Specs! Now with photos!

[athenaltena]

I wasn't going to take these tonight, but one benefit of the crappy quality of the webcam is that it hides the big bags under my eyes from a week off too little sleep, too much stress and allergies. D:

These new ones actually aren't that different from my old ones in terms of shape, but I like the effect they have on my face (balancing out my wide forehead and jawline while emphasizing the arch of my eyebrows and shape of my eyes, yes I thought far too much about this), and it always bugged me the way the old ones ticked up slightly at the temples:

Getting photos of these without the glare of the screen interfering is harder than it looks:


Side view, to give a better sense of their shape:


And another. Also visible are my "hair antennae" in the front:


Also, these are technically men's glasses since they were in the "men's" section of the display, not that I care. Amusingly enough (or not) as I was browsing the frames in the women's section of the eye doctor's office they were called things like "Fun" "Flirty" and "Passion"... while the men's were things like "Legacy" "Boardroom" and "Confidence" among others.

... Really, eyeglass manufacturers? Really?

(Incidentally mine didn't have a name, just a model number, and are from a company called Tempo that makes them for both genders)

(And as a bonus the new curtains are visible in the background, though they're not actually that puke-green and are in fact more olive, once again it's the picture quality or lack thereof doing that)

Comments

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

Looks good!

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

I agree with your mom, they are nice..I like that invisable bottom of the eye glasses. gives more shape to your face.

smiling.. at first I didn't have the window open all the way and I thought the cartoon was your illustration to your new glasses, which are exactly the same.. funny.

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the lack of a bottom frame does certainly help. I tried on some ones that had a lower frame and they didn't look good at all.

The icon being the same is just a funny coincidence, really, since I've had it for a while and the avatar maker wasn't able to make ones like my old ones.

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

it was a coincidence that the cartoon matched.. but, very cute and funny.

[riverwynne.livejournal.com]

They look very nice on you. :)

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was a bit apprehensive about them at first, but they've grown on me.

[le-section-8.livejournal.com]

Your comment on frame names reminds me of those Harley Davidson frames they had on the market a few years back. They were all artsy and metal, since, as we all know, every murderous crack-snorting biker dude wants to wear a pair of overpriced specs on their head.

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember seeing those too and thinking that they were silly.