Eyeglasses / Sunglasses Discussion

[Cutlasshound]

@trail:

hi, can anyone point me i the direction of a shop selling good sunglasses in london.
thanks in advance!
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Found an excellent place today in Covent Garden, my friend bought a pair of glasses from there.  All glasses and sunglasses seem to be £98.  I tried on a pair called Lewis which I really liked.  Company is called Bailey Nelson.  website is www.Baileynelson.co.uk

[trail and arrow]

thanks cutlasshound, you are a genius!

[Giles]

Careful TAA - I've met this guy…..

[Cutlasshound]

Lol touché

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[Jek]

Here's some vintage AO's I snagged.

[Giles]

V Nice…

[rocket]

ic berlin

[Giles]

Nice ice

[rocket]

dita

[Cutlasshound]

Nice!

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[Friday]

^^ +1

[darkmatt3r]

Seems to be a lot of American Optics fans on here, I'm looking at buy a pair of pilots are the AO pilot better than Randolph Engineering version?
Does any one know what the sizing is like, if I'm a 55 in rayban aviators should I go for the same size?

Bought these recently Oliver Peoples NDG 1

Got a pair of Ditas on the way too 

[CLJ]

I need a new pair of glasses and am having real trouble finding a pair that I like. I want something that is rectangular, acetate, and black. Don't enjoy the round styles that seem to be saturating the shop shelves lately.

Any recommendations?

[Cutlasshound]

Could try cubitts.co.uk also baileynelson.co.uk both pretty reasonable and good quality

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[urbanwoodsman]

Shuron, Persol, Dita, and Masunaga should have some frames like that.

[CLJ]

Thank you both I will check them out!

[rocket]

@veloaudio:

@rocket  have you seen the Hapters in person? If, so, can you post your thoughts/impressions in the sunglasses thread?

@veloaudio

I have and I think I will get a pair at some point.

They are really light weight and comfortable to wear. Building quality is on a excellent level, complete screwless design made out of surgical steel, coated with a water repellant textile fabric from Cerruti.

http://www.hapter.it/home/txtl001-materials/

price point is around 350-400 Euro for the sunglasses frames and 400-450 Euro for the optical frames

small note: if you like to hang your shades on a tee, etc when not wearing, you need to know that it will not work with these, because of the hingeless design…. same with just folding these, does only work with the small strap that comes with them....

and for glazing one of the frames with your RX, you will need at least 1.6 index lenses, because of the design...

more info, pics, etc...
Hapter http://www.hapter.it/home/

[veloaudio]

^Thanks! It makes sense that the glasses would naturally stay "open" or almost open. I could get used to not being able to hang them on a tee as I tend to use a pocket or case for my sunglasses. They are $475 US from the only place I've found online that ships to the US which is definitely on the high side. Still on my radar though.

[rocket]

you are welcome, they will stay open and only fold if you force the material to do so and block the opening in a case or with the small strap thing. No idea if there is a US retailer, but I would check with them and see, always better to try glasses first…

[veloaudio]

I agree, it would be nice to try them on before ordering. I sent them an email about a US distributor and a few technical questions.