Eyeglasses

Are you an eyeglasses wearer? Do you often come across accidents that make your eyeglasses broken; either loosening the screws or the nose pads out of position? Are you bothering and feel tired going between optical shops for repairing eyeglasses? If they are so, have you ever thought of repairing your eyeglasses on your own for convenience? As a matter of fact, some problems and distortions can definitely be adjusted by you and there are some tips below. If you find one of the nose pads is setting too high on your face, which makes your eyeglasses unbalanced when worn, grasp the frame and take the nose pad and twist down to a position which you think may be parallel to the other one. If the nose pads are setting too … Read entire article »

Both prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses are delicate devices. If the users wear a pair of glasses on a regular basis, accidents may happen and the glasses would go wrong more or less. As most eyeglass wearers know, the lenses are so crucial for comfort vision that they can hardly afford any defect. If the lenses are scratched or broken, replacing them is in most cases the only solution. But the situation is different in eyeglass frames. In most cases, an eyeglass frame is consisted of several parts. Actually, tiny problems associated with eyeglass frames can be easily fixed. Another critical reason for frame repair is that the frame usually accounts for the major part of the total cost. With only a small defect, it is unnecessary to buy a new … Read entire article »

Eyeglasses vintage made in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s sold in the current market are really a specialty for modern customers. Most of these “new-old-stock” vintage eyeglass frames have never been worn and they usually come in a small quantity. However, there are many brands of vintage glasses available for individuals’ selection. These ophthalmic brands come from countries around the world, from US, France, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, Switzerland, Japan to East Europe and Hong Kong. Available brands contain American Optical, ArtCraft, Barbudo, Bay State, Bausch & Lomb, Blue Ribbon, Century, Continental and Cottet and so on. Nowadays, there are a lot of professional online eyewear stores providing vintage eyeglass frames, including allynscura.com, fiftiesframes.com, eyebeenframed.com and vintageous.com. In addition, styles of vintage frames include Combination, Cat Eye, Horn Rim, … Read entire article »