Designer Glasses

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

I wear glasses for driving and have not purchased a new pair for a couple of years !

I'm thinking of getting some of those geeky looking bold frame ones that everyone is wearing.

Question is that even the designer brands seems un-exclusive and realitively in-expensive ? £110-200 for Prada, Gucci, Bvgari (sp) Hugo, Armani.....

Qestion, discounting the above which brand in the glasses sector is more exclusive...my budget would be £200-400 for the frames ?

IceBoy

[raf_gti]

I have a lovely pair of Paul Smith frames, not quite the style you are after but very well finished and relatively un-common. IIRC they were £180 but the killer as always the lenses, they were about £250.

[sleep envy]

do you read menus from right to left?

[13th]

Blimey I paid nearly £500 just to have my lenses replaced!

It really hasn't been my year!

[whirligig]

Boots are doing a great designer half price sale just now on all frames - I use them for my contacts and glasses and find them OK.

[bobfrance]

ic-Berlin. Best frames I've ever had. Super lightweight and practically indestructable.
Made of metal but also available in black.

They are a dedicated glasses manufacturer, rather than a fashion brand that has glasses made for them in China.
(I think their fames are still made in Berlin) Personally I prefer to buy well made products rather than well publicised brands, if you know what I mean.

Quite hard to find suppliers. £400-£500 with lenses. Exclusive enough for ya?


ETA: www.ic-berlin.de

These guys do them in London - there may be others.
www.adamsimmonds.co.uk/

Edited by bobfrance on Tuesday 23 December 15:10

[Silver993tt]

IceBoy said:

realitively in-expensive ? £110-200 for Prada, Gucci, Bvgari (sp) Hugo, Armani.....

IMO £110-£200 is a waste of money. They're all made in the far east and you're simply paying for the label to be seen - and what sort of people go "wow, a pair of Gucci sunglasses"?, nobody will really notice. You can get pretty much the same styles (or better) for about £20. Alos, if you forget them somewhere or break them, as you invariably will, it won't matter

[CommanderJameson]

IceBoy said:

Hi All,

I wear glasses for driving and have not purchased a new pair for a couple of years !

I'm thinking of getting some of those geeky looking bold frame ones that everyone is wearing.

Question is that even the designer brands seems un-exclusive and realitively in-expensive ? £110-200 for Prada, Gucci, Bvgari (sp) Hugo, Armani.....

Qestion, discounting the above which brand in the glasses sector is more exclusive...my budget would be £200-400 for the frames ?

IceBoy

Rodenstock.

Gant.

Both of those make nicer specs than the ones you've listed.

[IceBoy]

ic-Berlin sound interesting...will look them up.

[Reevesy]

I got some from Specsavers last month and they were BOGOF for designer brands, so i got two pairs of French Connection frames with lenses for £125. Why not save yourself a couple of hundred quid and get lashed over Christmas?!?

[schnell]

Diesel do good frames too

I'm wearing a pair of their black titanium 'geek style' jobbies and they do just fine.

[Plotloss]

I got stiched up like a good 'un.

Tag Heuer frames, £165

I want reactolite lenses, how much are they?

£170

Alright, sounds reasonable, do it.

9 weeks later they finally arrive at the shop as ordered.

It was £170 per eye for the lenses.

Shysters.

[IceBoy]

Titanium !!

Now I like the sound of that...I'm sounding geeky now right ?

IceBoy

[schnell]

IceBoy said:

Titanium !!

Now I like the sound of that...I'm sounding geeky now right ?

IceBoy

Hell yes.

They shave a good 0.00004 seconds off my 'Ring lap time so you know they're good

[MkGriff]

You're all slacking! Where are the usual posters that provide links to the £10000 glasses that they brought two pairs of - cause they couldn't decide between the black frames or the lovely tortoise shell?

I guess they are in Sandy Lane, on the beach, tanning themselves in a pair of Ralph Versace speedos.

[lawrence567]

I've worn glasses since i was 3 (about 18 years now).
I'm absolutely sick of wearing them!
I've had adidas, calvin klein, Moschino, Osaka, Boots own, specsavers own, ralph lauren & every other name under the sun.
I'm getting my eyes lasered next year (hopefully my eyes will be suitable).
I could'nt imagine anyone wanting to wear glasses they're fecking ste & a bane of my life!

[Deva Link]

Plotloss said:

It was £170 per eye for the lenses.

There's a joke about that.

Customer: "How much are these specs?"
Optician: "£170"...waits for reaction, if none; "for the lenses"....waits for reaction, if none; "each"...waits for reaction, if none; "plus VAT".

[cheshire_cat]

lawrence567 said:

I've worn glasses since i was 3 (about 18 years now).
I'm absolutely sick of wearing them!
I've had adidas, calvin klein, Moschino, Osaka, Boots own, specsavers own, ralph lauren & every other name under the sun.
I'm getting my eyes lasered next year (hopefully my eyes will be suitable).
I could'nt imagine anyone wanting to wear glasses they're fecking ste & a bane of my life!

Try contact lenses, I haven't looked back since. (excuse pun)

[jollygreen]

Oakley frames + the thinnest glass lenses for my horrendous prescription = £560!

But joining the opticians loyalty card scheme I saved 25% on the frames and 10% on the lenses bringing them down to about £470. Still a weighty chunk of cash though...

It's £10 a month for the gold card scheme thing and i also got 25% off my GP toric contact lenses (about £50) and half price solutions for the year. 25% off all sunglasses too so i got £20 off a pair of oakley sunnies.

Expensive bloody business.

[bobfrance]

lawrence567 said:

I could'nt imagine anyone wanting to wear glasses...

It's either that or give up wnking.