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CAN YOU HELP ME?? ... need eyeglass frame advice!

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bill_madon@treesearch.com - 29 Sep 2007 06:07 GMT
DESPERATE FOR HELP!!

Where can I get large eyeglass frames?

I wanted to conform.  I tried the current (ugly) fashion craze, and
bought a pair of small frames.  But because of the reduced frame size,
the lenses sit so close to my eyes that my eyelashes continuously
brush against the inside of the lenses.  I could stand to wear them
only for one day.  Now they sit in a drawer, and I am wearing my old
large pair, which I repaired with epoxy.  Unfortunately I see the
epoxy is now beginning to crack.

Please can I get a link to a seller of large style frames?  Any advice
at all would be greatly appreciated.

Please post reply, or email me at otankgirl@nycap.rrSPAMLESS.com
(remove SPAMLESS).

Sincerely,
TankGirl
p.clarkii@gmail.com - 29 Sep 2007 11:44 GMT
On Sep 29, 1:07 am, bill_ma...@treesearch.com wrote:
> DESPERATE FOR HELP!!
>
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> Sincerely,
> TankGirl

perhaps an optical store could adjust the smaller frames so that they
sit further away from your face.  have you tried that?
Original TankGirl - 29 Sep 2007 15:46 GMT
> perhaps an optical store could adjust the smaller frames so that they
> sit further away from your face.  have you tried that?

I want plastic frames (the kind without nose pads).  I hate how nose
pads get grungy.  I clean my plastic frame glasses many times a day.
This is one reason why the epoxy repair on my old pair is beginning to
weaken.

Please can I get a link to a seller of LARGE style plastic frames?
Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.

Please post reply, or email me at otankg...@nycap.rrSPAMLESS.com
(remove SPAMLESS).

Sincerely,
TankGirl
MsBrainy - 29 Sep 2007 18:51 GMT
>> perhaps an optical store could adjust the smaller frames so that they
>> sit further away from your face.  have you tried that?
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>Sincerely,
>TankGirl

Try the big chain stores.  They are likely to have yesteryear frames at big
discounts.  You can buy such frames for approximately $10, and you can bring
it to your chosen optician for setting lenses.

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Original TankGirl - 30 Sep 2007 21:30 GMT
> Try the big chain stores.  They are likely to have yesteryear frames at big
> discounts.

I have already tried the big chain stores.  Not trying to insult you,
but how long has it been since you bought glasses?  The only thing
available these days are small, and more rarely, medium size frames.
I am looking for a link to a manufacturer of LARGE style frames.  25
years ago that was every manufacturer.  Today, style has completely
gone the other way.  Is there  such a manufacturer out there?  You
would think there would be at least one.  After many unproductive
hours in stores, optometrist show rooms, and on the internet, I have
not found them.  But I believe in my heart there is a market for
people who want large frames.  Is there not a company producing them?

Please post reply, or email me at otankg...@nycap.rrSPAMLESS.com
(remove SPAMLESS).

Sincerely,
TankGirl
Mike Tyner - 30 Sep 2007 23:21 GMT
> not found them.  But I believe in my heart there is a market for
> people who want large frames.  Is there not a company producing them?

Is your desire for large frames a fashion thing, or vision, or is it just
physically necessary for a good fit?  We may not know who sells big frames
but several folks here know how to solve frame problems. It would help if we
knew more about your goal.

When you hunted, were you comparing the frame numbers (eyesize and dbl), or
just eyeballing "largest?"

You could walk into a good-sized optical and ask to borrow their Frames
catalog for a few minutes. Ask them which manufacturers they can order, and
they may even cooperate and help you find something. Discontinued frames
aren't in that catalog.

Many old-store-stock frames (1970s-80s) are offered on eBay. There were lots
of big frames there, ten years ago when I was active.

I may have a few in the basement.

-MT
lena102938 - 01 Oct 2007 05:11 GMT
> You could walk into a good-sized optical and ask to borrow their Frames
> catalog for a few minutes. Ask them which manufacturers they can order, and
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Many old-store-stock frames (1970s-80s) are offered on eBay. There were lots
> of big frames there, ten years ago when I was active.

Big frames are back at least in sunglasses.
What means "ten years ago when I was active." ?

> I may have a few in the basement.
>
> -MT
Zetsu - 01 Oct 2007 13:24 GMT
Hello,

I think he means ten years ago he was active on ebay.

Big frames SUCK. How can you possibly want to look so silly in them,
it is a wonder to me. Actually all frames suck, just stop wearing them
altogether and cure yourself via the real stuff, which is rest methods.
Zetsu - 01 Oct 2007 14:17 GMT
I think it mean that ten years ago he was an active member of ebay,
buying and selling things.
Original TankGirl - 02 Oct 2007 17:59 GMT
> Is your desire for large frames a fashion thing, or vision, or is it just
> physically necessary for a good fit?  We may not know who sells big frames
> but several folks here know how to solve frame problems. It would help if we
> knew more about your goal.

Dear Mike,

Yes, it is a fashion thing.  I like the large frames.  I don't like
small frames, and 95% of what is available today are small frames.
The other 5% are only medium sized.

I did buy large frames from eBay, but the "nose bridge" is too wide,
and they keep sliding off my face.  If there is REALLY no manufacturer
of large frames on the Earth, I guess I am stuck with eBay.  (And I'm
sure there's a lot fewer large frames on eBay now, than 10 years ago).

Is there REALLY no manufacturer of large frames on the Earth?

Please post reply, or email me at otankgirl @ nycap . rr SPAMLESS .
com
(remove SPAMLESS).

Sincerely,
TankGirl
RT - 02 Oct 2007 22:24 GMT
Have you looked at eyeglasses.com
http://www.eyeglasses.com/index.cfm/a/catalog.catshow/catid/65/k/Retro-Ey
eglasses

a quick google search for large glasses frames turned up a bunch of hits.

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~RT

 
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