<p>A good friend of mine has always worn contacts. She’s always been dead set against wearing glasses but I’m trying to convince her to consider it. I think she thinks she is going to look older or dowdy but I think it could enhance her looks.</p>
<p>How do glasses fit into your fashion wardrobe? Do you think they age a person?</p>
<p>It sure seems like the college kids are wearing them more and more!</p>
<p>I wear glasses only for distance, but I took care to select them and I think they’re flattering on me. I believe in a “glasses wardrobe.” I have one pair, a Prada pair, that’s sort of like the type that Sarah Palin made popular (don’t like her politics, but her glasses looked great on her), and then another, Coach pair, that has a thicker rim and gives me a different look. I’d never wear contacts - I’ve tried twice and hated them. I don’t think glasses are aging at all as long as they are flattering.</p>
<p>I’ve worn contact lenses for 40 years. Most recently I’ve had monovison ones (distance in one eye, close-up in the other), but my depth perception was poor, and with menopause my eyes were growing increasingly uncomfortable while wearing them. I also had a lot of difficulty driving at night, especially with the glare of oncoming headlights. </p>
<p>I’ve always hated the way I look in glasses, but I got myself a stylish pair (rather than the dowdy ones I had used around the house), and have begun wearing them more and more. My D thinks I look very trendy, and I’m getting used to myself in them. My vision is better with glasses (they’re progressive lenses, which I had no problems at all adjusting to) and my eyes are much more comfortable. I still think I look better without them (not necessarily younger, though), but that’s beginning to change.</p>
<p>I wish I didn’t have to wear glasses but am thrilled that they’ve become fashionable. I am tickled by all the NBA stars who wear frames without lenses.</p>
<p>My daughter is extremely nearsighted and is a dedicated contact lens wearer. Even if she found glasses that she considered very flattering, she would still prefer the contacts because she sees better with them.</p>
<p>I think there are a lot of people who share this viewpoint – at least until their vision starts changing in their 40s.</p>
<p>I have always preferred glasses – but I’m only mildly nearsighted, don’t play sports, and hate the thought of sticking things in my eyes. However, I find the idea of a glasses “wardrobe” to be absurd, considering the cost of prescription glasses. I have two pair – one regular and one pair of prescription sunglasses, and I consider the latter to be something of a luxury.</p>
<p>I am extremely nearsighted and have worn glasses since I was 6. I wish I could have more than one pair but it’s hard to change from pair to pair when you are as nearsighted as I am and also it’s cost prohibited.</p>
<p>I do have to say that with technology I no longer look as if I am wearing coke bottle glasses and for that I am very thankful. Habits die hard though and I still wear my contacts when I am out in public. </p>
<p>My only problem is with the styles of today. I have a very small head and have yet to find “big girl frames” lol! The frames of today are so big and with a large prescription I have had to make do with children’s frames. I usually find one pair that I am happy with and I have to buy those. </p>
<p>I think that they have some really cute frames though and I think that if you look hard and pay enough, you can find a very stylish pair. My new glasses are purple and green. They are so fun, I wanted something fun for a change.</p>
<p>I think most people still look younger without glasses, but I’m grateful that they are considered fashionable at the moment. I have two pairs I wear regularly and definitely believe that if you wear them all the time you should think of them as jewelry - why not have ones that go with different outfits?</p>
<p>I still miss my contacts. They just stopped being comfortable, and I never saw as well with soft lenses as hard lenses. I especially liked the fact that contacts never fog up if you come in from the cold.</p>
<p>Silhouette glass frames are the most attractive and comfortable, imo. The type of glasses in style now with the heavy frames look better on the young or extremely beautiful.</p>
<p>I have 3 pairs of silhouettes with progressive lenses, as well as prescription sunglasses with a heavy frame. For those unfamiliar with Silhouettes, they are frameless and nearly invisible, come in multiple shapes and many different colored earpieces.</p>
<p>I have a love/hate relationship with glasses. I can always find prescription sunglasses that I like, but I have a tougher time with regular glasses. </p>
<p>As expensive as glasses may be, I have decided recently that when I calculate cost per day, I can justify owning more than one pair. I have a frameless pair (Silhouettes!) and a more “bookish” pair. I have one pair of prescription sunglasses and I am purchasing another more sporty pair.</p>
<p>I put a little more money in my health saving account and it makes it easier. It is amazing how well I am justifying these purchases!!</p>
<p>I have six pairs of prescription glasses which I regularly use:</p>
<ul>
<li>Terminal glasses (2) one at office, one at desk at home</li>
<li>Reading glasses (at home in bedroom, usually next to the iPad)</li>
<li>Trifocals (new) which I carry around with me a lot</li>
<li>Bifocals which are usually in the car</li>
<li>Distance - night driving glasses, always in the car (these have a quarter less power and a special coating and are really great)</li>
</ul>
<p>The frames for these are all the same. They are your typical wire-rimmed professional frames. I don’t really care how they look - I just want to be able to see. My personal feeling is that fitness level is more important to how you look compared to what you wear for glasses.</p>
<p>My trifocals cost me $10 out-of-pocket with vision insurance.</p>
<p>I see better with contacts, but usually my eyes are too sore to wear them.
