https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 11:22:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1411163 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 01:26:06 +0000 Staysfit 1411163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Deb. &nbsp;I plan to call them tomorrow and talk with their customer service. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1411046 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:26:41 +0000 deb 1411046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SF, the ones that are not available to at home try on I just purchase and return. I would call customer service and talk to them. &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1411023 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:37:50 +0000 Staysfit 1411023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vix, I wear progressive lenses so I'm not sure how that effects the way my eyes look?</p> <p>Deb, I looked at the warbyparker, website and picked some frames to try. I have a question for them because one frame I'm interested in doesn't seem available for home try on, but it is still available for purchase. I wonder if that means I can try them at some later date? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410997 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:00:23 +0000 deb 1410997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vix, I&nbsp;am very nearsighted and get the lens that do not make my eyes look smaller. They do cost more but I feel it is worth it because glasses are on my face all day, every day.&nbsp;</p> <p>SF, Warby Parker just got some new smaller frames in that are really cool. I hope they get these color combos in the larger size frames also. They also have a try on at home program that is excellent. Free shipping both ways. They may look really good on you.</p> <p><a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/everly/whistler-grey" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....stler-grey</a></p> <p>ETA - I buy the WP frames and have my optometrist put lens in them then if I do not like the frames I send them back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410929 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:32:35 +0000 Vix 1410929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi SF --</p> <p>I do like that while big, the lower edge of the frame doesn't hit too low&nbsp;(a problem I found in my recent reading glasses hunt -- I think the mid-to-low cheek hit that looks&nbsp;hipster retro on faces with fewer years&nbsp;on them&nbsp;is much tougher to get right on those of us who lived through the trend!).</p> <p>As a member of the No Really, Very Nearsighted club one thing you may want to consider is *corrected* eye size look : overall frame size.</p> <p>IOW: Once your lenses are in, your eyes will appear smaller, which will make the overall expanse of glass look bigger.&nbsp;</p> <p>As a contact lens wearer most of the time, I'm always (still, ha)&nbsp;surprised when the glasses I tried on in plain glass come back with my RX and look...different.&nbsp;</p> <p>[My eyes look much smaller due to RX, which&nbsp;almost makes reading glasses fun...bigger eyes when wearing glasses, who knew?]</p> <p>Of course all this is personal taste, but&nbsp;I find going&nbsp;wider is ok, it's the&nbsp;taller (top to bottom)&nbsp;measurement I have to consider carefully as I have definite preferences for my&nbsp;ratio of eyeball to glass! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410837 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 14:43:27 +0000 Staysfit 1410837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Destri, Thanks for looking at the Warby Parker Web site, I do like the frames you found, &nbsp;I have a similar shape frame to these for my current reading glasses. &nbsp;They are much darker, but maybe I will try to take a photo so you can see them. &nbsp;They are a dark tortoise with a green interior. &nbsp;I have had them for many years. &nbsp;I had darker hair in the past so they worked. &nbsp;Now that my hair is lighter, they don't. &nbsp;</p> <p>Suz, &nbsp;the Bevel catalogue is so much fun. &nbsp;I love all the colors. &nbsp;Within seconds I found a pair that is the same shape as my current glasses, only well defined. I am not sure if the shape of my glasses right now is a problem, or if they are just too bland because they give no definition? &nbsp;Once again, I am not sure about the color, but I love how the interior is a turquoise shade. &nbsp;I have to say that one of the pairs of glasses that I tried on was a dark navy with a very light green interior. &nbsp;The SA loved it, but I worried it was much too dark. &nbsp;I understand how they could create more contrast and bookend dark colors like navy.&nbsp;<br />The whole idea of contrast has continued to interest me. &nbsp;Recently Imogen Lamport had a few posts about finding your contrast/value levels and they were very well done. &nbsp;I followed her steps to figure out that I am a a very low contrast person. &nbsp;Even when my hair was darker, I would not have been more than a medium to low contrast person. &nbsp;She also gave advice on how to figure out how many colors you could handle wearing along with neutrals. &nbsp;The answer for me was not very many. &nbsp;So interesting to read her posts. I have copied the link to one of them below.