September 02, 2005 Archives
Fri Sep 2 18:45:26 CEST 2005
[EN] About Face
Well, I guess it was about time. After having had seven fine
years with my Mikli frame, I started to look a bit bleak with
it (I'm sure I always did, but sometimes it takes some time to
notice things yourself ...).
When I bought it, I wanted glasses that you could hardly see, but I suppose it takes some time to realise you look slightly more palatable with glasses you can actually see ;-)
Oh, and glasses you can actually see with. I had my first eye test in seven years, and I must say I wasn't disappointed; a quarter point (minus) was added to each side, so I guess I will not be getting any more near-sighted after this.
This time, I have a Danish frame (the new Mikli collection was a bit too wide for my face) by Ørgreen Optics. Never heard of them before, but it was one of the first of the about fifty frames I tried on (I'm very hard to please when it comes to frames), and I liked it immediately. It made the shortlist of three, and survived the final cut with ease.
I'm now eagerly awaiting my new sun glasses, which will fall into the "Boys and Toys" category once again, because they're ridiculously expensive, especially the prescription lenses which will have to be colored in a special way (fading from darker to lighter) and silver-coated.
The slick aerodynamic thin-plated metal frame is German (ic! berlin), and it's quite 'fast'. Together with the specially crafted lenses, it looks quite ... well ... not like me, which is probably why I'm buying them ;) I'm not entirely sure from memory, but I think it's one of the three below; very probably the second one, judging by the color and shape of the lenses.
Anyway, you get the general idea.
I'll be back with those next week, I guess. Keep an eye out (har har).
When I bought it, I wanted glasses that you could hardly see, but I suppose it takes some time to realise you look slightly more palatable with glasses you can actually see ;-)
Oh, and glasses you can actually see with. I had my first eye test in seven years, and I must say I wasn't disappointed; a quarter point (minus) was added to each side, so I guess I will not be getting any more near-sighted after this.
This time, I have a Danish frame (the new Mikli collection was a bit too wide for my face) by Ørgreen Optics. Never heard of them before, but it was one of the first of the about fifty frames I tried on (I'm very hard to please when it comes to frames), and I liked it immediately. It made the shortlist of three, and survived the final cut with ease.
I'm now eagerly awaiting my new sun glasses, which will fall into the "Boys and Toys" category once again, because they're ridiculously expensive, especially the prescription lenses which will have to be colored in a special way (fading from darker to lighter) and silver-coated.
The slick aerodynamic thin-plated metal frame is German (ic! berlin), and it's quite 'fast'. Together with the specially crafted lenses, it looks quite ... well ... not like me, which is probably why I'm buying them ;) I'm not entirely sure from memory, but I think it's one of the three below; very probably the second one, judging by the color and shape of the lenses.
Anyway, you get the general idea.
I'll be back with those next week, I guess. Keep an eye out (har har).