notbob wrote:
On 2010-04-10, aemeijers wrote:

The last pairs of eyeglasses I bought annoy the hell out me, because big
lenses are now out of fashion, so I have to retrain my head to look
through smaller lenses, and tune out the frames blocking my peripheral
vision.

It's all a marketing to get you to buy new frames every few years. I
also hate this current squinty-eyed frame fashion and will buy no new
ones till aviators come back around

Eyeglasses should be designed by engineers and ergonomic specialists,
not fashion designers. Form follows function, etc.

One option you might consider is industrial safety glasses. Most of
the new glasses I've bought in the last 20 yrs have been industrial
safety glasses. Surprisingly, prescription safety glasses frame
makers are more interested in your eyeball than the current trends,
although many suppliers have made great efforts to provide a good
compromise between eye coverage and fashion. In the end, it is safety
engineering that determines how they are designed. I doubt you'll
find many of those snow blindness slit frames.

Not only are there some surprisingly good designs out there, but as a
general rule, safety glasses frames are waaay cheaper than regular
frames, typically 50-70% cheaper, and also better made. I can't
remember ever paying more than $60 for frames. I had one pair that
was not only fairly fashionable, but were made of stainless steel.
Damn, I hated losing those babies. It pays to shop around for safety
frames as they are not the usual lines seen in Vogue and GQ and most
optometrists get them where they can, not whatever happens to be the
most likely to sell. I've rarely seen the same selection at any two
shops.

nb

Interesting, thanks