Views on eyeglass styles

[BainsBane]

What do people here think of the 1980s-type glasses that are back in style? I notice a lot of 20 somethings wearing them but no one who was actually alive during the eighties. Anyone here wear them?

[OriginalGeek]

1. what are the 80s styles?

I just got new glasses but they are different from the wire rims I wore for the last 8 years. I didn't wear glasses in the 80s though so I don't really remember what that style was.

My new ones are kinda modernized, slimmer and smaller Buddy Holly shaped-ish...

[BainsBane]

2. bigger lenses

The hipsters wear them. I see them everywhere around here.

[nolabear]

3. Not nuts about the look but as a multifocal wearer I expect they're great.

My tiny lenses just don't have enough room. Will I buy big ones? Doubtful. Bigger, yes.

Getting old sux.

[BainsBane]

4. I have to buy new glasses this weekend

I won't be getting the hipster style.

[MicaelS]

15. If you have never bought eyeglasses online...

And are thinking about doing so, I highly recommend Zenni Optical. I have bought several pairs of glasses from them over the last 5 years, and have been very pleased every time. You will need a copy of your prescription from your doctor. Delivery time is usually 2 weeks.

[Graybeard]

27. Zenni has been good for me.

The last glasses I got from my eye doctor a few years ago were $285. bucks. The same style from Zenni $29. They are just as good quality.

[Agschmid]

28. I've bought from Warby Parker and have loved them!

[OriginalGeek]

5. Ohhh, meh

I wouldn't get them but I figure somebody must be able to pull that look off or they wouldn't sell them.

[seabeyond]

50. i dont like them. i know they are popular, but i do not think a good frame on any face. nt

[talkingmime]

6. I wear the biggest lenses possible in metal frames with the springy things in the folding part.

I like having peripheral vision without having to turn my head. My computer glasses (on now) have small lenses, but I don't really need peripheral vision when I'm typing. They're just lighter and have a tighter focus than my regular bifocals.

I honestly don't like the 1950's heavy black plastic frame look. It needs masking tape over the nose bridge or something to be authentic. Every pair I've ever had has been metal framed. They don't break either.

[csziggy]

16. I agree with you - I hate having the little lenses framing my view

The last few times I had to buy new frames, the only ones they had were the little narrow style. I HATE those, especially for driving. The frames cut off my view of the edges.

The 1950s plastic frames don't work at all for me. I have very round cheeks and not much bridge to my nose, so I have to buy metal frames with the little nose pads to lift the glasses high enough to clear my cheeks.

I detested the 50s/60s cat eye style the first time they came around - and those are what my mother chose for me when I was a kid. It was no wonder I'd "lose" my glasses as soon as school was out for the summer. I never wanted to wear them in the first place.

My old driving glasses were pilot style - big lenses with narrow metal frames that didn't interfere with my view of the world. The shop did not have a single pair of that style when I had to replace them. It sucked. If that style is back, maybe I can get some frames that I like this year!

[talkingmime]

17. Well don't bother with Pearl or Lenscrafters. They don't have any large frames.

I've got an elderly optomitrist nearby and he only has three large metal frames in stock. Golden, silver, or black. I'm currently wearing a pair he made for me about six years ago, but they're small frame for the computer - don't have to turn my head.

[csziggy]

18. I've been going to a local chain

But if they don't have larger frames, I may take my prescription elsewhere.

The other part that pissed me off was that I also like half frame glasses for my needlework/close up frames and they didn't have those. That way I can get the magnification for my needlework and peer over them at the TV or out the window.

Why the heck they only have "fashion" frames and no longer carry what were standard sizes/types for decades is beyond me. They have hundreds of supposedly different frames that all fit in a very narrow range of actual variations - but every designer has their name on one small range of shapes and sizes.

[talkingmime]

19. I have to use bifocals. I haven't seen half-frames in forever, but I do remember them.

[csziggy]

20. I have bifocals for the computer

Bottom is for reading the stuff sitting on the desk; upper is for reading the screen. I do like the narrower frames for this since then I can also look over the top at the TV.

