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    • JDelageJ
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      All - I am looking for suggestions on low profile reading glasses that would fit in a shirt pocket. Thank you!

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      • louisboscoL
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        does any one know how to get hakusan megane optical without visiting japan??

        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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        • GilesG
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          Not very helpful I know.  But my favourite glasses…...

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • GraemeG
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            @JDelage Eyevan 7285 make a collapsible frame, the model 800. However, they're pretty small so they might not fit.

            Lunor do some compact frames, which have telescopic temples. A few are folding too. This is the Lunor XXV Model 2502.

            @louisbosco I might have seen the Hakusan name in Henderson's Optical in Melbourne, but could be getting mixed up with another Japanese brand. I'll take a look next time I'm in town.

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            • JDelageJ
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              Nice, thank you!

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              • louisboscoL
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                @Graeme well, i haven't see any AU dealers at all on their page, except the two outside japan, 1 in HK and the other in korea (south if you're wondering). i'm specifically looking for this..

                http://hakusan-megane.co.jp/originalframes/acetatetypical/hank/

                or

                http://hakusan-megane.co.jp/originalframes/acetatetypical/toss/

                in a kind of tortoise shell..

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                • GilesG
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                  The branch I shop at is 2 mins away from IH Shibuya.  I can get a pair picked up for you if you want….

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • AppfaffA
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                    Ok, are DITA really worth their price?

                    I love their frames, and found out the only retailer (their claim, im too lazy to look it up) in the state in 6 minutes away from me - but do my eyes deserve $800+ worth of eyewear?

                    I love my Tom Ford frames (even more so since my optical place had them heavily discounted), so wondering if the DITA are THAT much better.

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                    • GilesG
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                      The Dita's are good and I have a few, but USD800.  OUCH…..

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • AppfaffA
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                        To be fair, that’s with lenses… but they claim 450-625 on most frames alone and 225 for lenses.

                        I should clarify that this is at “the” upscale eyewear place in town.. so they may be gouging a bit

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                        • GilesG
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                          Which frame is it?

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • DstaufferD
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                            I do think its an interesting conversation overall of what is the price ceiling for improving the quality of an item. And sometimes its hard to say.

                            What makes a $625 frame more quality than something in the $300-$400 range….I think with some of these frames, as you mentioned, it is the idea of a "premium" item or "chic-ness" if you will that accounts for the cost.

                            Fairly similar to what Luxoittca has done with Ray Bay...although I do love me some Ray Ban

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                            • Matty123M
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                              Picked these up on Maui, naturally. Hawai‘i only release. Best polarized lense I’ve had.

                              Maybe so. Maybe not

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                              • AppfaffA
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                                @Giles:

                                Which frame is it?

                                I’m torn between one of the Statesman series and maybe something full frame but thinner than my Fords - I honestly have to go get fitted and see what looks best with the sizes the styles are made it.

                                Then in the flip side, part of me wants to go full @graeme and get some ultra chunky frames lol

                                I am, if not anything else, completely indecisive.

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                                • GraemeG
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                                  @louisbosco it might be worth dropping Henderson's an email, and ask if they carry Hakusan. They've got a number of Japanese brands, so I might be getting confused. Otherwise I'll try to remember next time I'm in town.

                                  @Appfaff shopping for frames is always a slow process. I ended up with the clunky Kuboraums because I liked that style, next time it'll be something quite different.

                                  I did see a lovely Dita frame, which was thin, black acetate cast around a gold titanium skeleton. They looked like a more delicate version of something that Moscot might produce. I'm quite tempted by those for my next pair, but they might work for you too. I'll grab a photo when I'm in Henderson's next, hassling them for Louis. 🙂

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                                  • AppfaffA
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                                    I believe we might be thinking of the same frame @Graeme lol

                                    https://dita.com/en-us/buckeye/?id=515#174=1199&175=

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                                    • GraemeG
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                                      @Appfaff I think that it was the Polymath that I was looking at.

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                                      • AppfaffA
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                                        @Graeme - those are very nice indeed. I feel if I drop the coin on DITAs, they need those have those metal dots on the front lol

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                                        • GraemeG
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                                          @Appfaff it's the little things that count. 😛

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                                          • AppfaffA
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                                            Exposed screw backs are like exposed selvedge seams, right?

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