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Features of the Oliver sunglasses

July 27th, 2010 by Ray Didia No comments »

It begins with the foundation of the Oliver Peoples when Larry Leight was deeply attracted by the vintage styles of the eyewear. Then he created the Oliver Peoples brand in honor of Oliver Peoples who used to be the distributor of the vintage eyewear. Oliver sunglasses are the main products of the Oliver Peoples brand.

In fact, the 1980s and 1990s are the very important for Oliver sunglasses, because they set off a significant retro trend in sunglasses history, being different from the other sunglasses brands. Larry Leight, the founder also the chief designer of the Oliver glasses, is the main contributor to success of the Oliver glasses brand. His influential designs have mostly changed the course of the eyewear, and have actually inspired many other eyewear designers with his creative and novel designs.

Oliver sunglasses have several distinctive features compared with other brands sunglasses.

All the Oliver sunglasses are meticulously handcrafted with high quality materials. In order to produce the Asian’s fit sunglasses, they even collaborate with the Japanese eyewear manufacture to design the face match frames especially. The pursuit of perfection on design and manufacture of the Japanese made the Oliver sunglasses to be extremely comfortable.

Most of the Oliver sunglasses are retro-styled, using the vintage frames, details and colors. Being considered to be classic, timeless, sophisticated, chic, and nice, Oliver sunglasses are the top sunglasses all over the world

Oliver sunglasses are most favorite choice by lots of the celebrities and Hollywood stars. Oliver glasses are usually lack of branding or visible logo, but can be easily recognized by the distinctive elements. The lack of the logo seems to be low keyed but the same time particular.

Oliver sunglasses know that a thing is valued if it is rare, so the sales of the sunglasses are strictly limited to a specific number to guarantee the dignity of the brand.

All the above mentioned features of the Oliver sunglasses are the reasons why the brand can keep fashionable for a long time. If you wisely own a pair of Oliver glasses, you will never be out of the fashion trend.

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Men Sunglasses—Must haves for Coolness

July 27th, 2010 by Ray Didia No comments »

In a time when people are increasingly awareness of aesthetic appreciation, men sunglasses leap into must-haves for coolness. A pair of stylish man sunglasses brings out not only your personal taste but also temperament. Do you want to be distinctive among the crowd? Variety of men sunglasses below may help.

Oversized men sunglasses always go over big. Men sunglasses branded Gucci, Tom Ford Eyewear and YSL are inclined to continue such a style. Two oversized coffee or black lenses banded with a plastic frame or a metal frame make a pair of man sunglasses bring you back to the past times, modern but familiar. Indigo lenses with metal frames are another fashion trend. Men sunglasses cool tone colored with a simple style enhance grace and ease of modern men.

Another special man sunglasses—Tom Ford Tanning Goggle is for all the trendy men who are fond of taking holidays. No matter they are on the beach enjoying the sunshine or lie in chairs breathing fresh air, in a pair of Tom Ford Tanning man sunglasses endowed with smooth and evasive frame, they will no longer embarrass themselves with impressions. The hand made rose gold color frame and high quality lenses make itself the gem of collection.

It is always believed that clothes make the man, however, that men sunglasses provide the barometer of lifestyle overthrows this claim. Men sunglasses ranging from stylish optics to “back in the day” model are worth to be recommended to make a man cool.

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The legend of horn-rimmed sunglasses

July 27th, 2010 by Michael Bansal No comments »

When you hear somebody saying sunglasses made of buffalo horn, never get surprised. Currently, eyeglass and sunglass frames are allowed to be made of a couple of strange materials, like wood, bone, horn, leather, semi-precious or precious stones. Most of these materials have applications to different degrees. In particular, horn is a material that is worth particular mentioning in the eyewear history. The reason is that there is a typical product called horn-rimmed sunglasses that have been around for many decades. Some long-term eyewear users may have heard of this classic item. It is officially defined as a type of eyewear with frames made of horn or tortoise shell. Until now, this definition has been extended and plastic frames that simulate these two materials are also included. The originally used horn or shell gave this name. And modern eyewear manufacturers are definitely able to utilize these natural materials again.