My major problem and why I have frames for each purpose is that one eye is far sighted and one is near sighted with astigmatism. The corrected image from each eye is very different so regular bifocals for seeing close up and far away are disorienting. The difference for the computer bifocals is not so bad, but can be disrupting to my balance if I try to walk with them on.

[talkingmime]

21. I can use my bifocals on the computer if I tip my head back in nose-bleed position.

I got a second pair with the lower part of the bifocals as the prescription. They work well. But I know what you mean about walking away. I've gone for hours wondering why I can't see well only to realize that it's because I've still got my computer glasses on. The other alternative is that I'm drunk which really eliminates the issue of which pair I have on.

[BainsBane]

22. Have you thought about the no line ones

I think they give a more transitional view. They work fine on the computer for me.

[talkingmime]

23. I've thought about transitionals, but I sort of like the line to clue me in as to focal distance.

This is only my second pair of bifocals. The other pair is under the monitor and has glass lenses - you can't even get those anymore. Everything is polycarbonate or something that sounds like it should be a type of soda water.

[csziggy]

31. Be careful with that tilting

May Dad had to tilt his head back to read his computer screen. Then every so often Mom would come in and find him on the floor. It turned out that tilting his head back that far was cutting off the blood to his brain and he'd pass out and fall out of his chair.

He finally got regular reading glasses to use at the computer instead of his bifocals. No more passing out and ending up in the floor - at least not at the computer.

[nolabear]

36. I know I shouldn't but

[csziggy]

41. Oh, we all gave Dad a hard time about it

My sister had thought that might be what was going on since Dad's monitor is so high and he had to tilt his head so far. But Dad wouldn't admit that could be the problem. One day when Sis was there, she saw him start to 'drift' off and said something, but he still wouldn't admit it could be the problem. It wasn't until Mom actually saw him fall that he gave in.

Three daughters and six grandchildren couldn't be right. His wife of 65+ years - of course she's right!

[talkingmime]

46. I'm a heavy multi-tasker. There are generally three, sometimes four monitors on.

Some of them are pretty high up and tilting gives me a headache. I really need the dedicated pair. I don't recall ever passing out from using the bifocals, but the headaches are really bad.

[csziggy]

51. I love my computer bifocals!

The upper part is for middle distance vision, the lower for close up. I can see the monitor through the upper part and read paperwork with the lower part. With the smaller frames, I can look over the top at the TV hung on the wall or out the window to watch the birds at the bird feeders.

I have two older pairs with similar prescriptions, both scratched from use. The worst pair are used for cooking and for working around the house and farm. The next worst pair stays in my purse and I use them when I'm shopping or going to appointments.

I'm close to getting a second monitor for Photoshop tools. It's a pain to have to constantly move an image around the screen because the toolbars take up so much space!

[talkingmime]

53. I've thought of getting transitional trifocals to handle the job - distance monitors, close, reading

Photoshop is a real estate gobbler. With such programs, including Visual Studio, I usually throw the toolbars onto the secondary monitor and use the huge one for the actual work. It's pretty seamless and if they're close enough to each other you don't even notice the mouse sliding over the borders. It's just like one wide screen.

I've got a 27" diameter wide screen and a 19" traditional format next to each other on my most powerful box. They're almost exactly the same height and top-to-bottom dimension so it's quite a good combination. It's like having one of those multi-screen thingies that Rachel Maddow and Tom Hartmann use.

[csziggy]

55. Transitionals wouldn't work for me

For all kinds of annoying reasons.

Right now I have a 21" wide screen. I was thinking of upgrading to a larger wide screen, giving the 21" to my husband and taking his 19" for my second screen. He uses a laptop with a 17" screen so that would give him a larger second screen and we'd both be upgraded! i just need to catch a sale when I'm in the mood to buy.

