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Thick black glasses

Zak_1995

Hi everyone, new to the forum! :biggrin:

Thought I should ask here since a lot of students wear these: where is the best place to buy thick black prescription glasses in the UK? I've tried to get them online but most sites are in the US and would cost about £70 plus extra for postage. I'm not bothered about designer brands or anything like that.

If anyone could give me some on advice on a good place to buy them, or where you got your own, that would be great. Thanks!

These are the sort of glasses I'm meaning by the way:

EDIT: Just realised I should have put this in the clothes sub-forum, apologies! :colondollar:

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Reply 1

Heidihi7894

You can get them for about 70p on Amazon, lol

Reply 2

FO12DY

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Reply 3

xsnackpack

70p for PRESCRIPTION glasses, I think not. The style is called wayfarer so maybe that could help your search

Reply 4

joker12345

Like EVERYWHERE. Boots opticians and Specsavers for sure.
Edit: were you looking to buy them online only?

Reply 5

sausageez

specsavers! i got the Gok Wan ones when they had an offer over christmas but they're normally about £99 check there

Reply 6

gemmam

Try tesco optcitions they do frames with standard prescription cheaply I recently got a pair kind of similar to those but smaller lenes for £15 as spares.

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Reply 7

noobynoo

The students who wear them aka hipsters mostly have 20-20 vision. lolz

Reply 8

Heroku

They're called "Wayfarer" and they were made popular by Ray-Ban.

Ray-Bans can be quite expansive so look around and make sure you try them on first! They don't suit everyone! Trust me on that!

Jesse

Reply 9

pinksugar

it may be possible to buy any glasses/sunglasses and ask your optician to change the lenses- mine did

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Reply 10

Caribbeantwist

Specsavers is good, especially if you are eligible for an NHS voucher

Reply 11

Caribbeantwist

Original post by sausageez

specsavers! i got the Gok Wan ones when they had an offer over christmas but they're normally about £99 check there

I got gok wans too! They are like dark brown

Reply 12

sausageez

Original post by alexandraa

I got gok wans too! They are like dark brown

i got these ones in tortoiseshell, i love them :biggrin:

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Reply 13

Caribbeantwist

Original post by sausageez

i got these ones in tortoiseshell, i love them :biggrin:

Wow I really like them!! Mine are these

I hope my prescription changes soon and I can get a new pair :wink:

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Reply 14

sausageez

Original post by alexandraa

Wow I really like them!! Mine are these

I hope my prescription changes soon and I can get a new pair :wink:

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aw that's cute :smile:

i nearly bought 2 pairs cos they had them on sale for half price :tongue:

i don't think i want to change mine just yet, i absolutely adore them :biggrin:

Reply 15

Caribbeantwist

Original post by sausageez

aw that's cute :smile:

i nearly bought 2 pairs cos they had them on sale for half price :tongue:

i don't think i want to change mine just yet, i absolutely adore them :biggrin:

Each time my prescription changes I get a new pair on the nhs for free :biggrin:

Reply 16

sausageez

Original post by alexandraa

Each time my prescription changes I get a new pair on the nhs for free :biggrin:

ah u're lucky, i have to pay for mine *boo* :tongue:

Reply 17

Floalley

Original post by sausageez

i got these ones in tortoiseshell, i love them :biggrin:

Do they have a blue tinge on the inside of the frame? If so I have this pair too!

I'm hoping to get a couple more pairs of Gok Wan glasses for my birthday if they're still bogof, because I'm in love with his range.

Reply 18

manty

oh brother! you are so last season! get with the times geek chic! uh uh geek freak yu uh! You wanna suit up buddy, nothing beats a suit.

Reply 19

sausageez

Original post by Floalley

no, mine is just that tortoiseshell colour with different shades of brown. aw do! they're pretty cool eh? they're my first ever fashionable pair of glasses :biggrin:

i've finally come to embrace my short-sightedness :tongue: