Here are my newest I just picked up this week. I had cataract surgery in November, but still need glasses for close work. These are by Avalon and the color is called Pastel Tortoiseshell. I love the blush color temples which are metal. I don't know why the picture is sideways. Houzz issue I guess.

My sunglasses are by Kliik and are a cat's eye shape and are green metal. Love them!

Tina, thank you so much! What sweet comments -- you truly made my day!

Bpath - you didn’t go to Camp du Nord by chance did you? We’re safe from horseflies at this time of year.

I will respond more later when I’m not trying to read/type on the phone — but Tina and Mtn share your sunglasses. They’re next! I have a Versace sunglasses but getting a new pair in spring.

3katz, no, Northland. It's on the same lake and the names are almost the same, so I had to look up histories to be sure we are talking about two different camps. I see that the Y purchased it a decade after I went there, about 20 years after Camp du Nord. Fun fact: we got to watch TV one time while we were there: the Moon landing. 80-90 girls watching about a 20" screen in the lodge!

Sunglasses are tortoise shell Tori Burch, regular glasses are Marchonic (as best as I could tell, both for distance. Metal around lenses, plastic ear pieces. Love both the frames, but will have the transitions lenses in the regular glasses replaced with regular lenses. I hate the Transitions as they don’t work in the car. There are newer versions that darken in the car, but remain lightly tinted indoors.

Thank you, sweet ladies for the kind compliments! ❤️

I hesitated posting that particular picture because I was purposely kind of smirking for my friend and look itchy with a B. She knows I hate taking selfies. 😂

I‘m loving all these styles being shared! And Lars, those look awesome! So does sitting out on the patio having cocktails. 👍

When I was frame shopping I did notice some really fun and funky frames. The line was by Gwen Stefani for anyone looking for something different.

I just did a quick google search. So many fun styles.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gwen+stefani+eyeglass+frames&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=10-UUETacmx0qM%253A%252CeahI8PjQiB9AlM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRn5PkiGfmM2OBh17C1YcnVBVDb5w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQxKK7jcDnAhXSm-AKHS4rAOYQ_h0wHXoECAwQCg&biw=1536&bih=867#imgrc=10-UUETacmx0qM:

Bpath - what a small world. Northland is next door to du Nord - we walk right by there. Do you live by/near MN? Another fun fact - DH watched the moon landing at Boy Scout camp. Sorry to derail the eyeglass conversation...

Just so I can participate! Oakley sunglasses

I have 3 Warby Parker frames. I have a store not too far from home.

Welty

Upton

Tilley Narrow

Okay, Lars and Bumblebeez for the win! Drinks on the patio in a sleeveless shirt and a pup resting his (her?) head on your shoulder-what could be better?!

ETA: Lars, great watch, too!

Oh and here are mine from Warby Parker. Nothing fancy, but I like them. The founders of Warby Parker are friends of my daughter-in-law, so I always go there. Have prescription sunglasses now, too, but they are not nearly as cool as those of Lars! I need to get to the ophthalmologist soon-I am a year and a half overdue!

Bumble, I'm laughing at your Oakley sunglasses because this Oakley wants to know if that's a Pointer hanging on your shoulder?

These are both prescription reading glasses, both LaFont. The ones upside down in front and in the 2nd photo are the newest ones and are light tortoise with purple tones. You almost can’t see the lavender unless I turn them just so. The older ones with wire frames are probably 5 years old and have blue tones. I keep them in the den for reading rather than get the newer ones out of my purse. Prescription didn’t change all that much. I definitely lean toward tortoise!

My sunglasses are regular Maui Jim’s (Punchbowl) which I love. They are black with blue lining. I did have 2 pair but lost one. I have an old pair of reading sunglasses and would have to go dig those out of my pool bag.

edited to add....Jinx, texanjana, and Ida, you all look so cute, well lovely is more the word, in your specs!

Yeah, she's got some pointer,

Hopefully a non skewed photo

Hey gscience, my frames are Uptons, too, but a different shade of tortoise. I’m shopping for new frames now, so this thread is helpful. I’ve got a pair if Salvatore Ferragamos in mind. They are a dark tortoise with blue highlights. I have a collection of frames now. One pair of Warby Parker’s that I didn’t return on time so I had to buy them, one pair from a store called See that I never wore for some reason.

Trying to be more daring this time.

Ded my current second pair of frames are Ferragamo also (if I don't exchange them). They aren't so daring.. in fact, not daring at all.. and they are the most expensive of my current collection.

