Comments on: Men don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses (wait, what?)

By: kian

kian — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:53:24 +0000

I wear (when I’m not wearing contacts which I wear 98% of the time) librarian glasses: dark tortoise shell frames. And they were way more expensive than they should have been even with LensCrafters supposed “50% off”. ANYWAY I do have another tip, and perhaps it’s been mentioned here, but I got too tired reading the comments and I just skipped here.

When I wear my glasses, I tend to back off on the eye makeup and wear less. This is mainly because my glasses rather look like lined eyes, so actual lined eyes would be overkill. The rest of the makeup stays the same and it looks just fine.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:55:17 +0000

Great pointers. Thanks!

Florinda: I, too, suffered from years of girlish, teen and young woman anguish from that saying. In my case, it was my father who had the complete insensitivity to recite it to me. He delivered the blow when I was at that awkward stage of around 10 or so, totally devastating my already fading self-esteem…

I used to wear contacts, but had to give them up because they gave me eye strain really bad. A few months ago I got a new pair and like Mary P, they were expensive once I shelled out for all the extras - over $600 in my case as well. Sadly, I did not have insurance to cover it. I had to pay the whole thing myself. DH nearly choked when he saw the bottom line…

I have an oval face and red hair. I went with something a bit daring and hip: narrow oval frames in brown tortoiseshell.

Anyway, I’m torn. On the one hand, I hate to part with that much money. On the other hand, it’s not a lot of money considering I wear them every day, all day. And my sight is so bad I don’t like to take risks on something that might be poor quality.

By: jj

jj — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:57:52 +0000

As someone who is seriously blind, glasses frames are not the place where I look for a cheap deal. I end up spending so much on ultra-high index lenses that the cost of the frame is pocket change in comparison. Plus frames are the one fashion item I can use my medical savings account for… tax free dollars for designer accessories? Sign me up! And Prada frames are less than 1/5th of the price of a Prada bag!

By: MaryP

MaryP — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:11:33 +0000

My current frames cost $110, and I thought I was getting a deal. And then, with the ultrathin lenses and the tinting and the clip-ons and the scratch resistant, glare resistant coating… Over $600. Phew. (Thank GOODNESS for my husband’s work’s wonderful, generous 80% coverage health plan.)

Of course, I totally love them, so no regrets there. I do wear earrings with my glasses. Since I’m never, ever awake and not wearing glasses, that would mean I could never wear earrings. I love my earrings, too. I also have lots of hair and a long neck, so I think I can get away with it.

And that men and glasses nonsense? Pfft. Men *love* taking them off and seeing you blink, doe-like, in the splendour of their manliness…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:42:44 +0000

Re: my last comment, never mind; a quick google of lenses indexes gave me the answer to my own question. (I’m at 7/7.5, but my current glasses are 5.5/6, 1.67 index, and nicely lightweight.)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:38:39 +0000

Hmm, does Zenni offer ultrathin lenses? At my age and prescription, any pair w/out double-thin lenses is not acceptable. (I have contacts now, but find myself still wearing my old $250 titanium lenses half the time. Thankfully my prescription only went up a little bit in the last two years.)

By: jenB

jenB — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:39:12 +0000

I scoff at your earring and glasses rule. Do you still love me? Maybe it works for me because of my big potato head and moon face?

By: Florinda

Florinda — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:41:15 +0000

I started wearing glasses when I was three years old. The quote you used as the title for this post did a number on my self-image for YEARS.

I wear contacts most of the time, since my prescription is so strong it’s difficult to make it in glasses. However, I’ve reached a point where I regularly wear reading glasses over my contacts, and I am trying to keep the idea that they’re fashion accessories in mind, so thank you for all the great tips!

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Want Not » The Want Not Review: Zenni Optical — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:05:12 +0000

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