jenny I love those glasses!

awwww Jenny I LOVE THOSE

super fun!
not everyone can pull those off with such success (i couldn't!)

very cute, jenny!

I am not entirely convinced I am pulling them off, actually, but I appreciate the votes of confidence!

i am convinced!

love them on you, jenny!

those are adorable, jenny! you have the best glasses-face!

I am now firmly pro these glasses bc they seem to both attract interesting ppl and scare away the squares.

That's what my friend says about her Chelsea haircut, too.

I had to look that up but yes, that would do it.

just got these, depth perception wonky from uber-strong new scrip:
http://www.gold-and-wood.com/collection/b14-1z.jpg

bold

i think i want these. still need to find out pupillary distance! argh.

i may have posted them before?

I saw these on TV and thought "Hey those are my glasses!" but then I see in the credits that Mad Men gets all of their eyewear from the very store I purchased them at (Old Focals in Pasadena, also endorsed by Drew Daniel!):

http://plaidout.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/harry-crane-2.jpg

i can't believe how many comments i get from random-ass people about my frames:

http://d26hhearhq0yio.cloudfront.net/content/misterspex/produkte/grafiken/11-190044-0074-02_a2.jpg

i bought these recently

http://bartonperreira.com/images/CAINE_BLACK_ZYL.jpg

people seem to like them. contemplating 60's ad exec style haircut to go with them...

though that is the wrong gradient; it's supposed to be the Tortuga

the guy who taught my roadside bicycle maintenance class the other night had purple ray ban glasses w/ white trim that were so awesome, i could not take my eyes off him. it made me a little uncomfortable because i kept staring at them.

Is there an online place that will put new lenses in your old frames for cheap?

i think zennioptical does?

Ooo good. I like them.