Eye Glasses?

[LaurenDeHart]

Hi Kelly

Mmmmm ... not quite me but she's obviously enjoying herself.

Lauren


Hello Diane

As a male I've had lousy service with Lenscrafters so I'll pass on them. I've been to a few different eye glass providers and some do better than others. At one place the peripheral vision was completely blurry and after 3 attempts to get it right I gave up and went elsewhere.

I'll look into Zenni.

Having multiple pairs is nice and I would like to do that as well, particularly in sun glasses.

Thanks

Lauren

Hi Joanna

Now that is making lemonade from lemons! I'm really happy that you turned that to your advantage.

Lauren

Hi Stephanie

EyeBuyDirect is getting a lot of mention so I will definitely check them out.

I'm still new here and have not attempted to venture to the other forums. I'm not sure if I can even see them yet.

Thanks

Lauren

[Lily Catherine]

I permanently wear glasses (nearsighted). While at the optician (as James) I imagined myself-as-Lily's face in the mirror when selecting my glasses, so if both myself-as-James and myself-as-Lily looked good wearing the glasses it was a deal

[Alice_2014_B]

Now that is a very awesome experience!

[CONSUELO]

If you just want some glasses for appearance sake and don't plan to drive while wearing them, just go to you local store and buy a cheap pair of "readers". I go to Walgreen's or Rite Aid and try the feminine looking frames until I find one that fits. When I need to I use my corrective lenses but for most occasions they are unnecessary.

[JeanTG]

I only use reading glasses, and I have several pairs of male-styled ones, but also two pairs of female-styled ones, that I use when dressing.

[Beverley Sims]

I wear reading glasses and have pairs for both genders.

I often wear my female ones and no one notices.

They are not outlandish feminine anyway.

[SherriePall]

I have a couple of pairs of dollar store glasses which, at best, are unisex (when I have been out dressed I never get around to trying on a pair with wig and make-up).
Those dollar store glasses I wear most of the time (even driving) except when I get down to reading something (books, menus, etc.)
Don't be afraid to buy a pair.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Lauren, I wear readers and I have a few pairs of the women's style frames less than $10.00 a pair......

[Wen4cd]

I had a fresh prescription from my local optometrist from buying male glasses, and went online to Bonlook, which had a pair of big cat-eye frames I really wanted.

I sent them the prescription and the order, but they needed additional information.

Pupillary distance (PD) doesn't appear on most prescriptions.

But Bonlook had a scheme to get the measurement: you send a photo of your face holding a credit-card at a certain place on your nose, and looking straight into the camera (there is a detailed instruction) and they use the standard size of a credit card to work out your pupillary distance.

Once I dressed up, and put on my best makeup only to put a credit card on my nose and send them pics, the glasses arrived in a week or two and I love them. They are perfect! About $120 for everything, not including my eye exam, which I already had done earlier. My day job pays for my male glasses, because the nature of my work requires constant safety lenses on the job, so I only pay for the exam anyway.

[carhill2mn]

The last time that I got new glasses I went en femme and had the woman assisting me help me to choose a pair of women's glasses. Then I asked her to help me pick a pair of uni-sex glasses that I wear when presenting as a male. I think that the women's style glasses really help my feminine presentation.

[rebecca_ns]

I have several pairs from Zenni. I will never set foot in an optical store again. 2 weeks to my door. Last time we bought glasses there, my wife and I got 14 pairs of presciption glasses for 237 dollars. Not bad.

[Christine Eriksson]

I would definitely recommend you to buy your feminine glasses! A couple years ago I ordered my female glasses online, and I'm glad I did. My female glasses probably is the main feminizing item for my face. I just used the the same prescription I got with my male glasses.

When we're on the subjekt, I'm not really a fan of the trend right now with woman using that 80's pilot style glasses. That is just another item woman are using "male apparel" When will we se the trend go the other way?CE170121-18.jpg

[sometimes_miss]

I'm one of the lucky few whose eyes got better as I got older. At 19 I found my eyes were getting weaker; when checked, I needed a -0.75 correction for distance. That eventually went to -1.5 over the years, I struggled to read the 20/50 line on the eye chart. At about 50, I started noticing that my eyes hurt after wearing glasses early in the day. Rechecking my vision with an eye chart, I was 20/25 without glasses, and could even read most of the 20/20 line. And I could still read just fine without reading glasses. Going to the ophthalmologist, my vision was back, the prescription had gone to -0.5, at worst. ???
I never heard of people's vision getting better as they aged. Yet, there it was. I could see quite fine without my glasses. What I also found, was that as I got tired, my vision got worse. After working a double shift, I needed my glasses again if I tried to drive at night, and while I could still read, my eyes would hurt after a while. But if I purchased the cheapest +1.0 readers, I got a headache; so, I was a trombone reader now. Yet, I got headaches if I wore the glasses when I woke up in the morning.
Weird.

Pupillary distance (PD) doesn't appear on most prescriptions.

That's because the glass maker does the measuring.
+1 for Zennioptical.
Inexpensive, so much so that we can afford girl frames AND guy frames. I have several of each.

[GretchenJ]

Add another vote for Zenni optical , I get my male glasses every year from my optometrist, then ask for the prescription so I can order my girl glasses on line, there site allows you to take a selfie, and see how you look with every pair they sell.

got a pair of progressives for about 60 dollars

[HollyGreene]

I've used GlassesDirect, and the service is very good.
The advantage of buying online is that there is no face-to-face contact with anybody.
However, they do call you on the phone if you order bifocals or varifocals, especially if you've never had them before.

I'm really fortunate in that my wife's prescription is almost the same as mine, and she has loads of old pairs in a drawer, that she will never wear again. So I use those when I go out. Most of the most recent ones are quite unisex, but the older ones are most definitely for women.