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2014/11/how-to-find-your-ultimate-contrast-your-three-step-process.html">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......ep-process</a></p> <p>Here is the link to the glasses that remind me of the pair I already have.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bevelspecs.com/catalog/titan/mina-8640/DNLB">http://www.bevelspecs.com/cata.....-8640/DNLB</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410827 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:58:41 +0000 Suz 1410827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Staysfit, you have lovely eyes.&nbsp;</p> <p>If the colour is true, these look too dark, but it would also help to see a photo showing you in your clothing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Despite my own fair colouring, I had a pair of black specs with white inside. Some people felt they were too dark for me -- and I admit, they were pretty dominant. But I used to like to wear them to &nbsp;"bookend" darks when I was wearing navy or black. They helped to balance higher contrast outfits on me. So consider that aspect.&nbsp;</p> <p>I do prefer specs that show the eyebrow vs. covering it up.&nbsp;</p> <p>I had a lot of luck with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bevelspecs.com">Bevel</a> specs. &nbsp;They do make a petite line, but even their regular specs fit a smaller face very well. I have a lot of trouble fitting glasses and yet several styles of theirs worked well on me immediately. You can view them by size on the site.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have these ones:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bevelspecs.com/catalog/titan/i-see-poland-8631/GTFU">http://www.bevelspecs.com/cata.....-8631/GTFU</a></p> <p>And I also have and older style called "Match" that's not in the catalogue any more.&nbsp;</p> <p>What you need to do is figure out several sizes. First -- what is your bridge size? What size will sit properly on your nose and stay put? Then you also need the width measurement for the lenses. You might need temple length measurements also; I don't typically need those. But finding a pair that truly fits correctly on all dimensions and then looking at the measurements (even if that particular pair doesn't meet your aesthetic criteria)&nbsp;can help you narrow down the other options, although of course you also need to try on because each style will fit a bit differently. (My two pairs of glasses, even from the same company, are not the same size...although admittedly, one pair actually fits better than the other pair.)&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm a fusspot on this because my prescription was high and complex and so glasses, even with extra thin lenses, were always heavy on me, meaning they gave me headaches. Even the best fitting ones. But badly fitting ones made it far worse.&nbsp; </p> <p>Here's a fun pair:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bevelspecs.com/catalog/acetate/miss-america-3635/TL">http://www.bevelspecs.com/cata.....ca-3635/TL</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410818 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:37:04 +0000 Destri 1410818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On the Warby Parker web site I did a search for "narrow" (I'm assuming that means smaller frame for smaller face but I'm not sure about that!&nbsp; I know how hard it is to find glasses when you have a small face/head!&nbsp; I deal with that as well)</p> <p>I was wondering what you'd look like in one of these as these came up in the "narrow" search:<br /><a href="http://https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/nedwin/summer-green" rel="nofollow">http://https//www.warbyparker......mmer-green</a> <a href="http://https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/verne/beach-glass" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p> <p><a href="http://https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/verne/beach-glass" rel="nofollow">http://https//www.warbyparker......each-glass</a> </p> <p>I've never ordered from Warby Parker but I think I saw a feature about this company on TV a while back and they talked about how customer friendly they were, etc.</p> <p>Good luck!&nbsp; </p> <p></p> <p>I don't know what I'm doing wrong with linking :/</p> <p>Anyway:&nbsp; it's the Verne in Beach Glass and the Nedwin in Summer Green!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410812 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:04:25 +0000 Staysfit 1410812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dashielle, I really like the Welty and the Watts above. I like the others as well, all excellent choices. I tried a pair similar to the Watts and they were a close second to the Prada. I wonder if they would becsmall enough? I will check it out and see. I really do have a small face! Thanks so much for finding these. I will look at this web site also. Maybe I will order a few test frames to see what they are like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410773 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:51:08 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1410773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think these look great on you, imagining that the color is a little lighter. It looks like a color that complements your eye color nicely. It would be good to compare the pink Havana option, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410701 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:14:28 +0000 Mia 1410701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, your eyes look amazing in the pic. &nbsp;I think getting the the other colour and having a trusted "eye" help is the way to go. &nbsp;I always take photos if I am helping someone choose frames and they often appear darker in the picture than in real life. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410688 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:37:53 +0000 dashielle (Ann) 1410688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the general shape, but am wondering if a more translucent acetate would give you a color but lower contrast, in keeping with your low contrast coloration?</p> <p><a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/goodney/rhubarb" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....ey/rhubarb</a><br /> <a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/watts/blue-sapphire" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....e-sapphire</a><br /> <a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/walker/canton-blue" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....anton-blue</a><br /> <a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/begley/cedar-tortoise" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....r-tortoise</a><br /> <a href="https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/welty/marine-pebble" rel="nofollow">https://www.warbyparker.com/ey.....ine-pebble</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410619 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:04:37 +0000 Staysfit 1410619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will know soon enough! In the meantime, the hunt will continue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410510 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:17:01 +0000 catgirl 1410510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Angie said! I love statement frames but I think your features are delicate enough that the color needs to be softer - so if as in the stock photo, then yay! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410505 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:09:49 +0000 annabelle 1410505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops, double post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410503 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:06:44 +0000 Staysfit 1410503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Annabelle, I'm in no rush, other than I'm getting my eyes checked soon and if there is a change in my lense prescription, I would probably want to order new frames to go with the new lenses. I don't have to. I can have lenses made for what I already own, and wait for the correct frame. Unless I love it, I won't get it.</p> <p>Unfrumped, I don't have contact lenses. I tried once, but I have Rosacea in my eyes and couldn't tolerate them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410490 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:56:21 +0000 annabelle 1410490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with those who think that a lighter feeling frame would enhance your coloring and face shape even more. (But, you do look great in these.). LaFont historically and recently has frames with a more delicate plastic component, with smaller shapes. They also come in more petite sizes! </p> <p>I get a lot of help with frame selection at my frames store. These ladies look at faces all day long, and sometimes they will pull a frame for me that I'd overlooked. </p> <p>If you need to spend the money in 2014, good luck. I've been rushed into frames before, and it's inevitably a compromise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410485 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:48:43 +0000 unfrumped 1410485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you on nearsightedness! I am kind of at the hand-waving level of what I can see without correction. I wear contacts + reading glasses,&nbsp;and have&nbsp;glasses for nighttime and needing to be out of contacts other times. So, I get to glasses-shop with my contacts on. Otherwise it would be near impossible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410481 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:41:55 +0000 Staysfit 1410481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie, I wonder about the pink pair? I'm waiting on them. My DD will be able to tell me if they are too dark. She has an artists eye. I trust her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410479 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:40:07 +0000 Staysfit 1410479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, they do cover my eyebrows don't they! Good observation Gradfashionista! I hardly have eyebrows to begin with! </p> <p>It seemed like most of the thinner frames were too large for my face. They didn't come in small enough sizes. This may be a difficult hunt. Maybe this is why I ended up with Silhouettes? I don't remember anymore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410477 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:36:05 +0000 Angie 1410477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The shape is very good. They look too dark and harsh&nbsp;in the photos, but if they are indeed as light as they are in the link - you might have a pair of winners.