[talkingmime]

56. I like the line so I can distinguish, but I'm willing to give transitionals a try.

If you give him the 21", have him set it up as the primary monitor (easy thing to do) and use the laptop monitor as the secondary. My laptop's a 17" and it seems REALLY small to me, despite the fact that I use a 10" on a mini. One thing to keep in mind. When you boot, the native monitor (meaning laptop built-in or VGA) will have all of the DOS-related stuff on it before the Windows part kicks in. Setting the primary/secondary is a Windows function so it doesn't kick in until Windows gets ready to start.

[csziggy]

57. Yes - I had dual monitors for a while when I was playing around

But couldn't justify keeping two when someone else needed the monitor. Now I feel guilty that my husband has been on the smaller monitor for so long and want to give him a bigger one. Right now he still has his monitor on his old computer. Once he finishes transferring everything to the laptop, it's going and he'll have an second monitor - which he may not ever use.

[talkingmime]

58. I've got a really powerful box with the two monitors I mentioned and a laptop in use at all times.

Sometimes I hook up another desktop or laptop and sometimes a Mac mini as well. There are a lot of power strips running around this place. I think the most I've had going at once in this room was seven, maybe eight, but that's only during troubleshooting and rebuilding times. I try to stick with just the two main ones. I've also got two laser jets and a really fast ink jet. The multi-function can't figure out how to pull in paper anymore. It's way beyond its service life, but I'll tear it apart and fix it. I just bought $150 in ink for it, I'm going to fix it just out of spite.

[csziggy]

59. I no longer shoot for high powered

Now that a basic box can handle the Photoshop stuff I'm doing. For a while we were rebuilding old machines and giving them to kids who couldn't afford computers. When I got so I couldn't pick up the cases, I had to quit. Besides, we'd run out of kids we knew that needed the computers.

Right now I'm trying to talk myself out of buying a new laser printer. Brother has one with two paper sources that duplexes for $150. I can add a third paper source for not a lot. I'd like to have plain paper, reused paper and specialty paper so the extra tray would be nice. I wish I could find a color laser with multiple trays for a decent price - then I'd give up the inkjet printer. I really want the duplexing capability I could have saved reams of paper over the last few years with that!

I hate multi-functions with a passion. Some part of the thing always breaks down and you're stuck with a thing that doesn't do what you need. I'm tempted by a Brother multi-function solely because it can scan 11x17" - but I am not that impressed by its print quality.

So many toys, so little money!

[talkingmime]

60. The multi-function ones have served me well. I only buy HP, mostly for reliability.

You can get a nice color laser for around $150. The ink jet I'm using now does automatic double sided printing and is screaming fast. As for paper, wait for Office Max to run a "buy a case, get a case for a penny" sale. I'm not sure why they bother with the penny. The other thing I like about the 8000 is that it holds half a ream of paper. That's more than the laserjets hold and it's almost as fast, not quite, but almost.

As far as computers are concerned, it's more cost effective to max out a box when you buy it. The low end machines are made obsolete (I'm sure intentionally) by software manufacturers in cahoots with the hardware manufacturers. If you want longevity, it's worth the extra hundred or so to get the higher end machine. You can get a fully pimped HP laptop for under $1000 right now!!!

[csziggy]

61. Maybe the multifunction drivers have gotten better

I used to do tech support on an online printer-scanner forum. Multi-function machines were one of our biggest headaches. Those and certain brands who can remain nameless. Epsons were also a pain, mostly because their printheads are not replaced with the ink cartridges, though the Epsons at that time were far superior for printing photos. My Epson printer is from that era, as is my husband's HP inkjet 932 that is still trucking along.

The top things on my list for a new laser are multiple paper sources and duplexing. You can't get a color laser for under about $300 with duplexing and the HP Laser Pro 400 with multiple paper sources is $500. Brother is coming out with a duplexing color laser that will list for about $280 but it only has one paper tray and a single sheet multipurpose tray. I'd have to move up to their $400 HL-4150CDN color laser to get a 250 sheet tray and a 50 sheet multifunction tray - and for more money I can add a 500 sheet tray.

