Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Passes with Glasses

Dianne of Dianne in the Provinces fame, passed on “one of the neatest things” she has found: a website for buying eyeglasses online called Firmoo.com. You upload your picture and it lets you "virtually" try on glasses!

Dianne broke her gender neutral spare glasses on a trip and decided it was time for something non-neutral. She picked out a pair that compliments her hair and style and they were a whopping $40!

I know there are other eyeglass websites that do the virtual try-on and have attractive prices (just Google "eyeglasses" and shop around). But since I have no firsthand experience with them, I cannot recommend one, but Dianne seems happy with Firmoo.com, so there you go.

My own eyeglasses are gender neutral, but I have been thinking about getting girly glasses for girl time and going the online route to get them. I will definitely check out Firmoo.com when I do.

7 comments:

  1. Why online? You buy dresses and shoes in the store.

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  2. Hi, I have purchased from "BleuDame.com" for some edgy very inexpensive glasses to have some fun with...clear glass and all!
    Very prompt shipping.

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  3. That's way less than I paid and they look very sexy! Thanks for the tip, Stana!

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  4. I wonder how on-line eye glass places get the center of you eye? When I go for a new pair of glasses they measure the center of your pupil or where to put the bifocal on the lens

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  5. Meg --- Because the online eyeglass stores are less expensive.

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  6. Diana --- The Pupillary Distance (PD) is the distance in millimeters) between the centers of the pupils in each eye. With a metric ruler, you can measure it yourself or someone can measure it for you. My PD is 72.

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  7. Stana has it right. With help, I measured between the pupils before ordering. And when you upload your picture they have you click on each pupil so it knows where to center the glasses. As for why not at a store in person? I really liked being able to save the pictures and go back later to see if I still liked them. No hurries or "up-sells."

    And P.S. that picture sure isn't me. She looks kinda like Sarah Palin...

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