I have been wearing glasses since I was nine, necessity not fashion although it is nice to have a broader selection of frames than was available in 1966.
I have to wear plastic frames, my lenses are too thick to wear wire or rimless.
We have insurance, but it has paid the same blanket fee for the last 15 years.
My lenses are much more expensive than any frame I have ever bought, even the frenchhandmade ones.</p>
<p>I have worn glasses since 40. I have 3 things wrong with my vision and can’t wear contacts. I want to see and laugh at friends who can’t read small print now or menus or anything really because they don’t have glasses. I love my glasses. Italian frames. I change every year. I am going for another pair before I leave for home.</p>
<p>I’m waiting for augmented vision glasses. A little LCD screen in the corner that you can use to zoom in on things, whether very small nearby or very far away. Perhaps even with a way to view the display on your phone without having to take it out.</p>
<p>I’ve been told I look sexy in my glasses. I go verynold school with my store bought glasses. While they can age I suppose, there are so many boomers in glasses right now it’s almost a right of passage. We borrow each others to read menus. </p>
<p>For presents, I tell my girls my number and they get me fun glasses for my glass wardrobe.</p>
<p>Contacts for 45 years. Glasses only occasionally when I take a night off from the contacts. I have Night & Day contacts that I change out once a month and sleep in. They are completely undetectable in my eyes and I love them. I switched to monovision a few years ago (1 distance eye, 1 near) and that works well for me. </p>
<p>I have a pair of night driving glasses to put over the contacts that makes both eyes distance eyes and has the special coating BCEagle mentioned. I can’t believe I didn’t have those years ago since they really help my night vision.</p>
<p>I think glasses are cute and can be very stylish, but I don’t like them for running at all.</p>
<p>I also have a small face and a lot of the glasses I think are really cool looking dwarf my face.</p>
<p>I am nearsighted since my teen years and have been wearing glasses, both hard and soft contact lenses at various times of my life. I actually look better with glasses so I am thankful that technology has improved where both lenses and frames are feather lightweight. As I get older and eschew both makeup and jewelries, I find out that all it takes is a good haircut (and coloring!) and a pair of fashionable glasses to make me look reasonably chic. Jewelry for the face so to speak! Costco has been carrying better glasses made from France and Italy at reasonable prices.</p>
<p>I’ve worn glasses since 6th grade, and wore contacts when I was younger, but they became a hassle. I liked glasses on me when I was younger. Now as I’m getting older, I am considering contacts again, because I think glasses have started to age me a bit. I’d do the lasik surgery if I could, but I have a condition that prevents it.</p>
<p>I wear glasses all day every day, so I have several pairs that I switch around. They are expensive, but worth it for something I have on my face all the time.</p>
<p>I was starting to curtail my night driving as I was having more and more problems seeing at night - I am very glad that the optician had a solution - it’s not something that you hear about very much and I’ve never seen anything advertised for it. It’s obviously a pain to have to manage different pairs of glasses for driving but it’s much better to be able to see where you’re going.</p>
<p>Ccreader is correct–I’ve bought Marc Jacobs and Versace frames from Costco. I now buy my frames from Warby Parker and get my graduated lenses from Costco. I’m stylin.</p>
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<p>I have a friend who goes to U.S. discount shops to get fancy sunglass frames and then puts new lenses in them at home. She saves.</p>