I have a conundrum! (And I'm new to the community! Hiiii!)
For all you full-time glasses wearing folks out there, how do you solve the problem of wearing alternate eye wear (sunglasses, goggles, masks) while being able to actually see? Does anyone have any creative or cool solutions other than wearing contacts? I love my glasses but I want to make a kick-ass pair of goggles and am blanking on how to work around my (rather modern looking) glasses. I'd love to keep the two eyepiece look rather than the rectangle shaped monocular high school science goggles look but I'm open to all suggestions.
Edited to add suggestions from comments:
People recommended going to online stores and getting cheap glasses and then cannibalizing the lenses (which I totally should of thought of. doh!) or that a lot of online stores will use your frames if you have a pair you really like/are vintage. Some of the websites they mentioned:
39 Dollar Glasses
Opticals 4 Less
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Jas Townsend and Sons (period glasses)
For all you full-time glasses wearing folks out there, how do you solve the problem of wearing alternate eye wear (sunglasses, goggles, masks) while being able to actually see? Does anyone have any creative or cool solutions other than wearing contacts? I love my glasses but I want to make a kick-ass pair of goggles and am blanking on how to work around my (rather modern looking) glasses. I'd love to keep the two eyepiece look rather than the rectangle shaped monocular high school science goggles look but I'm open to all suggestions.
Edited to add suggestions from comments:
People recommended going to online stores and getting cheap glasses and then cannibalizing the lenses (which I totally should of thought of. doh!) or that a lot of online stores will use your frames if you have a pair you really like/are vintage. Some of the websites they mentioned:
39 Dollar Glasses
Opticals 4 Less
< ahref="http://www.zennioptical.com/">Z
Jas Townsend and Sons (period glasses)
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I would recommend following that tutorial, and instead of using sunglass lenses, buy a pair of eyeglasses with the right lens shape from Zenni Optical, which sells prescription glasses for as little $8 (single vision prescription price ranges from $8 to $26, depending on the frame style).
The lenses are good quality; I used zennioptical during the 3 years I had no vision coverage and I'd use them again for spare glasses or costume purposes. Their frame selection leave a little to be desired for everyday wear, but you'll be cannibalizing the lenses anyway.
Edited at 2008-09-27 03:23 pm (UTC)
I need to get my own prescription so I can mod some glasses!
I've always wanted to get other pairs of glasses to play dress up with since I'm a strictly glasses girl. I'm going to poke around and see what crazy ideas I can up with! Thanks for the information!
The other somewhat more expensive option is to get your goggles and have glasses lenses put into them. You could check at diving shops because I know several people who's dive goggles have glasses lenses.
With everyday clothes, they look normal, and with steamy clothes, they look victorian.
To "punk" them up, I'm planning on getting some jewelers loups to attach to them.
I don't have goggles yet, but I don't like the way they look when worn over the eyes, instead preferring them worn around the neck or on a hatband, so if I ever procure some, that's how I'll be wearing mine.
I have a set of these as well, but not had them converted yet, but they can be converted to presription lenses - as I presume most goggles could be.
http://studiofoglio.com/Merchant2/merch
Masks are a total pain, and only really work if you can build the mask onto the glasses - I have to wear contacts for this usually, which I really hate, me and my contacts don't get on.
I think the "wearing glasses whilst sporting a pair of goggles on the head that clearly will not fit over the first set" look is pretty terrible, avoid at all costs!
I disagree. While it makes sense to have prescription lenses installed in goggles, I'm certainly not going to be wearing them the entire time and I'm the kind of person who needs her glasses to find her glasses. If I switch off between my goggles and my glasses, it makes sense for my goggles to be around my neck or on my hat.
If the glasses really go with it it can work, but all too often I think an outfit is ruined and looks messy with 2 sets.
I can't see a foot in front of me without mine so I know the situation well (and in a recent photoshoot I nearly walked of a 6' drop because I was being overly stubborn about this particular pet peeve and only wearing the head set!)...I guess it's an annoyance that comes from the cyber goth/punk thing a few years back - I used to work in some clubs and just so often people had made such an effort to put together an outfit, complete with some goggles that looked like the Borg etc and then just thrown on the usual glasses, which just didn't go with the outfit at all. And it can happen in steampunk as well - but set off with some nice vintage specs it can look ok, good even, if done well.
Goggles are not the be all end all. Being creative to make a new alternative is a wonderful solution.
-S
I agree! There seems to be a thing that goggles must go with everything! I'll only wear them if the outfit calls for it - so a time travelling airship pilot...yes, a Victorian lady cum secret agent...no. Unless she's about to do a spot of welding.