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I'm going to need a new pair and my insurance will pay a good chunk of the cost. I don't want to buy at the end of a trend and then look old fashioned in a few months. I stopped reading fashion magazines years ago.
You might want to provide a little more information about yourself and your vision before looking at possible styles. Are you male or female? Are you nearsighted or farsighted? Do you need reading glasses? Will you be wearing progressive lenses? Do you need glasses to correct for a significant astigmatism?
For example if you need progressive lenses the lens height must be large enough to accommodate a progressive lens. If you have a severe astigmatism the thickness of the lens (even ultra thin lenses) will be heavier and you will want to look at a frame that is as light as possible. After that, the decision will also depend on the shape/size of you face.
When you look at new trends be sure it will work for you specific vision issues.
I'm going to need a new pair and my insurance will pay a good chunk of the cost. I don't want to buy at the end of a trend and then look old fashioned in a few months. I stopped reading fashion magazines years ago.
I think there are a lot of trends now, but what works depends on the lenses you need and your face shape. I think neutral and clear frames are in, as are lightweight/minimalist metal (gold colors especially) frames. Retro and sporty styles are also in. I just got a new pair to wear for anti-fog purposes from Zenni and they are rose gold metal cat eye frames.
Glasses frames are still trending large. Now, aside from a variety of heavy-looking frames in a wider variety of colors and color combinations than ever before, there's a new trend toward lighter, i.e. thinner, frames, but still oversized, some of them very artsy-looking. I can see this moving in the direction toward wire-rims. rather than big egghead-looking plastic frames, but still oversized.
Eventually, the trend will swing back toward smaller frames, but I think we're still a few years away from that. However, if you like smaller frames, those are still being designed and sold, but the trick is to find a store that has a nice selection of them.
Personally, I think that anything goes with glasses right now.
Retro / vintage is always going to be an option.
I've had the bigger, retro-style, geeky frames for a while and I'm getting tired of the same old, same old... I'm looking for something smaller and more feminine for a change.
I'm just glad that glasses are "in" because me and contacts don't get along!
Just buy something timeless. Trying to keep up with fashion trends is impossible, and totally overrated. I've been wearing frameless Silhouette glasses for about 25 years. Lightweight, lenses are big enough to be progressive, and they last. You might go take a look at RayBan frames, they have some pretty classic styles that never go away.
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