Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) - Sunglasses and Frames…
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@Tobi I can confirm that the selfie wide-angle effect is real. I had a pair of Dealan 55 (you can probably find a pic of me in em somewhere in this thread) that are made for people like me (I have a big-ass head), and they looked sort of ridiculous in selfies — I felt like some kind of fucking gangster or something. I sold them and bought a pair of regular Dealans (I also preferred the more cat eye shape on the regs), which looked pretty great in selfies but always felt a little too narrow for my face when I was just looking in a mirror. Looking back at non-selfie pics, I think the 55s actually looked better on me. The regulars were fine, but just a hair too narrow for my taste. I think the pinched effect of too-small glasses is way worse than ones that look too big. Makes you look like you've got a big melon head. Anyway, I'm rambling, but I think you're right to consider the distortion element when picking out a pair.
I'd definitely try to go check some out in person if you can. I think JMMs are pretty fantastic, but my one kind of irreconcilable beef is that they're just not worth it after the price increase. They were already absurdly priced. If you can stomach it, you'll enjoy the glasses for sure, but you can also find some good scores used.
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Many good points made throughout this latest discussion. I’ve found a minor salve for the price point shock is using insurance $/benefits for the purchase. Finding an in-network store can be tricky (I’ve called shops up & down the west coast) - but even the out of network benefits help. I have a few frames now and even my wife has one (well she took the Dealans I bought from @popvulture ). As a daily wearer of glasses I see JMMs as the only frames that hold their value.
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@Inorganic thanks! I had to track these ones down all the way in Norway. The last brandnew pair I was able to find from this collection
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@pechelman all the more reason to stay away, not to mention the be price points are wild
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@Dchill I recently purchased some JMMs from Mori optical and even those were fake (and extremely good fakes). No box, no card, ever so slight differences here and there. I had thought that Mori was a reputable retailer, but it seems not…..Be careful & good luck.
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@Inorganic fakes from a retailer? what is Mori optical?
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@louisbosco they are an online retailer (https://morioptical.jp/) and the company looked legit - first hint that something was awry was the shipping from China, though they claim to be a Japanese retailer. I started to do some digging found reviews from customers that had also had received fake JMMs...I reached out to Mori and received a full refund but had to pay for the return shipping to China.. I went with Mori because they had the frames I was looking for and at a lower price (-$200 MSRP).....lesson learned
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Living in LA I have the luxury of 20+ opticians/retailers so I will only purchase in store.
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Check out Frederiksberg Optik at Gammel Kongevej 92, 1850 Frederiksberg. They have a good selection in there to check out.
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Biggest mistake I ever made was going into that store last year. I was on holiday with the family in Copenhagen and visited the store. The missus spotted the price of JMM's and I was swiftly banned from buying a pair. No way round this now, just got to bite the bullet and take the flack if I buy a pair. Molino 55 seem to work well for me.
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@Inorganic ahh right. I recently bought a pair from dover street market while in Japan. didn't see the model on JMM's website at all and was skeptical, but I guess dover street market is legit enough..
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@JerkStore said in Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) - Sunglasses and Frames…:
Got the Lankaster back with my rx lenses. Really like this pair. Bonus pic of my wife’s Picabia.
Do you wear the Lankaster just as sunglasses or as "normal" glasses?
I was thinking about getting glasses with darker lenses like sunglasses to wear them.
But I'm not sure, how practical that is.Perhaps there are glasses that are not as dark as those of sunglasses.
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@gakugeidg I wear them as in the pic above, sunglasses. I have the Mantua as my opticals (not on JMM website, but on optician sites).
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@JerkStore I see.
Thanks for the reply.Any experience with wearing sunglasses all day like normal glasses?
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@gakugeidg if i may hop on this one then i would advise self tinting glasses which will transfer dark when they get in contact with UV. In the long run it isn’t that good to wear sunglasses 24/7
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@gakugeidg If you want to look like Jack Nicholson, it'll work fine. You can get transitions, but they won't be dark in the light.
I would get a very light sunglass lens if you want to go for that look.