The legend of horn-rimmed sunglasses lies in that this product has exactly set a standard in the long eyewear history. Since its first time of being popular in the 1910s, this classic design has been around for approximately one century. And the miraculous point is that horn-rimmed glasses have never fell back out of fashion completely. Dating back particularly to the pre-World War II era, the horn-rimmed design was one of the most popular choices made by customers, partially because of the lack of eyeglass styles. After that, eyeglasses and sunglasses with a horn-rimmed design have experienced several crests and troughs from one decade to another. The most critical fact is that these glasses are still widely available in the modern market. This rugged experience differentiates this design from most of the others.

It is hard to find some celebrities who wear regularly wood glasses, gold glasses or stone glasses. But in its long history, the fame of horn-rimmed sunglasses has been contributed by lots of celebrities. The most influential example is Harold Lloyd, who wore a pair of horn-rimmed eyewear in all of his movies from 1910s to 1940s. Horn-rimmed glasses were worn by George Reeves’ character Clark Kent in the original TV series Adventures of Superman in the 1950s. Following that, renowned users include Senator Barry Goldwater, Elvis Costello, Bill Gates and Adam Savage.

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What should you know about prescribed glasses?

July 27th, 2010 by Michael Bansal No comments »

Usually called prescription or Rx eyeglasses, prescribed glasses refer to all forms of spectacles that are used for vision correction. Currently there are a very huge number of individuals who have to rely on these devices on a part-time or full-time basis. The reason for the naming of prescription eyewear is that these devices should be prescribed by an eye doctor. According to the U.S. laws, prescription medical devices are not allowed to be sold without a valid prescription. Rx eyewear is strictly under this regulation. Of course, there is the opposite point called non-prescription or Plano eyewear. Regular sunglasses and protective glasses belong to the latter group. Most people know that nearsighted and farsighted patients are target user of Rx eyeglasses. But conditions like astigmatism and presbyopia are usually beyond their consideration. To be exactly, there are mainly four visual problems that require the use of prescription eyewear, namely myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Since prescribed glasses are a medical device involving a patient’s eye health, the Federal Trade Commission in the United States requires that only an eyewear prescriber can prescribe an eyeglass prescription. Exactly, only eye doctors including optometrists and ophthalmologists have this permission. Another common role named optician only has the right to dispense, fit or adjust prescription eyeglasses. In addition, each patient has the right to ask the doctor for a copy of his or her prescription at the conclusion of an eye exam. From another perspective, the prescriber should give such a copy immediately following the exam. With a valid prescription, it is feasible to get Rx glasses from other local and online sources.

During a comprehensive eye exam, there are a couple of eye tests that may be carried out. Most of them are really necessary if the patient wants to get an exact pair of prescribed glasses. Using a projected eye chart, visual acuity test will be conducted to measure the sharpness of the patient’s vision. There are usually letters of different sizes and directions to be recognized. Color blindness test will usually be taken to rule out color blindness. Some other common tests include visual field test, cover test and retinoscopy.

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Two types of Smith goggles

July 26th, 2010 by Stephen Simon No comments »

As protective Smith glasses, Smith goggles can prevent particulates, water and chemicals from hurting the eyes by enclosing the eye area. Ordinary goggles are used in chemistry laboratories, woodworking, horse racing, snow sports and swimming. But Smith goggles are mainly available in two areas that are snow goggles and motor sport goggles.

Smith snow goggles have six kinds of series, namely, Turbo Fan series, Spherical series, Regulator series, Airflow series, Junior series and Over The Glass. The Smith glasses of Turbo Fan feature spherical and carbonic-x lens with TLT optics, patented Vaporator lens technology, articulating outrigger positioning system and two-speed, micro-electronic fan. The Heiress and Anthen types of Spherical series are the first choice in women’s Smith goggles. The Smith glasses of Regulator series are distinctive because they have patented regulator adjustable lens ventilation. Most of the Smith glasses of Airflow series are manufactured with dual lens with Airflow lens ventilation and the Junior series of Smith goggles are molded and dual-slide strap adjustable. Over The Glass series of Smith goggles are usually compression-molded and offer hypoallergenic face foam.

Smith motor sport goggles are divided into Moto series and Snowmobile series. Smith glasses of Moto series are equipped with new air intake system for on-demand airflow and that of Snowmobile series offer in-lens tear offs posts.

Besides the functional (security) and quality concerns of Smith goggles, comfort and helmet compatibility are also important, since they affect the performance of players in snow sports and motor sports. All Smith glasses in goggle types ensure superior helmet compatibility.

