Spectacles For The Spectacular You

[LittleSally]

Not everyone has to wear glasses...but for those who do - why not make it a beautiful as well as a well functioning pair?

Choose the glasses that aren't too harsh in color to your pigmentation (skin, eyes and hair).

Darker hair and eyes can carry a black frame...

Not everyone looks good in round frame glasses (hardly anyone, actually...) but when it works, it really is magic!

If you're lighter, you'll want gold, silver, or some kind of earthy soft tone of frame.

You can definitely mix and match materials your frame is made out of. If you want it to be light - choose plastic or rubber, if you want it to be durable, choose metal.

Just as a dark frame look off on a lighter pigmented person, so does a light frame on a darker pigmented person... Works vice-versa.

Oval, heart or diamond shaped face will benefit from glasses that taper down towards the end as if they're following your natural face shape.

If you don't want to be burdened by frames, choose a frame-less type of glasses.

Those types of glasses will help your makeup pop more, instead of it hiding your handy-work.

If you're a brunette you can definitely try a frame with brown and black in it - see how it fits.

Speaking of - the lighter you are the lighter your brownish frame should be as well - if you want it not to 'jump off your face at people'.

Now, these aren't rules, but they'll help:

[I-am-a-nobody]

Excellent take.
Matching the color is important. The neighbor kid just got a trendy pair that fit his trendy personality. My son just ordered a more intellectual look. It will be interesting to see him wear them.

I've wore glasses from ages 7 to 18 then from 35 to now. Mine are rimless on the bottom. I look sorta like the model wearing the rimless glasses (give or take 20 years... ha ha).

I love glasses on women.
I remember my wife getting a new pair of frames two years ago. Let's just say I REALLY liked them. (There's just something about that nerdy look...)

[cupidkisses]

looks cool

[IEat70sBush]

Or just save your money and get lasik. What I did, other than looking like a nerd I was tired of fumbling around looking for them for 5 mins every time I woke up ( I was like 20/250, far beyond legally blind, which made the lenses really thick so that limited aesthetic options).

[JustinTheGreat]

I hate wearing glasses but I don't like things going near my eyeballs so I can't wear contacts.
I used to really be into the hipster kind of frame like in he second picture. Now my glasses look more like the ones in the first picture

[Dumbbong]

Nice one...

Appreciation coming from one wearing glasses for last 36 years.

[backonthelist]

i would, but glasses sit crooked on my head so i normally refrain

[Nik1hil]

My glasses suck