Eyeglasses / Sunglasses Discussion

[Guest]

Looking good Beats. I like those jeans. What are they ?

[Beatle]

same kind of jeans that you just bought  - on sufu -

[Guest]

@Beatle:

same kind of jeans that you just bought  - on sufu -

Damn…I now feel vindicated ! Whopeeeee !

[DougNg]

Maui Jim Big Island
Serengeti Velocity
Oakley Juliet
Oakley A Wire (in black and in red iridium)

I know Oakley is not commonly an approved brand with denimheads, but they can kiss my ass. I love em

I wish I could wear Wayfarer styled shades, but the bridge of my nose is too small and they keep sliding down my face

[Guest]

Doug, there is an easy Wayfarer bridge solution. There are little silicon pads you can get at the optician (most likely for free or for $2). They are about the same size as normal nose pads (how do you call these things?) on glasses are. They are self-adhesive and you just stick them to the bridge of glasses. Works great.

The other thing is that the optician should be able to fit the temples on a Wayfarer so well that they won't slip. Simon626 will know more about all that.

Till

[Guest]

That's true. Only so much adjusting can be done. But if you make the temple and possibly even slight bridge adjustment plus the silicone pads, I bet he can wear them or similar glasses. I think Doug gave the wayfarers just as an example.

[A-train]

Chrome Hearts Beast, steep price(1500) but really completes an outfit and looks badass

[Guest]

Love the Chrome Hearts but the price is seriously nuts. I mean I wear Mikli and find those expensive but you gotta be quite a sucker for glasses (or have huge disposable income) to buy $1500 glasses that are not made of a super special material (e.g. real tortoise, sterling silver, horn) and that come from a relatively unknown brand. It's the Veblen effect where the perceived value of a good increases with a higher price. I tried some on. Really nice glasses but even for this luxury loving individual the price was too high by factor 3. And the margins on sunglasses are absolutely enormous already. Higher than on fashion usually.

[LandoCal126 0]

Just got myself a pair of original 1980 (Clear/ Violet Iridium) Oakley Frongskins. Been wanting a pair since I lost mine as a youth. I Will be wearing them all Summer long.

[hectic]

I just got a pair of Oakley Whiskers (with Oakley prescription lenses), pics to follow of my face (noooo, wont someone think of the children).

[ADDIC]

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these finally came in (after waiting a week because the seller sent the wrong color)

Persol 2747

[hectic]

Oakley Whiskers:

[Seul]

They look a bit like swimming goggles on you. Try a bigger model, perhaps?.. 

[Dchill]

Those aren't too bad, but I'd have to agree with Seul bigger frames may work better.

[hectic]

You both confirmed my anxieties about these. Subsequently I have been looking at these:
http://www.zappos.com/maui-jim-akamai

Maui Jim also do an in-house prescription service.

FFS, they looked fine in the store.

[hectic]

As a glasses wearer I'm a bit of a newbie about sunglasses.

[Seul]

Those Maui-Jims 'd prob look ace on you.

Shameless plug for someone on Styleforum trying to sell the DIOR 'BLACK TIE' sunglasses. He's been trying to get rid of these for months now, right after I got mine. Such good glasses, don't miss out!..

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=177013

[elclintor]

Looks like we were cluttering up the Random Announcements thread.. so here we go!!

These are still my favorites so far

[Finn666]

hahaha nice…finally we can start talking about this without shitting up other threads!
(maybe G. can move all the posts into here?)

So here's me again...
what ya think guys? this is a large...

@elclintor:

I really like them.. up for consideration..

nice poster in the background!

thx a lot mate…

same here! btw. is there a glasses-thread somewhere?

the only thing i think about is if the space between the top of the glasses and the bridge of the nose is too big (see pic!)

[elclintor]

They look fine to me..