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Rimless titanium eyeglasses

July 26th, 2010 by Stephen Simon No comments »

Among all the eyeglasses materials, titanium is the most popular metal which is used to make lightweight rimless spectacles. One very famous patented titanium material is flexon, also called memory metal. Rimless titanium glasses become more and more popular because of lightweight, invisibility and its fashion features.

Rimless titanium spectacles are normally of high price due to the premier material and the workmanship involved in the making of rimless titanium eyeglasses. But now some online stores like Firmoo offers affordable prices for this high-end collection. In optical stores, the rimless titanium will cost you up to 500 dollars. But online store offer designer rimless spectacles in half price. Even in some overseas online retailer websites, they only offer 50 dollars for rimless titanium ones. In addition, these websites offer large amount of titanium rimless styles for selection. Anyway, 50 dollars’ price is worth to have a try.

Rimless titanium glasses, like other rimless spectacles, need stronger lenses to screw the two temples and the nose bridge together. Regular plastic lenses are not capable of the joining. Even so, rimless titanium glasses are still easy to be crooked and therefore need adjustments.

The best possible rimless titanium frame is to use the flexon. Flexon make the rimless titanium eyeglasses less vulnerable to resist the shape change and make the glasses last longer before next adjustment. Flexon has the attribute of restoring to its previous shape after being twisted or bended. But never intentionally wrench your rimless titanium just for showing off to your peers.

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XXL eyeglasses for men both big and tall

July 26th, 2010 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Every eyeglass buyer is highly encouraged to measure his or her own head size and nose size before going to a local or online optical store. It is true that some customers do not carry out this task as required. In fact, it is easy for regular people to get a comfortable and fit pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses. In general, eyewear comfort and fit will be mainly determined by the match-up between the frame size and the wearer’s face size. Since regular eyewear products feature a certain degree of flexibility, most customers can adjust to typical items. In typical, a frame size can range from 44 to 52. These sizes are acceptable for most eyewear users. However, there are still XXL eyeglasses, which have extra large frames. A frame size between the above ranges is not enough in a pair of XXL glasses.

It is unsurprising that there are definitely some people who have an oversize face. In most cases, these men are both big and tall. An explanation to the existence of XXL eyeglasses is that it is widely recommended and proven by eye care professionals that the wearer’s face size and the frame size should be approximately in scale. According to this guideline, big and tall men with an unusually large face are strongly encouraged to choose XL glasses. Imagine a small eyewear hanging on a big guy’s face. It can be cute and funny. For this group of customers, it is a necessity to evaluate in detail related frame sizes. This work can not be eliminated as people with a regular face size do.

After measuring personal face size, the nest step is to read the numbers on the temple of a target frame. There are three standard size numbers, explaining respectively the lens width, the bridge size and the temple length. A typical example can be 45-19-145. A frame of these sizes may be feasible for ordinary individuals. But it will be completely infeasible for a big and tall guy. Instead, such a guy will typically need XXL eyeglasses imprinted on the temple 58-20-155.

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Basic guidelines on eyeglasses spectacles

July 26th, 2010 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Some people may find it difficult to know clearly the situation in the current eyeglasses spectacles market. In this article, we try to give the guidelines on some of the most important aspects of eyewear. Frame material deserves our first consideration. The conclusive words are that eyeglass frame material market has been greatly diversified, compared with the situation one or two decades ago. Even if any workable materials are possible to make eyeglass frames, the most commonly used materials are plastics and metals. The current situation in this world is that traditional plastics and metals have been nearly abandoned by most eyewear manufacturers. They are replaced by new plastics and various types of metals with superior attributes. Stainless steel, titanium and memory metal are some of the most popular.

Advances can also be seen in the eyeglass lens industry. Modern eyeglasses spectacles can take advantage of advanced lens materials and lots of assisting coatings. The most advanced and popular lens materials include high-index plastics and polycarbonate. Taking use of these basic materials, lens technologies have made available many advanced forms of lenses, such as aspheric lenses, wavefront technology lenses and photochromic lenses as well as polarized lenses. Furthermore, users can also gain additional help from some assisting lens coatings that are widely applied, like anti-reflective coating, scratch-resistant coating and anti-fog coating.

