Eyewear

Cara and I attend national trade shows that can have an entire convention floor full of companies that design and make frames and that doesn’t include the hotel full of suites where the more boutique, unique individual designers show their lines. There are hundreds of companies with ten of thousands of frame styles. No one can stock or carry everything. When you come to our office, you will find frame lines that we carry based on a number of factors….so how do we decide on a particular company?

We look for companies that use good quality zyls (plastics) and metals (a poor quality zyl won’t hold an adjustment and will quickly bend out of shape. Poor quality metals are brittle and the color flakes off.) We look for interesting styles that are wearable with a range from conservative to playful to outrageous. We look for companies that have a reliable stock so if a part of your glasses breaks, we are not looking at a six week backorder before we can replace your glasses.

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"Rochelle is so skilled. I got the best prescription I have ever had from her. She also has an awesome selection of frames and I felt that the way she fit them to me and to my daughter was really thoughtful and that we both wound up with glasses that were really really comfortable and really really flattering!"

— Sara D., Yelp Review

A Few Tips:

Glasses stay on your face by resting on three touch points, your nose and behind each ear.

If you try on a zyl frame and there is a gap between the bridge of your nose and the bridge of the glasses, those glasses will always slide down your nose. When you try on glasses, run your fingers along the temples (those side pieces) to the end. If they end before the bend in your ear, chances are the temples are too short. Again, the glasses will tend to slide.

Look to see if your eye is somewhat centered in the eyepiece of the frame. If your eye is toward the inside of the lens, the illusion is that your eyes are more close set than they really are (and visa versa if your eyes are near the outside edge of the lens).

Progressive lenses (no line bifocals) don’t work well in a shallow frame. There are some progressive designs like Varilux Ellipse specifically for shallow frames that work well but the deeper the frame, the larger the reading area.

There’s a lot to consider to make glasses work the way you want them to and the issues get compounded the higher your prescription.

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