Sunglasses that work well with a Fedora?

Zombie_61 · Jun 29, 2018

^ I don't care for plastic frames at all. Like most people one of my ears is lower than the other, and the end result is that any pair of glasses I put on my face will usually sit at least a little crooked. With metal frames a subtle bend here or there will solve the problem, but it's more difficult to do that with plastic frames and achieve satisfactory results.

Yours don't look bad on you at all, but I completely understand discomfort being an issue.

scottyrocks · Jun 29, 2018

Zombie_61 said:
^ I don't care for plastic frames at all. Like most people one of my ears is lower than the other, and the end result is that any pair of glasses I put on my face will usually sit at least a little crooked. With metal frames a subtle bend here or there will solve the problem, but it's more difficult to do that with plastic frames and achieve satisfactory results.

Yours don't look bad on you at all, but I completely understand discomfort being an issue.

I have achieved said satisfactory results by holding usually an earpiece over my lit zippo for a few seconds. Bend it into shape, then run under cold water for a few seconds and voila!

scottyrocks · Jun 29, 2018

T Jones said:
The lid is a Royal Stetson clone of it's own Open Road. Still an Open Road as far as I'm concerned. The shades? My optometrist told me they were a well known designer brand, but I forgot which designer brand they are. To me, they're overpriced prescriprion China made junk that my insurance paid for. I like the polarized lenses but I hate these uncomfortable China junk designer frames!

If they are so uncomfortable, why, pray tell, did you choose them? Weren't there any others that were more comfy?

Zombie_61 · Jun 30, 2018

scottyrocks said:
I have achieved said satisfactory results by holding usually an earpiece over my lit zippo for a few seconds. Bend it into shape, then run under cold water for a few seconds and voila!

I've had marginally good results by holding them in hot tap water, tweaking them a bit, then sinking them in ice water until they retain their new shape. If I'm lucky, this won't result in one of the lenses popping out. I've tried the open flame method--Zippo lighter, candle, burner on the stove--but I always seem to either burn the plastic or make the frames so soft that they lose some semblance of their former shape. Fortunately, those were on inexpensive sunglasses that were easy to replace so I could try again, but I still prefer metal frames.

I was pleasantly surprised that the Maui Jim shades with their plastic frames fit so well, 'cause I wouldn't try to adjust them after what I paid for 'em.

T Jones · Jun 30, 2018

scottyrocks said:
If they are so uncomfortable, why, pray tell, did you choose them? Weren't there any others that were more comfy?

Well, with insurance they only pay so much on frames. Anything more comes out of pocket and I don't have extra. Anyway, when I complained they told me that they would give me half off on frames that I liked better when I came due, which should be about now....and they had very little to choose from in what I could afford at the time.

T Jones · Jun 30, 2018

Zombie_61 said:
^ I don't care for plastic frames at all. Like most people one of my ears is lower than the other, and the end result is that any pair of glasses I put on my face will usually sit at least a little crooked. With metal frames a subtle bend here or there will solve the problem, but it's more difficult to do that with plastic frames and achieve satisfactory results.

Yours don't look bad on you at all, but I completely understand discomfort being an issue.

I like plastic frames well enough for the simple fact that the nose pieces don't leave indentations at the bridge of my nose. I think it's the straight ear pieces on these that makes my glasses so irritating and uncomfortable to wear.

Nathaniel Finley · Jul 23, 2018

It’s not exactly that the glasses should fit the hat in my opinion. First, the glasses should fit the face then the hat should come in for a tight triangulation.

There are tons of webpages out there recommending different glass styles for different face shapes, same with different hat brim and crown styles for various faces and bodies.

Ray-Ban aviators give me the look I want to have and the Stetson dots the i so to speak, but this would be a totally different effect on a differently-shaped face.