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410461 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:55:55 +0000 deb 1410461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them but would like to see the lighter color on. The round frames look interesting. Red may be fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410457 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:49:48 +0000 gradfashionista 1410457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm like the shape, and echoing Unfrumpted, perhaps a thinner frame might be more suitable. These frames also cover your eyebrows. Is that intentional? If not, maybe stick to the same frame shape, but find a frame that sits below your eyebrows for comparison's sake. The combination of the frame and your exposed brows might open up the area even further.&nbsp;Not an expert in glasses shopping, though. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410453 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:41:00 +0000 Staysfit 1410453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped, I am glad you feel comfortable giving honest feedback. That's what I'm looking for. My hunt is just beginning. I am practically blind without my glasses so looking on my own is very tough! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410448 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:34:21 +0000 unfrumped 1410448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree you've got some lift going there. To me the frame seems too heavy still--much thicker than you need.&nbsp; Also I think it might look better to have less dip at the nasal bridge--and finally, overall lens size smaller--these are pretty huge lenses. So there "size" meaning facial width, vs. lens size, and frame thickness. Sorry to be a party pooper, but I would keep looking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410437 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:07:05 +0000 lyn67 1410437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love them. I think the pictie shows them too dark indeed vs the opal green&nbsp;presented&nbsp;in the link you added, which is a very sophisticate color and reads to me also more matte&nbsp; than from the&nbsp;photo. Still I think&nbsp;they would require a bit more of a &nbsp;make-up and maybe also a&nbsp;darker/brighter wardrobe too for keeping up with the contrast they provide on your face.(note:&nbsp;&nbsp;It would be much&nbsp;better if picties would be&nbsp;taken somehow &nbsp;half profile and&nbsp;showing of a bit of your frame (say&nbsp;the upper &nbsp;shoulders)). But if you don't&nbsp;really want to play with more make-up or darker clothing, I say the&nbsp;pink tortoise would be somehow better suiting&nbsp;a not so contrasted face and person&nbsp;and they look really awesome on the web, same shape and still&nbsp;plenty of interest. Can't wait to see them on you!:-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-glasses-hunt-begins-maybe-a-good-frame#post-1410335 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:46:25 +0000 Staysfit 1410335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went on my own to look at frames. &nbsp;Not a great selection, mostly because my face is so small that even the small sizes are often too large,&nbsp;but there were a few new frames in stock that could be ordered in a small enough size&nbsp;so I tried them. The best &nbsp;frame by far is pictured below, and hopefully I have followed Angie's guidelines. &nbsp;My eyes are centered, they follow my eyebrow line, they have lift and don't droop etc. &nbsp;They fit my face well, and are the correct size.&nbsp;The only issue is the color. &nbsp;We took multiple photo's trying to get the color to show up correctly but it didn't, they look&nbsp;darker than they are in real life. &nbsp;The color is called opal green and it has light tortoise stems, there are two layers to the green color so it has some interest, but the green looks solid in color straight on. &nbsp;The green is not a light summer green, I would say it is a gray green.&nbsp; There may be a better color option,&nbsp;&nbsp;pink tortoise for the frame, with solid pink stems. &nbsp;They have ordered it for me so I can compare them. &nbsp;I really like the look of them online, and suspect these could be my everyday glasses if I like the color.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.framesdirect.com/framesfp/Prada-lakaoflj/r.html">http://www.framesdirect.com/fr.....flj/r.html</a></p> <p>As I was walking out of the store, I saw a pair of round frames, and remembered that someone suggested I might look good in round frames, I think it was Rachy.&nbsp;I grabbed them and put them on. &nbsp;Excellent! &nbsp;They also looked great. &nbsp;Once again the color was too dark. &nbsp;They did have some fun color frames though, royal blue, red, and ivory. &nbsp;They are ordering the royal blue for me. &nbsp;The stems are black, but they told me they could switch the stems for the ivory, which I think I would like better. These are also&nbsp;Prada frames. I could use the dark color for sunglasses.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.framesdirect.com/framesfp/Prada-lakaofma/r.html">http://www.framesdirect.com/fr.....fma/r.html</a></p> </p> <p>What do you thinkk?</p>