These Eye(glasse)s

http://www.oftalcare.com/tienda/images/0VO3577__785.jpg
these are what i got.

Lauren, TZA's glasses-getting has reminded me to go to FF's and pick out some for me! And I should make use of my insurance in 2008. Maybe in a couple of weeks you can return the favor?

totally! i don't need any excuse to shop.

are those from a store or online tza? they remind me SO much of the ones you chose at the top of the thread haha.. I guess we can't shake our particular personal styles!

FWIW I ordered a few pairs of more "plain" glasses than the ones I got in the mail yesterday - they just haven't arrived, and these funky ones had :D

lex you are so lucky you have a perfect face for glasses! jealous :(

no no my dear I just take a thousand pictures til I get one semi-decent ;) I have worn glasses for such a long time though that I definitely feel weird looking without them!

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l442/acrobins/glasses1.jpg
http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l442/acrobins/glasses2.jpg

one of my pairs (the others are similar black frames only not so rounded on top and the inside bits are black/white plaid)

I'd like to buy more MORE MORE glasses, with a bit more variety in colour. I've never tried this seemingly inexpensive way of purchasing online, but I don't think I would because my weird face makes it hard to find flattering glasses. On the plus side, my parents work for three unions (mom 2x unions, dad 1x unions) so I get decent coverage options on the more expensive frames in shops and stuff.

very cool!

yeah, i have a hard time finding good glasses, too because i have a giant head.

my sister is getting these and i am insanely jealous!
http://www.lafont.com/ContentPage.aspx?PageId=177

Ahhhgh! Oh sorry.

They were surprisingly...bright.

those are very cute SS!

I have a big head too but I've tried on 1,000 or so glasses in stores and so I know which shapes suit my face.. ordering online is a bummer because I see a lot that are just 1-2 mm too small for my head that I adore. Boo.

I don't know about those Lafont ones but maybe I'm too simple? I saw stuff like that on Zenni but thought it was just too much. Maybe my head is too big for a mega-intense frame.

so i just ordered these, but tinted, as sunglasses:

http://goggles4u.com/images/27463.jpg

really REALLY hope they look good, as i've never had prescription sunglasses and am super excited! $26 from googles4u!

yay wait til you get them, the packaging is hilarious but the glasses will rock! post pics!

I sent back all my wrong prescription ones and now I only have the blue half-rim ones posted upthread, I love them, but having had a taste for a variety I want MORE MORE MORE!!

i found a bunch of frames i like on zenni too (the sunglasses are from goggles4u). the problem is that my face is really narrow around my eye area, so there's not that many cool plastic frames that i can wear - i need around the 128mm mark. my mum has agreed to bankroll a couple of pairs as a birthday present.

joygoat-- you can definitely order super strong stuff online, from zenni, at least. toby has crazy thick glasses, and they didn't charge a penny more for getting it right. his sunglasses look great, mine look pretty good, although i have the same problem as rubyredd in that i wanted bigger frames and they told me my face was too small, so these are a little more on the practical side of things...

my friend told me if you have a really strong prescription it's better to go with a smaller frame so the curve isn't so drastic? something like that. i am not saying it right, but a smaller lens avoids a drastic shap (thin in middle and super thick at the edges).

so here are the frames i'm looking at getting:

http://zennioptical.com/cart/d_4530.jpg

http://zennioptical.com/cart/d_7785.jpg

http://zennioptical.com/cart/d_6348.jpg

http://zennioptical.com/cart/d_8061.jpg

http://zennioptical.com/cart/d_3019.jpg

http://goggles4u.com/detail.asp?PID=23035

http://goggles4u.com/images/23035.jpg

i looked at the 2nd ones! also really like those green ones!

yeah i'm not really sure about 1, 3, and 6. i love those green ones too, in theory, just not sure i won't look like a dork in them. but for $20 or so, it's worth finding out!

my friend told me if you have a really strong prescription it's better to go with a smaller frame so the curve isn't so drastic? something like that.

