The Case for Trying On Frames You Wouldn’t Normally Pick
Most people walk into a fitting with a mental shortlist already narrowed down by habit, and skip straight past anything that doesn’t immediately look like them — which quietly rules out some of the best options before they’re ever tried on. Frames look different on a face than on a wall A shape or colour […]
How to Talk to Your Optician About What You Actually Want
Most people walk into an eyewear fitting with a vague sense of what they like and very little vocabulary for describing it — which makes it harder for even a good optician to help than it needs to be. Bring reference points, not just adjectives Saying you want something classic or modern leaves a lot […]
Why Store Lighting Changes How Your Glasses Actually Look
A frame that looks perfect under a boutique’s lighting can look noticeably different the moment it steps outside into daylight — which is less a trick of the store and more a genuine property of how light interacts with colour and material. Warm versus cool lighting shifts colour perception Most retail lighting leans warmer than […]
What Actually Happens During a Face Structure Analysis Fitting
Choosing glasses by simply trying frames on until one looks right is the default approach for most people, and it works well enough — but a proper face structure analysis goes a layer deeper than that. Measurements first, aesthetics second A fitting typically starts with the practical numbers — pupillary distance, bridge width, temple length […]
The Etiquette of Complimenting (or Not) Someone’s New Glasses
New glasses change a face more noticeably than almost any other accessory, which makes them one of the easier things to compliment well — and, done clumsily, one of the easier things to get slightly wrong. Why glasses are an easy compliment to give Unlike weight or grooming, glasses are an obvious, deliberate style choice […]
Choosing Eyewear for Corporate Headshots and LinkedIn Photos
A headshot gets looked at far more often, and far more critically, than almost any other photo taken of a professional — clients, recruiters, and colleagues form an opinion from it before they’ve heard a person speak. Glare is the single biggest risk Studio lighting and ring lights are unforgiving on standard lenses, and a […]
Choosing Eyewear for a Career Change or Personal Rebrand
A career change is one of the few moments people deliberately reconsider things about themselves they’d otherwise never question — and glasses, worn on the face every day, are often part of that reconsideration. Why glasses come up during a reinvention Moving from a corporate role into something more creative, or the reverse, often comes […]
Choosing Glasses That Suit Your Personality, Not Just Your Face Shape
Face-shape guides are a useful starting point for narrowing down what will sit well on a particular face — but followed too strictly, they can steer someone toward a frame that fits perfectly and still doesn’t feel like them. Face shape narrows the field, it doesn’t finish the job Knowing that round faces generally suit […]
Choosing the Right Eyewear for Your Wedding Day
Wedding photos last considerably longer than most other pictures taken of a person in a lifetime, which puts more pressure on a small decision — what to do about glasses — than it really deserves. A little planning removes most of that pressure. Contacts, glasses, or both Some people switch to contacts for the day […]
The Capsule Wardrobe Approach to Eyewear
A capsule wardrobe works by choosing a small number of pieces that combine well with everything else you own, rather than accumulating clothes that only work with one outfit. The same thinking applies surprisingly well to eyewear. Building around versatility, not variety Instead of collecting frames in every colour and shape that catches your eye, […]