How Does an Eyeglass Frame Draw Attention?

"Four-Eyes"

You are like most people if you regard your first pair of glasses as bad news. Especially if you are a child or a teen, or if you have worries about showing your age, you may be distracted from choosing flattering frames by the feeling that no glasses can improve your looks. It will take at least one pair of glasses for these feelings to pass.

Human adaptability

You will begin noticing glasses on many people around you. It becomes hard to resist deciding what looks good and what does not.
Eyeglass frames can say many things about you. By looking at the choices others have made, you will come closer to deciding how you want your frames to look and what you want them to say about you.

That second pair

Here are some guidelines to help you choose your best look. Some people need to be alone with a mirror to pick frames; others feel better if someone they value contributes an opinion.
By and large, large faces with strong features welcome big frames; finer-boned faces look better when frames are small enough not to overwhelm.
Large frames in strong colors tend to say "look at my glasses!" Taking them off results in a genuine change in your look. You will need to decide whether there's some special reason you are drawn to this look--perhaps the persistent equation of glasses and intelligence still resonates with you. Perhaps your profession requires you to look assertive and authoritative. Some people wearing noticeable frames may seem to retreat behind them; consider whether you want a little barrier between you and those around you. If that's the case, you're on the right track to achieve it.
Similar considerations support the current fashion for thin metal frames or "invisible" ones. Wearing minimally-noticeable frames will draw onlookers more to your eyes. You look more the same with and without your glasses, and they provide less visual distance between you and those around you. Looking at old family pictures, we may come to the conclusion that "invisible" or very thin frames shout "middle-age" or even "old." Improvements in technology, however, make these frames a positive choice rather than a negative one, settling for what was most widely available.

"Ooh, love your new glasses!"

Fortunately, most frame shops offer a dazzling variety of looks, comfort and price. Unlike some retailers, who will impatiently nudge you to making a quick choice, optometrists and vision specialists expect you to take time making a choice of new frames. You are likely to get a better variety from which to choose if you can put your frame choices positively: "just a little bigger," "more like my hair-color," "jazzier," rather than playing endless rounds of "no, not that one." Allow enough time to make a choice you like. If you are happy with your new frames, the attention they draw will be just what you want!