The funkiest styles I have had were from LA Eyeworks and Boz.. both expensive and I tired of the Boz pretty quickly. At this point of my life I like something pretty classic with a twist.. vs way out there.

Now based on my mind's eye view of each of you-- the ones I'd see most likely to wear a great popping pair of glasses are SueB and you, Ded! I don't believe I've ever seen your face, but you absolutely have the fun attitude to carry off something a little offbeat and colorful!

Y’all are lookin good! Here’s mine. Ive had them about 18 mos. Scott Harris Europa. They are more subtle irl.

IdaClaire—— your makeup is beautiful. Do share your products——-foundation, concealer, eyebrow, etc....

Lars—-how I miss California and palm trees!

Warby Parker Eugene Narrow, Rosewood Tortoise.

I love my frames, but I will never ever again buy lenses from Warby Parker. They just weren’t right. I finally had them looked at by an optician and they weren’t right. I had new lenses put in the WP frames.

These are my current pair, and this is my second pair in this frame - I think it is the most flattering shape I've ever had. I just don't like myself in the larger shapes that are current, nor in cat eye, aviators, rounded....a narrower, almost oval
rectangle seems to be the thing for me, and hard to find right now. I should look more carefully at semi-frameless, IdaClaire's look so nice (and there are lots of gorgeous frames here! but they just don't suit me I know)

I wish these came in a different color too, like a violet or lighter blue, for summer.

I knew by that face she was a pointer. I had many pointers over the years, the best dog ever. They make great house dogs too!

I read that clear frames are in style, and also aviators with the cross-brow piece like Bumblebeez'. But it said that was 2019's hot style, as if we're going to buy new glasses every year. It said colored frames that are translucent are the newest trend. My first pair of glasses fifty years ago were translucent blue.

I didn't see many solid-colored opaque frames when I shopped for glasses a few weeks ago. There weren't many tortoiseshell either. I like the torties that are not in the traditional brown and gold for my coloring but I couldn't find a pair that was right for me.

Interesting, Toby.. I have seen some of the changing trends you are describing but not all. There are definitely still a wide range of tortoise shell options at my shop-- traditional tortoise, tortoise with color in the pattern, tortoise paired with colored stems.

I also saw translucent color-- lots of pinks and clears but also stronger colors. Tiffany has a lot of translucent blues. I thought I would love the pinks for something different-- pale pink is great for my coloring but sadly NOT for glasses on my face. They really looked awful. I could wear something like Ida's glasses (which look great on her!) -- and I did wear wireframes all through the 80s and 90s but at this point of my life, I don't want to hide my glasses. They are a part of me-- I've worn them from a very young age. I can't wear contacts so I include my glasses as part of my wardrobe. Part of my look.

I think I may have said this upthread, but my local eyewear shop is locally owned/not a chain. They refresh their stock often because they only order 1-2 pairs of each style-- so you are often looking at the latest from each brand/designer... but you can be pretty sure that you aren't going to run into anyone else with the same style.

I can't seem to narrow down the prada styles to the ones I was considering but they are all Havana tortoise with thicker stems. I also like this one from Di Valdi. The stems are pink but that works-- as long as it's not pink on my face.

Thank you all for playing along and sharing your styles.. it's fun to see the range of preferences!

Dedtired, I didn't realize when I picked the two frames originally that the Upton and the Welty are in the same colors--a dark brown and grey-blue. I thought the Upton was grey and black originally. But it seems those colors are flattering on my skintone. I even had some of my pro headshots taken in the Welty. I did some with and without glasses.

Here are my new funky Celine frames. My others are less funky Lafont.

I bought my glasses at Costco around two years ago. They are the Kirkland brand. At the time I didn’t think I was responsible enough with even non-prescription sunglasses to justify spending much. Come to find out I’m not half bad with eyewear parenting.

I call these my Elton John’s.

They turn into sunglasses when outside.

I wear the ones below the most.

I love my frames, but I will never ever again buy lenses from Warby Parker. They just weren’t right. I finally had them looked at by an optician and they weren’t right. I had new lenses put in the WP frames.

You should have returned them. I have 4 pair from WP. Love 'em!

Currently waiting on a pair of computer glasses from Zeni.

Zenni computer glasses:

Jinx, would you check the frames you're wearing in the picture and see who makes them? They are the exact style & color I'm looking for. And you got them at Zenni’s? We share the same coloring, I love how they're not in your face. Nice pun, huh?

