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CliC Magnet Readers
Posted June 23rd, 2010 by Judy : Quality Control Manager
CliC Reader
Have ya’ll seen these yet? CliC’s are my new favorite reading glasses! Why? Because I don’t lose them! Ever! I’m sure most of you know that I inspect glasses and lenses all day, looking at small details, then refocusing on larger things. Then I’m on the phone, on the computer, talking to everyone. So, I’m constantly taking my glasses on and off. I used to leave my readers everywhere. My purse, in a drawer, on the desk, under paper, behind the phone. You know what I mean. THEN, we got these new CliC readers! I un-click them and they hang securely around my neck. When I need them again, I simply click. Amazing. I have every color! And, the temples are adjustable. I can wear them low or high on my nose. Love it! You will, too!
Judy : Quality Control Manager at ReadingGlasses.com
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tags: CliC, designer, fashion, frames, Judy's Blog, Quality Control
Plastic Frame Materials
Posted June 10th, 2010 by Peggy : Ask Peggy
Here’s a little info on what all of those plastic frame materials are all about.
- We feature handmade acetate plastic quite a bit since it allows a frame to be colored in many rich hues, such as different shades of brown or beautiful rich tortoise. Sometimes you will see two or three colors layered in an acetate frame.
- Injection molded frames come in all sorts of beautiful shapes and colorizations.They fit really well and are available at great prices.
- Sometimes you will see nylon temples. These are really great for active lifestyles since they are really tough and lightweight.
I go back and forth between plastic and metal frames. Which are my favorites? It depends. When I use my plastic sun readers for a headband, I don’t have to worry about those little nose pads getting stuck in my hair!!!
Peggy
tags: acetate, Ask Peggy, frames, injection molded, knowledge base, nylo, plastic
Okay, some folks prefer metal frames. Here’s why:
- Stainless Steel: These readers are incredibly lightweight and are hypoallergenic.
- Titanium: Strong, lightweight, and wonderful for people with nickel allergies.
- Monel: Excellent strength and easy to adjust.
- Aluminum: They hold color dyes really well, making them absolutely gorgeous.
Metal frames are usually very lightweight and easy to adjust. The nosepads are usually made of silicone and are quite comfortable. AND, you’ll very often find spring hinges in metal frames.
Peggy
tags: aluminum, Ask Peggy, frames, information, metal, monel, stainless steel, titanium
Maui Jim Ho'okipa HT Reader
Ahh, summer. Time for trips to the lake, barbecues, and 4th of July parades. Time for halter tops, linen shorts, convertibles, and tan lines. And too make sure you can enjoy it all in style: time for a new pair of shades. That’s where ReadingGlasses.com can help. Sure, we have a full line of sun readers—perfect for poolside reading or crosswords in the hammock—but we also have a great selection of sunglasses for strolls on the beach, golfing, tennis, boating, driving, or just looking good. Our favorites are the sunglasses and sun readers from Maui Jim, people who know a thing or two about bright, sunny days. We carry every style, from the Kapalua to the Ho’okipa; from the Stingray to the Hibiscus. All great looking. All with the best lenses you’ll find anywhere.
So go to ReadingGlasses.com, where the service is always friendly and the shipping is free in both directions.
Aloha
tags: designer, HT, Maui Jim, metal, non-prescription, plastic, polarized, rimless, Sun Readers, Sunglasses, UV
Eye Glasses of Old
Posted May 27th, 2010 by Peter
For 600 years, style and science has marched hand in hand to produce better living.
- 1260 – Glasses with immense crystal lenses set it frames of carved ivory were worn by Chinese aristocrats.
- Chinese spectacles. Tortoise shell rims with cord ear-pieces and movable carved nose-pieces; used in China 250 years ago.
- Old Chinese spectacles. Rims of horn; sides hinged, with sold round ends for clamping against the head.
- 1550 – In the days of Good Queen Bess, glasses were widely worn. They had large round lenses with horn rims.
- Eyeglasses of the 1300′s. The frames is of bone and pivots on a rivet. They clamped on the nose.
- Eyeglasses typical of the 1500′s – of horn, with bridge constructed to give it “spring.”
- German eyeglasses of about 1650. Some has holes in the rims, through which cord was strung and looped over the ears.
- In the early 1700′s, spectacles were invented with metal sides ending in large loops that clamped against the temples. These are of iron, with inner rims of horn.
- George Washington wore these spectacles. They have hinged sides ending in loops. A ribbon could be run through the loops to tie the spectacles on.
- 1780 – Benjamin Franklin, inventor of bifocals. He halved and combined his distance and his reading lenses.
- This “wish-bone” lorgnette has elaborate arms of sliver and is of a style popular in France under the Directoire.
- A tiny spy-glass form the pivot of this fan.
- An ivory lorgnette of pre-Revolutionary France. It was in reality a “spy-glass,” used for distance seeing.
- 1830 – Spectacles were used for indoor tasks; but in public, a lady invariably carried a small lorgnette.
- Spectacles of 1800, with sliding ear-pieces adjustable in lenght.
- Folding gold lorgnette with pivot badge. About 1848.
- Spectacles of 1860, which hair-chin frame of blue steel wire.
- Folding oxford of 1875, with rims of thin shell and bridge of flat blue steel.
- Another style of oxfords of 1875, with flat-blue steel nose springs and lenses rimmed with hair-thin blue steel.
- Tortoise shell and gold lorgnette with a hinged bridge. About 1830.
- A “quizzer,” or monocle for the hand,” popular in the middle 1800′s. This one embodies its owner’s watch key.
- 1900 – Pince-nez glasses were quite the thing. These daring young women wear theirs on a ribbon.
- The first of the “modern” spectacles. Thin wire frames of blue steel; side that curve behind the ears.
- Quaint old eyeglasses with fan-shaped, cork-faced nose guards and reinforced nose-bridges.
- Old French eyeglasses, pince-nez, rimmed with silver; cork nose guards and intricate spring bridge.
- Two little prongs to fit in the eyepits helped hold these old glasses at the proper angle.
- Old French pince-nez eyeglasses with cork guards and high arched silver bridge.
- Old French rimless spectacles, with tiny lenses; ribbon bridge and ear-pieces of sliver.
- An oxford of about 1900, finely wrought in sold gold with gadroon engraved rims.
tags: history, information, knowledge base, retro, timeline
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