While I am partial to HP, Brother makes a reliable laser printer but I just can't justify that much for a color laser unless I wait until both my little $90 HP laser and the old Epson printer both give up the ghost. It'd be nice to only have one printer to take up space and to stock ink cartridges for!

I maxed out my computer to the limits of my budget when I had it built - and the local shop cost me less than buying the parts myself would have cost. It's getting long in the tooth but still does what I need. Maybe the next time I upgrade Photoshop I'll need to upgrade my computer at the same time. Talk about budget killers!

[talkingmime]

62. I always used Epson for dot matrix, Brother for typewriters, and HP for printers.

I've used a lot of different computers, but HP has the best price-performance ratio on the market right now. Regardless of the brand, don't buy one from Best Buy or other such stores. The stuff they sell is at least six months old. It's more cost effective to configure one online from the manufacturer and have it shipped directly to your home. I also like the feel of the HP keyboards and touch pads better than any other make.

I still have the original IBM think pad laptop (B&W) with the nipple in the keyboard and would buy another except that they sold the naming rights to Lenova and their keyboards and nipple mouses aren't even close to the quality of the IBM machines. Unfortunate development. Actually, I've got a color one too, but it's a few years newer.

I've worked with Brother printers and always found them to be a pain in the ass. The typewriters are great (if they still make them) and on the quality level of a Selectric, but the printers jammed all the time and I wasn't impressed with the prints. Lots of "butt smears" as we used to call them back in the day.

Pretty much all of the ink jets use independent print heads and ink cartridges now. The 8000 lets you replace the print heads, but they've got a service life of like eleventy million pages. The ink, not so much. Fitting three printers into my already tight work space isn't easy, but they all serve their own purposes. It involves shelving. The ink jet is wireless, as is the multi-function, but with multiple young adults in the house the router is often hammered to the point where I expect it to flee out the front door in terror. The Internet light on the DSL modem is almost solid when they're here.

The two laser jets are hard-wired as backups. If I need to print a hundred or so pages I always use one of the laser jets. They're fast enough to make a difference and I don't need double-sided because I use the clean side for editing notes. Those binder rings are perfect for the job. I don't buy 3-hole punched paper. I figured out many years ago that it was cheaper to buy a 20-sheet puncher than it was to spend the extra on paper that just went through a triple drill press.

I've still got one of the original HP Office Jet multi-function printers (black and white, parallel port) and sometimes pull it out for the older machines without USB ports. It has a problem with pulling in more than one sheet of paper at a time, but just feeding it one at a time takes care of that. Again, long past its service life. It has to be twenty years old by now.

I don't discard anything that still works. There's too much electronic waste (along with a multitude of other kinds) as it is. If it is still working I keep it working. I'm the same way with cars. I drive them until they're seriously out of commission. I just sunk $5,000 into a 1993 and a 2000 to bring them up to inspection level. It's worth it. You can't buy a good used car for $5,000 and I kept two alive with that amount. They're both good cars.

I scavenge computers on trash day. Some of the parts are hard to find, like the CD and floppy drives in particular. The power supplies almost always work and the housings are huge by today's standards. It is a cheap way to get equipment. Sometimes I even score a motherboard with memory!!! I've got about 15 CRT monitors in the basement so I just go for the boxes now. I've even found some that just boot!

Some of them are 386 boxes, but mostly I find Pentiums and occasionally a multi-core. Still, I'm mostly interested in the power supply, case, memory, and drives. I can put whatever operating system I want on them. Linux runs fine on a 386. If I don't rescue them, they just end up in the incinerator. That's a waste and an environmental tragedy. The metal I don't use goes to the recycling center (doesn't pay much, but I take it over anyway). I reuse or recycle any and everything possible. It's part of my code of ethics.

