Showing posts with label Eyeglasses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyeglasses. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2009

Eyeglasses.com Revisited

Glasses frames have been around since the 1200s A.D. After nearly 800 years of waiting, they can finally be found online at Eyeglasses.com. Well, perhaps it hasn't been quite that long, as Eyeglasses.com has been around since 1999. But enough waiting!

Eyeglasses of every shape, color, design, make, material, etc. can be found on their site, and they have an advanced search tool that you can use to find your ideal set of spectacles. They even stock a pair made of wood by Chakra! Eyeglasses.com has already served millions through their website, and their database of more than two hundred thousand different glasses leaves conventional retailers in its dust. If you can't find it here, you won't find it anywhere.

They have several hundred designer eyeglasses, all very reasonably priced. You can even find Versace Glasses, which have been retooled by Donatella Versace, sister to the late Gianni Versace. So if you want to frame your eyes with some stylish eyeglasses, you know where to go. Eyeglasses.com.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Eyeglasses.com

If you're like me, wearing glasses is just a part of life. Okay, I prefer contacts, as I see better with them (anyone with a prescription of -9.0/-9.5 knows what I mean), but I can only wear them for short periods before my eyes start itching.

And my wife for some reason prefers me with glasses. "It makes you look more like a writer," she says.

My wife wears glasses as well, which she lost, so I have been looking online for glasses for her, as lenses and frames are particularly expensive here in South Africa. And that is how I came across Eyeglasses.com. They have a wide variation of styles. Just looking under women's glasses I found over 4500 different styles! And their range of frames is incredibly reasonable, with some below $60 for the frame. They are listed in alphabetical order, so if you have a brand name that you like, it's easy enough to find.

Personally, I think my wife would look sexy in some Via Spiga Napolis, which are shaped like a cat's eyes. They're Italian, and she has a penchant for Italian designs.

For me, I prefer round glasses, and found a very reasonably priced set of frames for only $89. This Lennonesque Peace design would look good on me. I prefer frames with smaller spaces for the lenses so that the "glass" isn't as thick.

I noted too that they deliver internationally, and so I dropped their customer service department a line. Eyeglasses.com states on its home page that it ships internationally, and also has free shipping for orders over $55, so I am very keen to hear back from them.