Cheers,
Nathan

Fed in a Fedora · Jul 27, 2018

I get similar glasses from:
https://www.readingglasses.com/imagine-ii-l-bifocal-reading-sunglasses/?color=Matte Black

They go in and out of availability (currently not) but just keep watching. I have found them after a period of absence. They may be seasonal or just run out of stock. I get them in bifocals so I can use them while driving so I can see my dash when glancing down and see the road by looking back up.

Hope these work for you.

Fed

chicken1616 · Jul 27, 2018

I have prescription Oakley sunglasses I use while driving, but don't really need them for general use, and don't want to beat them up while walking around campus and going to class. I got these on Amazon, and for beaters, they look good with or without a hat, and if you drop or lose them, no big deal. They have lasted pretty well. These are the gold/green ones:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XZ7NV5B/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A2JGPI8MQWHYLA&psc=1

RJR · Jul 28, 2018

I wear transition lenses so I don't have to mess with/forget sunglasses.

bond · Jul 29, 2018

Yes to the above comments. I recently learned about the hat/sunglasses issue when I had my last eye exam or should say most recent ,and took inspiration from looking at vintage movies and the like . It seemed that wire frames are least conspicuous and less interfering with the overall impression when wearing a hat in a traditional sense as it relates to vintage time frame.

I ended up with a gumetal metal frame that’s an elongated round ish shape rather than square shape.
Although I am still fighting having to wear glasses ,I do wear them when driving , but not while wearing a hat at the same time!

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Zombie_61 · Jul 29, 2018

bond said:
...Although I am still fighting having to wear glasses ,I do wear them when driving...

I had my first eye exam when I was in my early- to mid-20s, and when my optometrist determined I needed only the most minor correction for my distance vision he gave me an excellent piece of advice: "Hold off on wearing glasses until you absolutely have to." He then explained that when we look at something our eyes focus on whatever we're looking at. But when we wear glasses with corrective lenses our eyes are actually focusing on the image in the lens and not on the object we're looking at. As such, our eyes and brains adjust to this and become dependent on those lenses in order for us to see properly. My distance vision is still 20/20, but when I reached my mid-40s it became necessary for me to start using reading glasses and now I can't read any small print without them because, as he said, my eyes have become dependent on them.

Fourman110 · Jul 30, 2018

Ray Ban Clubround Doublebridge....

GHT · Jul 30, 2018

These horn rimmed roundels have a 1920's appearance, but there's no name on the frame, nor anyway of identifying them. I just wear them because they are unusual.

It's not so much the sun glasses, as Esther's hats, they do give an air of style and enhance any appearance, as seen here with aviators.

Winston Carter · Jul 30, 2018

Can't go wrong with Aviators. Any tint. I like Purple, it's different.

Winston Carter · Jul 30, 2018

Old school square oversize plastic frames w/rose colored tint.

Hurricane Jack · Jul 31, 2018

Winston Carter said:
I like Purple, it's different.

I had a pair of small round wires in dark blue bottle that I really liked.

With all the weight loss for the part, I really liked Dennis Quaid's performance as Doc Holliday. It just made him look more tuberulaor.

scottyrocks · Jul 31, 2018

Nathaniel Finley said:
It’s not exactly that the glasses should fit the hat in my opinion. First, the glasses should fit the face then the hat should come in for a tight triangulation.

There are tons of webpages out there recommending different glass styles for different face shapes, same with different hat brim and crown styles for various faces and bodies.

Ray-Ban aviators give me the look I want to have and the Stetson dots the i so to speak, but this would be a totally different effect on a differently-shaped face.

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Cheers,
Nathan

I'm gonna have to agree with Nathaniel. The glasses must fit the face first. Only then will they have a chance of working with a well proportioned to the face hat.

Fed in a Fedora · Jul 31, 2018

I like the small round frames or the smaller frame RayBan Aviators.

This was back when I really was a...

Fed

Zombie_61 · Jul 31, 2018

Fed in a Fedora said:
I like the small round frames or the smaller frame RayBan Aviators...

That's why I chose the "pilot shape" frames I'm wearing in the last two photos in post #126--Ray Ban's regular Aviator lenses/frames are just too big for my face.

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