[csziggy]

63. I agree with the HP printers being cost effective

But the last time I bought an ink jet printer, the Epsons were far superior for printing photos. Have they changed their more recent ink jets so the printer head is replaced with the cartridges?

I've never bought a Brother printer - my husband works at FedEx Office (formerly Kinkos) and he's brought home Brother lasers that they were discarding. FedEx just dumps their old electronics in the trash and my husband hates to see that.

One of the Brother lasers worked great for several years. I bought one toner cartridge and it printed for all that time on that cartridge - thousands of pages. Then it developed a paper jam that we have not been able to clear. (Or maybe my husband got it cleared - he's got it upstairs and might be using it.) Another needed a new drum which would cost more than the new equivalent model.

Right now husband has a load of old FedEx electronics that don't work at all or that are not of any use to anyone (a touch screen monitor that goes black one second after it boots, the ten year old fax machine that works but is the size of a dorm refrigerator and that smells terrible, the Brother printer that needs the expensive drum, etc.). Our plan is to take them to the Earth Day collection point. The county collects electronics that day and sends them off to some place that recycles the parts for the metals.

For now, I'm holding off on getting a new printer. The HP laser jet I bought in 2008 for $90 is still trucking along and I put a new toner cartridge in it not long ago. I think it's the third cartridge I've used in it! The Epson is doing OK now that I used a bunch of ink cleaning the heads - no more lines in my pictures.

Maybe by the time these two printers crap out color laser printers will be better at photos and have the features I want at a price point I am comfortable with. Remember, I said my husband is still using an HP Inkjet 932? That sucker is at least 15 years old.

I tend to use cars and computer gear until they are completely worn out or until I need better and can pass my old stuff along to someone who needs it.

Now you have me thinking about working on computers again! I don't have the space or time!

[talkingmime]

66. HP's moving toward pure-ink cartridges (hold more than the head in cartridge kinds).

Some of the older models didn't let you change the heads, but the newer ones do, but they last forever. I've never had to and I print a lot! I also like the individual ink cartdridge rather than the tri-color ones. Sometimes I'm using a lot of a particular color and when that's gone, the cartridge is spent even if it still has a lot of the other two colors left.

And I used to work on cars almost exclusively myself, but time aside, I can't tell what have of that stuff under the hood even is anymore. Even if I could, you have to have a lift to get at a lot of the components and there's no way to reach the bolts without specialized tools. That, I think, is a sadistic plot!

[csziggy]

70. I know I use more cyan than any other color

Most of the time for the Epson I buy boxes with one cartridge of each of the colors but I always end up with a dark magenta left over. About every box or two I buy individual cartridges except for the magenta so I can catch up.

I was never a large engine person - I bred and trained horses until injuries put a stop to that. When I had my left shoulder completely rebuilt the surgeon told me if I hurt it again, he couldn't fix it again. It's all scar tissue in there and the three tendons he reattached won't have enough flexibility to fasten back if I rip them loose again.

While the shoulder was torn up and after the surgery I got into a lot of computer stuff. Once the shoulder healed I started rebuilding old computers, but then my back went, and my knees, and picking up the big boxes we had for the computers back then got too heavy for me to lug around. The knees kept me from getting down on the floor to plug stuff in or working in the boxes in place.

Now mobos are smaller and I'm thinking with my new knees maybe I can work on those smaller boxes. Still not at the point where I will get down on the floor, though.

It sucks that now you gotta know computers and have special equipment to work on vehicles. My truck kept throwing a code but by the time we got it to the shop, it was too long since it started. So far the truck's running fine and the theory is it's just an oxygen sensor. If that "check engine light" comes on again I'll take the Car Talk guys advice and slap a piece of electrical tape over it so it doesn't bother me!

[trof]

29. They're called "spring temples", just so ya know. SPN*

*Society for Proper Nomenclature

[talkingmime]

45. Thank you. I couldn't think of the term.

[Hoyt]

76. Jeeez I hated those. I was always breaking the frames, usually playing basketball.

My prescription usually took weeks to fill, so I spent a lot of time walking around with tape and off-kilter glasses. Made me look even more nerdy.

