A small complaint about eyewear

[dewline]

A friendly acquaintance recently got new eyeglasses, and thereby put me in mind of a long-standing beef with the eyeglass designers of the world. At least the ones whose products get to the opticians I can visit in person: I don't like vertically-narrowed lens-frames.

What's available is getting slimmer along the vertical by the year, and I can't help but feel like my eyes are under more physical threat from the elements as a result.

Comments

[hawkward.livejournal.com]

I used to work at Pearle Vision in the late '80s-early '90s, which were the huge-plastic-frame days and the round-metal-frame days. To today's aesthetic, they look really dated and goofy, but yeah, they certainly gave you more coverage. Especially if you're a bifocal or progressive lens wearer; plenty of room for the reading area at the bottom of the lens. Nowadays, it's tough to find a frame deep enough for a progressive.

Because of the shape of my face, I prefer the shallower lens height. But as I lose weight, my face thins out and rounder frames don't look so weird on me. Which is good, because I'm going to need bifocals sooner than later.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

With the way the age demographics are expected to trend for the next few decades, we won't be alone in that "need bifocals" category.

As for the rest of it, I think we're in lockstep agreement.