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Summary: Metal sunglasses make a great choice for women's sunglass frames. Learn more about the pro's and con's of metal women's sunglasses in this free video.
Stefan Czelusta is the office manager at Texas State Optical in Austin, Texas. He has worked in optics for more than nine years. Czelusta helps customers choose glasses, contacts and...read more
"As popular as metal frames are to men is probably the opposite being true with the women. Metal frames, they don't do as much. They haven't really marketed them as much to women. Because women generally, like I said before, prefer the bigger plastic styles. But we do offer, and the industry does offer metal sunglass frames for women. And we'll see a few. And you're going to notice some similarities between the plastics and the metals. This is actually a metal frame although it does have a plastic side here. So this is kind of a hybrid but the front of this frame is metal. Again very over sized. There actually is, it's almost a three part frame, it's plastic on the sides. Metal up in the front and then a little part of its rimless here. And I don't think it has a filament string so the lens is just being held in. This particular frame could not be done with a prescription. Because there's no way for that lens to be held in there with that spacing in there. But you do see a few metal frames. This is kind of a mini double bar. You'll see this kind in Hollywood and kind of the glam industry. A little of this double bar. You'll see some super stars and movie stars wear them. Again, metal frame, very basic, very simplistic but they're always adding a touch of color and style to the side. Always trying to embolden the frame constantly. These are more adjustable than the plastic ones as they are metal. And in all of our frames the metal ones are always more adjustable. However they just don't offer that many more options in the metal frame as they do the plastic. So that's generally why women prefer the plastic frames."
eHow Article: Metal Women's Sunglasses