Now that spring has finally sprung, it’s time to take a look into this season’s hottest fashion eyewear trends which have been seen on the catwalks of our favourite designers. From Ralph Lauren to Prada, this season there is a wealth of styles for you to recreate with your eyewear choices available at Direct Sight.
Pretty Pastels As seen on the 2012 Spring/Summer collections from the likes of Ralph Lauren and Marc Jacobs, pastels are easy to wear and offer a fresh lo… Continue reading →
Once you’ve ordered your new glasses, it can sometimes be quite a challenge to get used to them if you’ve chosen a new lens option. Here is our guide to getting you used to your new glasses:
Bifocals Bifocals are generally quite easy to adapt to. The top part of the lens is for viewing objects in the distance, whilst the bottom part is for reading. Useful checks when putting your bifocals on for the first time are:
When you rely on your glasses for everyday wear, grubby fingerprints, smudges and dust particlescan prove very annoying. Even the slightest point of a finger to re-arrange your glasses from slipping down your nose can leave a rather unsightly and difficult to miss smudge on your lenses.The most obvious tip is to house your glasses in a hard-backed case. Not only does this soften the landing if your glasses are dropped, but it also means dust can't enter thecase. A soft pouch is another option,bu… Continue reading →
3D, or 'oestereoscopy', is a technology that has been around since the early 1930s, when two images taken from slightly different angles were shown to different eyes through a viewer. The brain then combines these images to give the illusion of depth, and hey presto you have 3D. Since then it has fallen in and out of favour, with the biggest boom in the 80s with the classic red and blue glasses. However, the new millennium has brought more 3D programming to us than ever, and today we have s… Continue reading →
The beauty of humanity means that each and every one of us has a different face, and we relish in creating different identities for ourselves. Thankfully, designers are well aware of this and create glasses in a myriad of colours, shapes and materials. This does make choosing the right pair of glasses a complicated process. There are so many options on the market and when in an opticians or online, wall after wall of great looking designs can be confusing. To make this decision a li… Continue reading →
As with many of humanity's greatest discoveries, the original understanding and insight behind the development of the lens was born out of a desire for something else. Ever since the dawn of humankind, man has struggled to find and maintain a source of heat. Fire was the answer, but producing flames was no small feat for our ancient ancestors. The Stone Age method of utilising flints or rubbing sticks was effective, but time consuming and unreliable. Climatic conditions could adversely effect th… Continue reading →
A Closer Look At Your Eyes [INFOGRAPHIC]Here at Direct Sight, between us there isn't a lot we don't know about eyes. As we specialise in prescription glasses and sunglasses we know about what causes ocular problems and how to combat them, but we like to go further than that. Here is the latest in out infographic series with some amazing facts about they human eye - how many did you know?… Continue reading →
Many people love their current pair of glasses; whatever they may be it's likely that you chose them in the first place because you liked them, and have since got very used to them. No matter how battered they are they can be as comfortable and familiar as a well worn pair of shoes. Alternatively, they might be expensive designer frames that are just too good to let go. Whatever the reason, it's a real pain if they break, as you have to go through the process of finding the same pair or one simi… Continue reading →