[Helen Reddy]

7. Gosh, that style is unbecoming imo.

Cat-eye style glasses like Lisa Loeb wore (wears) is purdy dang hot!

[BainsBane]

11. you haven't seen them around?

They are very common around here, but I don't believe I've ever seen them on anyone over 30.

I tend to favor rectangular, plastic rimmed. I did used to wear cats eye sun glasses.

[Helen Reddy]

8. Besides,

Patrick bateman (American psycho) and his Wall Street maniacs wore glasses this style.

Warning: must have a strong stomach to watch this movie

[Bertha Venation]

9. What do I think? Ew.

Just, ew.

[BainsBane]

10. me too

I don't understand why they are so popular.

[progressoid]

12. I still have mine from the 80's.

The prescription is off but I still wouldn't wear them.

[tammywammy]

13. I have a pair of hipster Ray Ban glasses

I am very nearsighted (-14 in glasses, -12 in contacts), so I have to wear the plastic frames. If I have to have plastic frames, I'm willing to have something a little more "funky".

Last October I got new frames and that's just the style that's "in" right now, so I ended up with a pair of Ray Bans. I like them.

I'm also a big fan of the Dolabany frames.

[backtoblue]

14. i had a pair that weighed at least five pounds. awful memories of junior high. just awful.

[kcass1954]

24. The ones I got in November are a bit larger,

Which helps since.I wear progressives. I can't post a pic from my phone, but you can see them here...

Http://www.eyestylist.com/2012/09/6000-series

Mine are red, and I love them - a perfect match for my spikey blond hair!

I'm 58, and the only one at work to go to a bigger frame - all of the "kids" still have the smaller frames.

[BainsBane]

25. those look nice

the hipster ones are bigger.

[kcass1954]

26. Oh I know, and I didn't like them any better in the 80s than I do now.

Mine are still quite a bit larger than the little skinny ones that have been in style for a few years. It made a huge difference with my progressives, too. I do online sales, and live on the computer at work. I was having trouble finding the "sweet" spot for my close-up vision.

Funny story about the ugly glasses in the 70s...
The secretary in my department came in with big glasses that had the side piece that came out from the bottom of the lens. The guys (crazy programmers) always hounded her to put her glasses the right way. She came back from lunch one day, and they had all put their glasses on upside-down. We laughed to hard!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

30. Zenni Optical and goggles4U are both good websites.

I'm nearsighted and in bifocals. I don't like the narrow rectangular frames b/c they don't have enough height for bifocals.

And the big round ones make me look like a fish.

[BainsBane]

35. did you use a picture

to figure out what would look okay? How did that work out?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. No.

I ordered three diff pairs and they were all good.

Goggles4U had some delicate dark green oval wire rims that were beautiful. I ordered a pair of them but one of the arms broke. And I can't find anything like them any more. I have hazel eyes which is why I wanted green wire rims.

[BainsBane]

39. I need sturdy glasses

because I'm hard on them. No delicate frames. I opt for plastic since they seem more durable.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

42. I have to get plastic too. Lenses and frames.

I am a "high minus" which means a high minus number in diopters. That means lenses that are thick on the edges and thin in the middle. I'm a minus 8 in contacts in my worse eye, so in glasses I'm probably a minus 9.5.

They are either on my face, or at arm's length on the nightstand.

A lowly lens grinder once explained diopters to me. A diopter is a meter. It's your focal length.

Example: You're a minus 5. To calculate it in English instead of metric:
Your focal length is 39.37 inches divided by 5.

O.S. is "oculus sinister" which is Latin for "left eye".
O.D. is "oculus dexter" which is Latin for "right eye".

My good eye is about 6 inches in focal length, bad eye is 4.5 inches.

[BainsBane]

48. when you order online

Do you need additional prescription information or is the prescription the optometrist normally provides adequate? I know there are a lot of questions about measurement. I don't know if that's always indicated on a glasses prescription.