I posted a few months ago about glasses with one square and one round lens. I went from not having any glasses, I had broken my one pair, to going overboard. I ordered these from Zeelool.com They are all prescription glasses.

Two more questions. On the Zenni's website there's nowhere to see prices for lenses. Mine would be progressives so I'm sure more expensive.

Because I've never ordered glasses online before, are frames in the doctor's office much more expensive? I can't remember but my total bill the last time for frames and lens was close to $500. I think they were designer glasses but frankly they were the only one's I liked.

Oakley, you have to complete an order to see the full price. My computer glasses ended up being $49. I think the frames alone were like $9 or $10.

Do your glasses have the same prescription in each lens? When an order is completed I would have the opportunity to cancel before I placed it, right?

Wow, I looked at Ilikefriday's link and saw the following. Makes me wonder how many online websites have delayed or unavailable shipping?

Shipping Unavailable Notice

• Affected by the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, all the Chinese people do their best to control the virus spreading. The logistics and transportation are dramatically influenced as well, thus orders on Zeelool from Jan. 18 would not be able to deliver in time. But we will absolutely accelerate the processing to make sure sending all the packages as soon as possible. Orders will be shipped per the purchase date from Mid-Feb. Please contact support@zeelool.com if you have any questions.

Yes, Oakley. Isn't that scary! I order from them often. I have single vision lenses and that makes the eyewear dirt cheap. Zeelool has all sorts of specials. I think they have a new deal every Thursday. Many of their frames are marked down to $7 on Thursdays. For all the ones I posted, I probably spent less than $200 total. In one order I spent $28 on 3 pairs, including the lenses. But now that coronavirus is here, there, and everywhere.... Yikes!

I wonder if it will delay filling local prescriptions. I will bet a lot of labs get lenses from China.

I've had very good experiences with Zenni too, so far. I tried Zenni after hurricane Irma, when I lost my fairly new, rather expensive prescription sunglasses during our evacuation. I now have 2 pairs that were less than $30 each - sunglasses and regular corrective glasses for distance. They fit better, and are more comfortable and sturdier than my much more expensive ones ever were.

I measured a well fitting pair of glasses I already had & used those specs when ordering. You can even upload your photo to virtually try stuff on.

I have no photo of me wearing these because I always take off my glasses for photos 😄

These are the sunglasses. I got dark amber lenses:

Photos are from Zenni.com. My order history has my prescription on file too, which is so convenient.

@User, I would have gladly returned my Warby Parker glasses, but they came just before we left for Italy and we were gone 6 weeks, thus surpassing the 30 day return cut-off. I even called them when we returned home to explain that I wasn’t in the country when the 30th day passed. They would not make an exception.

Oakley, as I remember (in helping SO order a pair), you will need to enter your prescription before getting a price. There are add on costs for progressives and like most places, the type of lens and coating. Ive never been able to order online because my astigmatism is too strong,.. even before my current issues. MY SO called them directly to inquire about my prescription and they said no way. I think for most people with fairly normal prescriptions they should be fine.

I definitely pay more for my frames in my local shop...for comparison: the Pucci's above were $200 and the Ferragamo's were $355. I saw prices for both from online sources around $150. My current lenses run about $500 -- that's for a specialized Shamir lens, hi-index and anti-glare coating. I did try another specialized lens last year at the recommendation of a vision therapist I saw for a short time-- at just under $1000 (lenses only). The Shamir works better for me so I went with them again this time and saved the extra $$.

I do NOT have the same prescription in both eyes-- but I pay one price for both lenses. HTH

My progressives through Warby Parker were $345 with the frames. Less expensive than the eye doctor, but still not cheap. Single vision much cheaper. IDK if I would've ordered online, but at least there is store here that I can go in person.

@gsciencechick I also have progressive lenses. I went into a Warby Parker store to order mine because I did not trust myself to get all of the data points right. What the optician found was that WP had made the reading portion of my lenses was about half of what it should be.

DH had his most recent pair of glasses made at Costco. (He’s not very “fashion conscious“) He’s been having some serious eye problems for the last year or so. After he got his glasses, he went for a second opinion on his eyes. The new doc changed his Rx. He went to Costco to have new lenses made for his just purchased frames. Costco made his new lenses for free! They have a warranty of X (60? 90?) days. And even though the change had nothing to do with anything they had done, Costco made new lenses for him!

