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On the cover of the January 2008 issue of San Francisco magazine is a fellow wearing what look to be aluminum eyeglass frames. Very unusual. I've never seen anything quite like them. Anybody know who makes them?
Try writing the magazine, or the people who supplied the photograph.
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I've just been shopping for them, and there are a lot of nice and unusual ones out these days. Why did you choose the ones you got, and were there others you liked, but passed up - why?
I got Transitions, the ones that turn dark in the sun. My frames are nice, with no line at the bottom. Here's a pic of me to make the explanation a bit easier. :D
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m99/d readpiratejulie/juju.jpg
I really think pince-nez spectacles are cool, but the only ones I can find to buy on the internet are either antiques or costume accessories.
If you don't know what pince-nez is, look it up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pince_nez
I would want the glasses to be of modern style, but with the pince-nez design. If possible I would want them to be real prescription eyeglasses that I could wear for daily use. I notice that they are almost always circular frames, I would not want circular frames.
In addition, would it be terribly odd to wear pince-nez glasses all the time? Would this be kind of like wearing a monacle to work?
People would probably notice them but would they think them to be neat and stylish, or strange and unusual.
It looks like these guys can make you pince-nez glasses using whatever frames you provide: http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/pince -nez-hardsizefit.html
Or you could go one step further and avoid the nez altogether - http://www.livescience.com/technology/06 0522_pierce_glasses.html
People's reaction will be probably influenced by how "cool" they think you are already - or how cool you come off as. If your worried about freak factor don't try the pierce ones.
I say let your freak flag fly!
Whistle your own tune.
Even if no one is listening,
even if the wind drowns you out
or your whistle startles you
echoing back from an empty warehouse.
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