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Pupillary distance (PD) doesn't appear on most prescriptions.

I take a photo of myself holding a ruler over my eyes.

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Christine, you look totally convincing. I am so envious!

[MelanieAnne]

I used to wear contacts, but they would irritate early on, due to tiny particles of eye shadow powder getting under them, no matter how careful I was. So, I bought fem glasses from 39 Dollar Glasses.com. No questions were asked. Eyebuy Direct is also good. You need to know your prescription. The PD they ask for stands for "Pupillary Distance", which is simply the distance between your pupils, so the lens will be directly in front of your pupils. They have a small chart for you to figure it out. The guy in the white coat gets $100 or more to hold that little ruler across your eyes. That's what he is doing. The fem glasses are just one more small detail to make you look more fem, and disguise your face a little. I never bother with the contacts anymore.

[LaurenDeHart]

Goodness, I love you all. Thank you so much for all the suggestions and stories. I'm envious of many. I will update the thread with the resolution when that happens but please keep adding to it.

Lauren

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Amazing Christine. Those glasses are perfect for your look.

No, I'm not looking for what we call "aviator" glasses. I use to wear them as a younger male but that was then (the 80's!) and this is now. I'm kind of like you in that I want something that says feminine more so than unisex. Who knows, it may have the same effect for me. I won't know until I try.

Thanks

Lauren

[Stephanie_V]

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Here is me in my "Stephanie glasses"

[Barbara Jo]

I am an eye glass wearer.
I don't know if you gals realize it but, most male and female frames are more or less the same now .
In fact, some are now even marketed as "unisex".
I guess the days of overtly feminine frames are over.

Just today on the news, I saw some news commentators........ one male was wearing red framed glasses and a female was wearing those black "Buddy Holly' glasses

BTW......
I don't know if a link is allowed but..... this is a real "eye opener"..... pun intended .
http://www.alternet.org/story/148024...e_alternatives

[Jesse Six]

I'm just in the process of replacing my glasses, and I've been struggling with both the choice of frames and price.

Have you found a type of frame that accentuates your femininity? I notice a lot trans women online go with the very large, dramatic, wider-wider-than-your-face thick frames. Perhaps it's something about making the face seem visually smaller? Every time I try them myself, all I can say is "wow, this makes my jaw look so large!" After trying on a lot of pairs, I actually find that rimless ones are nice on me, but I heard that this is a style typically worn by men.

I really want to buy online because of the price. Question for all the online shoppers: how do these websites ensure a good fit? Not just proper focusing of the lenses, but head fit? I find some women's frames pretty snug on my temples. My prescription does not list pupillary distance, btw.

[Jenny22]

Have any of you bought progressive, lady's tri-focals on line? If yes, which company? What style number? Satisfied? Thanks!

[Wen4cd]

I'm just in the process of replacing my glasses, and I've been struggling with both the choice of frames and price.

Have you found a type of frame that accentuates your femininity? I notice a lot trans women online go with the very large, dramatic, wider-wider-than-your-face thick frames. Perhaps it's something about making the face seem visually smaller? Every time I try them myself, all I can say is "wow, this makes my jaw look so large!" After trying on a lot of pairs, I actually find that rimless ones are nice on me, but I heard that this is a style typically worn by men.

I really want to buy online because of the price. Question for all the online shoppers: how do these websites ensure a good fit? Not just proper focusing of the lenses, but head fit? I find some women's frames pretty snug on my temples. My prescription does not list pupillary distance, btw.

I picked the biggest frames on the site, they can really change your face. But still, they look small on me. These would be huge on someone of normal size, but I push 6'8" in heels, so they look normal, I couldn't have really went with anything smaller.

The site I shopped at had detailed measurements for every frame they sold and other methods of sorting by size. I think they even would mail you five sets of 'tester frames' as a time so you could try them on at home

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[Stephanie_V]

I really want to buy online because of the price. Question for all the online shoppers: how do these websites ensure a good fit? Not just proper focusing of the lenses, but head fit? I find some women's frames pretty snug on my temples. My prescription does not list pupillary distance, btw.

Ive bought some several pair online. I don't know how other sites handle it, but EyeBuyDirect will let you return a pair if you arent satisfied. What I also did was get one of those small, retractable measuring tapes from a dollar store (also useful for measuring bra size and female waist btw). I then measured the dimensions of my old pair so that I had a base measurements. When looking at glasses I could then compare those to what I currently had. As for PD, I used the same tape measure and using a mirror, measured my PD. I did this prior to getting a new pair from a brick and mortar store and took a peek at my records and was spot on. Most sites will also let you upload a photo so that you can virtually try them on.
Side note, when shopping for female glassrs, I tend to gravitate towards the bigger, rectangular ones. I have a rather wide face (frames are >130 mm and my PD is 72 which is higher than normal) so the bigger frames tend to make the face look smaller in my opinion. Hope this helps!

[Barbara Jo]

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I really want to buy online because of the price. Question for all the online shoppers: how do these websites ensure a good fit? Not just proper focusing of the lenses, but head fit? I find some women's frames pretty snug on my temples. My prescription does not list pupillary distance, btw

"pupillary distance" is just the distance between the centers of your two pupils. You can measure this your self..

BTW, "Eye Buy Direct" makes all this very clear.. making buying glasses on line easy .... and you can even try them on "virtually" by uploading a pic of yourself.

[MelanieAnne]

Fitting glasses is pretty simple. The ear pieces are all bendable, along with the nose pieces. The mainframe of fem glasses does seem to be a bit narrower, due to womens faces being a bit smaller then mens.