Hi, Oakley, sorry I just saw your question! Great pun. 😄

I don’t see any name on the frames, but here is the link to them:

https://www.zennioptical.com/p/womens-fullrim-acetate-plastic-rectangle-eyeglass-frames/2062?skuId=206225

I just ordered a new pair. I seriously need to ban myself from this site! 😂

https://www.zennioptical.com/p/womens-other-metal-cat-eye-eyeglass-frames/1592?skuId=159219

Do your glasses have the same prescription in each lens? When an order is completed I would have the opportunity to cancel before I placed it, right?

No, both lenses are different. And yes, you can cancel before placing the order.

My prescription changed slightly at my last appt. to improve my distance vision, especially with driving, and now my whole life is out of whack. I wear contacts most of the time, but now I need new readers. And when I'm not wearing contacts, my new glasses don't work well with computer work, although they're better for driving. I'm going to ask my dr. for my old prescription so I can order a working pair from Zenni--never tried that site, but it seems many of you have had good luck.

My current pair is from Costco--Guess 1979. I like them, although they're a bit heavy. My sister said they were "hipster" so I guess that's a good thing?

Oh my gosh, Feathers, you described my eye problems to a T! It’s so frustrating having to have different eye pieces to see far and read up close. Ugh, I don’t like needing readers with contacts. And if I wear my real glasses (not readers), I have to take them off to read things.

It started almost the day I turned 50 ... before that, I just needed contacts for distance.

Getting the right progressive setting for all the things you is sooo important. If I were still driving, I would need a different pair for driving and for working... and neither of them worked well for things like cleaning my house or shopping in the store. I used to have a fixed pair for the computer and a pair of "everyday" walking around/driving glasses... but I couldn't see the dishes clearly when washing them. I couldn't see or read what was on the shelves in the grocery store-- or even see the pattern on the floor (I work in a building with stone and marble floors),

What has worked best *for me* is the Shamir office space glasses-- and then we tweak them slightly to give me better vision on the long end and less great close up. They allow me to walk to the bathroom or the coffee stand, work at the computer, sit at a conference table and see the face of the person at the other end AND see the projection screen. The tradeoff is that I can't see the laptop screen so well or what's written on my paper notes. That still works best for me, My vision is optimized from 2 ft dead center (for the computer screen) to about 14 ft. (the lenses are supposed to optimize to 10 ft.. but again, we tweak my prescription for my specific needs),

No doubt, I am much more sensitive to the "right" prescription than others because of my crazy eye/brain issues. My eyes are always struggling to make a good image-- even with a good prescription. But really, it's all the same issue... I am just more sensitive to it.

My current glasses (which are out getting a tweak to the progressive setting) were just a hair off -- and the result was that I got flustered in important meetings and I felt my baseline stress increase and mood decrease. The differences may be subtle but when you get it right, you know! Everything is better!

I have had to have my prescription split into separate reading, computer (which is my everyday, nearly all day pair) and one progressive (that is only distance/computer) scripts, and separate eyeglasses made for each. After radial keratotomy vision correction 30 years ago (before Lasik) and the onset of presbyopia, my vision has started fluctuating depending on the day - sometimes during the course of the day (always worse after a long workout). The reading prescription is needed only one out of 5 days on average - and the first progressive pair that included it was very uncomfortable and unusable, both because of the unneeded segment for reading, and the too small portion devoted to computer.

I use the distance part only for watching TV across the room, and driving. I keep a pair in the care and one in the house. It is a bit of a pain to keep multiple pairs, but it works for me.

If you can use progressive lenses successfully they're great. I know some people can't for a variety of reasons. I have a friend who tells me she doesn't "need" glasses except when driving at night. Then she tells me about her reading glasses and her computer glasses along with the glasses for driving at night. I think she doesn't get progressives because she wants to continue to claim she doesn't wear glasses. I am very thankful I have been able to successfully wear progressives from day one. I wore single vision contacts for a long time even though my glasses were progressive. However with age I reached the point I could no longer work 10-12 hour days with contacts, much of it looking at a computer - my eyes just got too dry. So I've worn progressives for a long time and I love that I always have the glasses I need, to see perfectly, on my face though I do carry a pair of prescription sunglasses. Here are mine.

Count me as someone who couldn't get used to progressives. Just hated them. So I wear drugstore readers for the computer and reading. I have prescription glasses for driving. Sometimes I wear the prescriptions for watching TV. 2 pairs of prescription sunglasses from Costco. The regular glasses are by Bebe.