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by Stacie Kress Booker
Florida Trend’s Lifestyles writer Stacie Kress Booker uploaded her photo and “tried on” four pairs of glasses. Above, she is shown wearing Trevi: $49.95
Orbit: $34.95 Burberry: $79.95 West: $34.95
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EyeBuyDirect.com offers a virtual dressing room. Upload a photo of yourself, select the styles you want and the program will try the glasses on your photo. You can share the photo with friends, family and EyeBuyDirect’s online community to get feedback.
The company’s frames start as low as $6.95 to $99.95 for Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Armani and Diesel frames. You have to take your own eye measurements and send them in with your order. It helps to have a friend on call to ensure accuracy when measuring.
Delivery takes about two weeks.
Bryan Miller- before Bryan Miller- After
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Bryan Miller
Attorney, Gunster
A glasses-wearer for most of his life, 33-year-old Bryan Miller made the switch from round, wire rims to an edgier, black rectangular frame nearly four years ago. “I was one of the first people in my law firm to start wearing plastic rim glasses.” His frames are by SEE Eyewear, an optical boutique that features its own designs at moderate prices. Miller has gone through four pairs of the same glasses in four years. During his last trip to SEE’s CityPlace store in West Palm Beach, he learned his frame style had been discontinued, so he bought the last two pairs.
» Price: SEE Eyewear frames start in the mid-$200s.
» Where: SEE Eyewear. The nationwide chain has four locations in Florida: Tampa, South Beach, Winter Park and West Palm Beach.
Fran Kaufman
Fran Kaufman
Art consultant/director,
palmbeach3
Fran Kaufman, director of Palm Beach’s renowned art festival palmbeach3, shops for eyewear abroad. She bought her signature ruby red Alain Mikli frames during a trip to Arezzo, Italy. “Design,” says Kaufman, “is really, really important, not necessarily by label but by what feels good, what fits your face and your style.”
» Where: Alain Mikli designs can be found at fine eyewear stores such as Edward Beiner,
with nine boutiques, all in Florida.
