Poll: Rate My Glasses

[jesse_the_k]

I’ve been wearing glasses for 65 years, and I’ve tried many shapes, styles, and colors. Inside the cut are two pics, with a wrinkled white woman with short hair, crumpled ears, crooked smile, and magnifying lens in metal glasses. I'd appreciate it if you'd answer this anonymous poll to let me know which style you think works best:

1. Browline, matte fuchsia thicker at upper corners, tapering to thinner by the nose, with very thin at the bottom



2. Round, uniform thickness, matte black on top third, matte olive on bottom two-thirds

Poll #34640

This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 48

My thoughts on your spectacles

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prefer 1 pink browline
20 (41.7%)

prefer 2 black round
17 (35.4%)

both are good
9 (18.8%)

neither really works
0 (0.0%)

details in my comment
2 (4.2%)

Comments

[muccamukk]

I'm biased for pink, but I really like the pink ones! I think the shape works better, and brings attention to your eyes. The round ones are a bit owlish? Which if you want to be owlish (which is a valid goal!) also look good. Either of them are perfectly cromulent glasses, whatever you decide.

Pink are definitely fun

[jesse_the_k]

Lucky I've got both, then :,)

Thanks for weighing in.

[julian]

I like the *color* of the pink ones, but it sticks out on top a little too much, somehow.

speaking of sticking out

[jesse_the_k]

(These were somebody's cheaters I borrowed just for a pic)

That's what it is -- the browline pair obscure my already-super-faint eyebrows.

Re: speaking of sticking out

[galadhir]

I like the ones you're wearing in this icon best of all.

Re: speaking of sticking out

[jesse_the_k]

Truly!?

Huh. It's in fashion right now, but sadly my lenses in frames this big would be so heavy I'd get pressure sores on my nose. (The ones pictured are +2. My glasses are +8)

[sanguinity]

Both work, slight preference for two (round). I'm not sure why, except perhaps I've seen you with round glasses so often in your icons that I consider it a more distinctively signature look for you? (As if I have any idea what your signature look might be, beyond the photos you've shared with us!)

But as I said, both work. Even though I voted for the second, I do like the touch of color on the first.

Signature? Machine-generated

[jesse_the_k]

Over the years I've had every possible shape, excepting lips, hearts, nor diamonds.

But I have had many ovals and rounds.

(Good thing I have both, then — I always need a backup pair.)

[thistleingrey]

I think both frames work well with your face; they just have different effects. The black/olive frames are more conventional, and the fuchsia ones are more "fun," pop of color. Which pair feels more comfortable while worn seems more important (and I don't need to know!). Thanks for letting us all peek in.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for weighing in!

[mecurtin]

I voted for Both, but my feelings in more detail are:

- pink is more sophisticated

- round is more nerdy, matches your icon. Your self-image?

[jesse_the_k]

Self-image always seems to be under construction. Good thing I have both (one's a backup).

Thanks for weighing in.

[davidgillon]

It's absolutely no help, but when faced with a similar choice last month, my sister went for both.

Not a problem

[jesse_the_k]

I own both, since I always have to have a backup.

Why not? Jewelry for the face.

[cmcmck]

Don't think I've seen a pic of you before! :o)

[jesse_the_k]

Waves!

[sovay]

My thoughts on your spectacles

I like the visual accent of the browline glasses, but I generally defer to which glasses make you look more like yourself to yourself and also which ones are easier to wear, handier for your vision etc. The two-toned round frames do not produce a wildly different result.

Thanks for weighing in!

[jesse_the_k]

One's a backup, now.

One's a tad more comfortable and the other has a tad better astigmatism correction.

It's always a coin toss.

[china_shop]

I prefer the shape of the second ones, but more colour would be cool. (Also, hi! *waves at you through the screen*)

Waves back & thanks

[jesse_the_k]

now I have a goal for my next pair!

(I turned down a pair that was white upstairs and canary yellow down.)

[redbird]

The shape of #2 works better, but I don't think the color works with your hair color. Maybe something like a brown tortoiseshell?

Oooo, thanks!

[jesse_the_k]

a new thing to contemplate.

[seascribble]

I think both look great, but I'm always gonna go for something with a little more pop (at least on other people).

Momma also pops!

[jesse_the_k]

Based in the glamorous glasses in your recent pic. (Which inspired this poll)

[full_metal_ox]

And now I have a face to attach to the nom de net!

Assuming that both are comfortable and function to your satisfaction, by all means get both if you can swing a 2-for-1 deal: one flamboyant and one studious. (That’s what my sister-in-law and I did together about a month ago; she got two colorways of tortoiseshell, one sandy-beach gold befitting Florida and one salt-and-pepper to harmonize with her personal coloring, and I got opaque dark teal plastic and sandwiched translucent amethyst-and-black plastic.)

...and another one!

[jesse_the_k]

More glasses are always better -- I admit I have a hot pink dress and hot pink straw hat which harmonizes nicely with pair #1.

Both pairs are already in my collection: a couple months after I get a new Rx, I install it in my previous frames. Life without glasses is a PITA. The answers here will inform my next pair.

[anais_pf]

You look more fun in the pink ones, more brainy in the dark ones. Both suit you.

Thanks for kind words

[jesse_the_k]

...and both cited qualities are ones I work towards.

[panisdead]

I like both of them and think they're both flattering on you! However, in the first photo (pink) I see the glasses first and you second, whereas in the second photo I just see you wearing glasses. Do with that what you like. :D

What an intriguing perspective

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for the kind words and for opening up the way I think about my glasses

[lunabee34]

I like them both, but I prefer the round frames.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for weighing in.

[susanreads]

I picked what looks good to me, but what counts is what looks good to you! For a previous pair I picked a frame that looked stylish, but it turned out that the reading part of my varifocals was too small in it, so I've gone back to a rounder frame.

Thanks for your kind words

[jesse_the_k]

Yes indeed a round frame does provide more room for the additional strength in the {bi|vari}focal.

While I've enjoyed rectangular spex for a couple decades, optimizing the actual vision correction part of the deal is paramount. I hope the rounder frame worked well.

[vass]

Both are good and suit you. Personally I like the round ones better.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for your kind words.

[galadhir]

I like the round ones best. The pink ones look a bit weird at the top - the corners stick out too much? They look like they're trying too hard.

You've put your finger right on it

[jesse_the_k]

That is one of the drawbacks to any rectangular frame + my prescription. Since the lenses magnify, the edge of my face bulges out where the temples must be to fit on my ears.