a larger frame will involve thicker glasses at the periphery. thickness can also be reduced through the kind of lens you get.

i want to do this but i am afraid. i know that when i go to the eye doctor i end up trying on like 20 pairs of glasses and 19 of them are wrong for my face or too small for my eyes or the wrong color or something. like how am i going to buy frames over the internet with this weird shaped head and huge eyes? i like the frames i have now but i need new ones, they are getting kinda grody.

harbl that is the same problem i was having - whenever i've tried on frames i'm lucky if i find 2 or 3 that actually look okay on me. i can't say this for sure since i haven't received any yet, but hopefully by getting frames with similar dimensions to the ones i already have, they should fit pretty well. and they so cheap, you only lose out on a small amount of money if they look really bad.

which is why i've always found buying glasses so fuckin stressful in the past: 'holy shit these are like $400 and i'm gonnna have to live with them for a 2-5yr minimum!'

yeah. this issue is one that plagues me as well! i haven't been able to bring myself to order the cheap ones online yet!

it's not even a cheap factor - when i got my glasses, i was willing to pay a decent amount of money because i hadn't gotten new ones in so long and the last ones cost about $30 total, but there was really only 1 pair in the entire store that i thought looked ok (and it was not one of the fancy designer pairs).

"a larger frame will involve thicker glasses at the periphery."

only if you are shortsighted.

http://www.designer-fashion-trends.com/img/sunglasses/prescription-sunglasses-2.jpg

eman surely meant:

http://www.archimage.co.uk/Images/Industrial/Welder_03.jpg

When I was about 10 years younger (and ironically, 15 pounds heavier), I used to wear these daily

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/PappaWheelie/babyfaced.jpg

I barely recognize me in that photo (babyface!), but I do still have those glasses around here somewhere.

i got all my glasses! i love them! they're all a little too wide, but it's practically impossible to find plastic frames under 126mm, and they don't look bad - just not perfect. i'm STOKED to finally have prescription sunglasses!

pictures!

i am getting new frames in 2 wks

Finefinemusic, i have to thank you for making me aware of Zenni Optical! I recently lost a $200+ of eyeglasses and had been watching movies + driving in a less than optimal state for a while. I ordered two pairs of glasses from Zenni, got them today, and one of them ($19) is identical to my lost, expensive pair. so much so that my sister pointed it out. they totally fit my face and everything.

seriously, this may be the best thing ilx has brought to my life.

haha that post reads like ad copy, but i mean it! i am drunk on cheap glasses!

hahhaha, that DOES read like ad copy! I am so very happy I could help.. I've been telling everyone about these sites, it's so nice to be liberated from expensive frames!

I still want pictures of other online glasses successes, folks!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193275110

vintage, cheap, most glasses have never been worn!

maybe this is a better link:

http://www.myspace.com/arckiv

OK yeah. I need new RX sunglasses. I am going to do this when I get paid on Firday. Also might investigate getting a new pair of regular ones now that I'm in glasses 24/7.

old glasses - comfy, but not geometry teacher / malcolm x enough

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3395564309_a860941e11.jpg?v=0

new glasses - not so comfy, though quite authentic. literally a half-inch thick at the edge. very authentic 50s geometry teacher. not sure why i'm pulling such a weird face in the second photo.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3395606183_1db1c5c2e8.jpg?v=0

probably concerned they're too OTT

i like your old ones more - not sure if it's just the facial expression, but the new ones make you look older

i'm sure i got a pair like that out of a cracker once

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1810/7079/products/OQ602_Oliver_C912_Front_grande.jpg?v=1490161706
^just bought these. the blue is more subtle irl

Nice!

cool. this is what i wear

https://d26hhearhq0yio.cloudfront.net/content/misterspex/produkte/grafiken/6482588_a1.jpg

i still love my SEE glasses that kind of look like wood frames w/ a nice matte texture but i am really ready for some circle frames. can't decide whether black wire or silver wire or rimless but i am feeling a perfectly round shape

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCSKDDN4o0/