I know there are options available for you, because I have looked some of them up. For example, small and round is popular in steampunk circles, and several styles are available from the brand Koure. Here's an eBay link that I saved for myself...beautiful and very striking glasses from a well respected manufacturer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370087459507 But, they're round, and you said you want them slightly oval. I know Zenni, since you mentioned that site, has glasses in a round shape, but slightly oval is harder to find For your size, you might look in the kid's section. Here's an example of a perfectly round one from the childrens' section: http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=812&cat=0&page=1#largeimage I know also that "windsor frames" are becoming popular, as I've seen them recently at Pearle Vision and Target Optical. They're tiny and quite round, but not quite...the style that's currently expanding in popularity is subtly oval. Hope this helps! -- Chuck Knight On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 6:02 PM, OKB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I've had a certain pair of glasses for many years and the frame > recently broke (due to metal fatigue in the hinge). I've been > looking around online but I can't seem to find anything remotely > similar. I was wondering if any of you good folks had any tips on > this. > > A photo of me wearing the glasses can be seen here: > > http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/65535x65535/65535x65535/0/405458121758036138.jpeg___150_500_150_600_08a9f2db_.jpg > > On the frame it says "IMAGO Boreas". I gather that IMAGO is the name > of the company and Boreas is the name of the design, but this design > doesn't seem to be available anywhere anymore. > > There are several things I really like about these glasses, and these > are the features I've been unable to find. Some I can find > individually, but I can't find them all in combination. > > 1) They're small. By my measurements the lens is about 38mm wide and > 32mm tall. > 2) They're almost round but not quite (as per the measurements above). > 3) They're metal. > 4) They're black. > 5) The rims are wide. I don't mean thick front-to-back, but wide in > the plane of the lens (so they present a wide border when viewed from > the front). The earpieces are also fairly thick pieces of metal. > > I've searched a variety of sites, but I'm not having much luck. It's > difficult to find lens widths any less than 41mm, and those that are > smaller seem to be even shorter vertically, like 30mm or less, > resulting in a much more oblong shape. A lot of the lenses are 48mm > or wider, which seems way too wide to me. I bought a pair of round > frames from Zenni, but 41mm round is the smallest they have, and 41mm > is way too much in the vertical direction. Some sites offer a few > perfeclty round frame options, but they're much too large for my > tastes, and there seem to be few almost-round options; they jump > quickly to very oblong shapes. > > It seems difficult to find thick frames made of metal. I can find > thick black plastic frames, but most of the metal frames just have a > thin wire rim. > > Does anyone have any ideas about to locate something like this? I'm > willing to pay more than the bargain rates offered on many of these > websites, but I'm reluctant to pay a lot without knowing what I'm > getting first. Thanks for any help you can give. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