Another important point of the current eyewear market is the availability of frame styles, which determine the wearer’s general appearance. Eyeglasses spectacles currently come in mainly full-frame, semi-rimless and rimless styles. Other decorative elements contain multi-colored inlays, composite materials, designer emblems and insets of precious stones. Some have become quite stylish as fashion accessories, especially those rimless pairs.

The changes that have been made in lens functionality are also worth mentioning. The basic point is that those single-vision lenses are to some extent losing popularity. More and more people especially presbyopic patients turn to multifocal lenses, like bifocals, trifocals, and progressive lenses. Glasses made of these lenses can bring more visual help.

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Criteria of Night & Day contact lenses

July 25th, 2010 by William Krause No comments »

Night & day contacts lenses have now been accepted by many consumers. However, the emergence of night day contact lenses does not come into being till recent years. Because, different from traditional lenses, night & day contact lenses are much difficult to produce. As for any manufacturers, they have to overcome some difficulties in producing night & day contact lenses. Following are some common items that are needed to be noticed when making night day contact lenses.

The problem of security should be put into first consideration when making night & day contact lenses. As it is known that night day contact lenses will stay in the eyes all-day-long, the safety of these products are of vital importance. And this is the overriding aspect when people decide to purchase them. Some special biomaterials have been invented and the problem of safety has been solved. Especially, some night & day contact lenses have won the approval of FDA, which is an authorized institution for safety appraisal.

All the night & day contact lenses should make the eyes of wearers always wet. In most cases, wearers find they are suffering from very serious eye dryness. One of the most important problems that night day contact lenses should solve is combating dryness. Because night day contact lenses will be worn during the night time, they must have high level of moisture. Only sufficient moisture can ascertain the eyes are always comfortable.

All the night & day contact lenses should let oxygen go through them. Oxygen is very important for the metabolism of eyes. Many designers of night & day contact lenses have used to try all their best to produce lenses with such functions. Now, some lenses are very typical, such as CIBA night vision night day contacts lenses, etc.

All the night & day contact lenses should resist eye allergy. Many people have very sensitive eyes, and they do not want to handle the lenses every day. Therefore, night day contact lenses are ideal choices. However, the lenses should first combat allergy itself. Of course, as for this problem, some night & day contact lenses, made from special materials, have been put into the market, so as to cater for people’s needs.

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One hour service and Lens Crafters

July 25th, 2010 by William Krause No comments »

Lens Crafters is one of the handfuls of optical retail brands in America offer one hour service to the buyers of eyeglasses. This service frees the patients from the hassles of coming back and forth for eye exam, choosing the frames and lenses and finally picking up the eyeglasses. As a new thing in the recent years, the one hour service of Lens Crafters was discussed in the boards hotly. There are pros and cons for this new matter.

Lens Crafters once started the one hour service as a way of promotion just like other retailers. Some insiders from Lens Crafters revealed that it is very costly to keep a simple yet full-functional optical lab behind the store due to the equipments and human costs. Normally one Lens Crafters store doesn’t have too many traffic and orders per day, it is uneconomical to provide this service. It is more rational to set up a convergent regional lab for a couple of Lens Crafters stores just like before.

As eyeglasses are medical devices, some eye care professionals argue that one hour service of prescription eyeglasses will increase the variances of lenses powers, thus affecting the prescription accuracy. One Lens Crafters store won’t stock every possible prescription lenses customers need. In order for one-hour delivery, some opticians may choose to enlarge the lenses strength tolerances by using the available inventory lenses. This enlarged tolerance is harmful to patients’ eye health. On this point one hour service of Lens Crafters only works for the simplest prescriptions.

Investment on one pair of eyeglasses is not small, so people usually think the eyeglasses need delicate and big job to be fitted and done. One hour service of Lens Crafters gives the consumers the feeling that eyeglasses can be done in one hour therefore the quality of eyeglasses is also in the manner of fast food. Of course, this is truly a misperception, but on the hand shows that the one hour service is probably a failing strategy.

Another argument centers on whether it is necessary for patients to use one hour service. In fact only very few customers who don’t have backup glasses break their only eyewear may ask for the quickest possible delivery.

It was heard that the Lens Crafters was testing to get rid of one hour prescription in some of its stores. Maybe the answer is pretty apparent after above analysis.

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