[Digit]

71. My prescription did not give the pupil distance

When I tried to get complete information from the eye doctor, he refused to give it to me. Basically, he said that information belonged to HIM. I then visited my local Lenscrafters and explained I was out of work and needed to keep costs to a minimum and that I planned to buy online. They were very understanding and helpful. Lenscrafters took the measurement I needed and didn't charge me.

So, make sure you have the pupil distance as part of your prescription.

[BainsBane]

72. Thanks

What an asshole your doctor was. I'm getting my exam at Lenscrafters, so hopefully they'll oblige me. I'll buy a pair of glasses there and order a second par online. I have FSA money I need to spend by Saturday.

[Honeycombe8]

32. I wear readers, which are small for a reason. But large glasses are more flattering

to people with large faces, I think. If you have a large face and wear little glasses, it accentuates the largeness of the face, I think.

Also...a square shape is a must for me, whether large or small.

Notice how Palin wore large square glasses with invisible/no frames? That was no accident. They're flattering.

[BainsBane]

33. I prefer rectangular shaped glasses

I have an oval, longish face, so the rectangle seems to balance it best.

[Honeycombe8]

34. Square or rectangle, yes, is what I meant. Just not round or oval. nt

[BainsBane]

43. Do you need anything different

on the prescription to order online? Or is it the same prescription the doctor writes regardless?

[Honeycombe8]

47. I wear readers. No prescription. I buy them at discount stores.

I have lots of 'em. All rectangle. No round or oval ones. Readers are small, not large, though, so people can look above the lens for distance viewing.

[BainsBane]

49. sorry

I got confused.

[triguy46]

38. Don't know about the 80's...

but old school is certainly popular. I'm wearing these:
http://www.warbyparker.com/men/sunwear/edgeworth-english-oak-sun-m
Warby Parker seems to be quite the hipster eyeglass outlet.

[BainsBane]

40. those are the 80s style

but not as big as some, like the ones the hipster girl above is wearing.

[kurtzapril4]

52. I really like those! n/t

[RILib]

44. I'll wear any kind that's comfortable on the nose

I must have an odd nose or something, I've only found one pair in my entire life that was comfortable and the manufacturer promptly discontinued them.

Those itty bitty wire rimmed ones are the worst for comfort.

[hedgehog]

54. I once wanted to try on round frames such as Joseph Kennedy and James Joyce wore:

but was told it gave me a 60's vibe:



that didn't look good on me - but I suspect the clerk was thinking:

[hunter]

64. I had a pair of those, but I lost them.

I think my wife was happy. She helped me choose a new pair.

(No, I don't think she had anything to do with the loss. I'm perfectly capable of losing things myself.)

[TuxedoKat]

65. I just ordered

a larger size pair. I guess they are '80s style but I've been planning to order them before they became popular again. I always liked bigger glasses anyway. For me, larger ones are just more flattering.

[HereSince1628]

67. PIc of SO's daughter walking in Manhattan from Books&Liquor blog...

[BainsBane]

68. They look nice on her!

[HereSince1628]

69. Certainly evidence of BIG lenses on glasses

She is SO avant garde...she's going to Paris in a couple of weeks to participate in a current Paris 'rage': playing classical music in the Paris sewer.

Yep.

No, we are concerned about safety for her and that of her violin.

Give kids the best education, support their expensive hobbies,

and they take your presents into the sewers...

Oy vey!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

73. Classic cashmere coat there!!! Classy!!!

I've got one similar to that with a shawl collar and a silk charmeuse lining. And a Sakowitz label. My grandmother must have bought it in the 1950s.

[mockmonkey]

74. Swifty sez

The bigger the better
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[BainsBane]

75. I was just looking at some like that on Zenni Optical

I thought "Charles Nelson Riley."

[mockmonkey]

77. Brett Somers

gave him a run for his money in the large glasses contest.