How to pick the right glasses for your face

Just like a tailored suit, a pair of glasses should be properly fit to the wearer. A proper fitting frame is more flattering, more comfortable, and more effective at helping you see better or keeping the sun out of your eyes. Here’s quick guide to getting the right fit, which is unique for every person depending on your head size, face shape, feature distribution, etc.
                   

Frame sizing

A frame size is typically noted as: lens width – bridge width – temple width. For example: 51mm – 21mm – 145mm.

The key is finding a size that corresponds to the overall width of your face, while being mindful of the distribution of the physical size of your eyes (lens width) versus the space between them (bridge width).

As a rule, I think sizing should be treated on a case-by-case basis, as it depends largely on your proportions and the style being selected. But as a general guideline, here are some starting points for total width (lens width x2 + bridge width):

Small/Narrow Face: 125mm – 129mm
Medium Face: 130mm – 134mm
Large Face: 135mm – 139mm
Wide Face: 140mm – 145mm

The keys to proper eyewear fit

1. The width of the frame should match the width of your face. This means, when looking at you straight on, the glasses should not hang off the side of your face (this would mean the frame is too wide) and we should not be able to see the sides of the temples (this would mean the frame is too narrow).

2. We should be able to see your eyebrows above the frames. At least half of them, preferably a little more than half.

3. Each eyeball should be directly in the center of the lens, from left to right. The distance between the corner of the eye and the edge of lens should be the same on both sides of the eye.

4. Your eye should fill the top half of the lens. The bottom of the eye should roughly touch the vertical midpoint of the lens.

5. The temples should be adjusted to fit around your ears. If you have a problem with glasses sliding down your nose, you need to have the temples bent to keep them in place.

6. The overall frame should be located roughly in the middle of your face. It should provide a nice balance between the top of the face and the bottom of the face. In each of the examples below, notice there is roughly equal distance between the top of the frame and the top of the head, and the bottom of the from and the bottom of the chin.

Glasses make face recognition tech think you’re Milla Jovovich

Those new glasses make you look completely different – especially to face recognition software.
                 

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University has fooled face recognition algorithms using the oldest trick in the book: a pair of fake glasses.

A white male researcher wearing the glasses was able to pass for American actress Milla Jovovich while a South-Asian female colleague was digitally disguised as a Middle-Eastern male. Both tricked commercially available face recognition software Face++ with a success rate of around 90 per cent. The system wasn’t perfect, however: a Middle-Eastern male trying to use the glasses to pass as white British actor Clive Owen only succeeded 16 per cent of the time.

The patterned glasses work by exploiting the neural networks used in face recognition systems. Neural networks don’t rely on the same features that humans do to recognise faces. The systems often focus on things like the colour of different pixels and slowly piece together a best guess of who’s in the shot by comparing it to other, similar images. If just a small area of the face has been changed, it can completely mess with the attempted recognition – which is why the computer system can confuse two people who in fact look very different.

They designed bespoke glasses with a pattern that changes how the system interprets the wearer’s face. The frames essentially overlay the face with pixels that perturb the software’s calculations in just the right way that it misidentifies the person as another specified face in its database – Milla Jovovich, for example. To a human, the frames just look like a colourful tortoiseshell design.

How To Get 25 Percent Off Kylie Jenner's Favorite Sunglasses Brand DIFF For One Day Only

She's all about charity angles right now! First, Kylie Jenner created her pastel pink Smile Lip Kit. All of the proceeds of that mega matte liquid lippie are donated to Smile Train, an organization that supports cleft surgeries for children globally. Now, Jenner has teamed up with DIFF Eyewear, a sunglasses brand that donates reading glasses to those in need with every pair of shades sold. Jenner's partnership with DIFF is special. For every pair of DIFF sunnies sold in a 24-hour period, the brand is donating two pairs of reading frames. DIFF is also offering a Kylie Jenner-specific, 25 percent off discount in that time frame. So, it's double the donation and a deal! This promo is a passive way for you to do good, all the while getting a pair of bomb shades at a total steal. How do you take advantage of this short-term discount?
               

It's so insanely easy. Go to the DIFF site, pick out your shades, enter the KINGKYLIE code at checkout, and boom! You're dunzo. You just helped to provide glasses to those who desperately need them. Go ahead and enjoy that warm 'n' fuzzy feeling.

Jenner posted an Instagram snap while wearing a pair of DIFF's pink, mirrored aviators, along with her rose gold hair in a high pony and a black tube top. She also detailed the discount terms.

All of the intel is there. Head over to the DIFF site to make a difference for someone you don't even know, all the while treating yourself to a new accessory below full price.

These are the frames that Jenner rocked on Instagram. The discount started on Monday, Oct. 17, and expires on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Don't delay, since time is ticking. Take advantage of the sweet savings while the discount is active and help two people obtain a pair of reading glasses, which are an often inaccessible luxury in other parts of the world.

The ‘Coke Studio’ percussionist being trolled for his sunglasses

Coke Studio 9 has not got people talking about the likes of Momina Mustehsan alone. Even the house band members are enjoying their share of attention and percussionist Abdul Aziz Kazi is one of them.

Poking fun at his jovial nature and choice of sunglasses, several internet memes have declared Kazi as visually challenged. Talking to The Express Tribune, he explained himself. “Yes I saw the memes. They are quite funny. Actually my eyes are a little sensitive and the strobe lights on the set were making it difficult to see what others were playing, so I wore shades,” he said.

An O Level student at Army Public School in Karachi, he developed a liking for drums. Guitar maestro Faraz Anwar once said a lot of good drummers in our society turn into guitar players because the neighbours and even their own family members cannot stand the sharp sound of the snare or the thumping of the bass drum.

Within a few years he was in college, surrounded my classmates who were themselves budding musicians like him. “I was a student of media sciences at SZABIST. My friends and I started playing cover gigs and then we got into blues. Our band was called Spoonful. We had quite a following,” he said.

Change your sunglasses every TWO years

Sunglasses should be replaced at least every two years, scientists warned today        

Rays from the sun damage lenses over time - meaning they gradually let more UV light through and provide less protection.
Without adequate UV filters, the eye is exposed - and the damage can cause long-term, irreversible harm to vision.

Brazilian researchers have now called for standards that test the quality of sunglasses to be revised, so that safe limits for the filters can be established.
They say a new test would guarantee sunglasses were safe to wear for a period of two years.
Exposure to sunlight varies across the world, but tropical countries have the highest amounts as UV levels are extremely high in summer and remain high in the winter.

Therefore, sunglasses worn in the southern hemisphere may need replacing more often than in those worn in the northern half.
Lenses may also break more easily a result of consistent exposure to sunlight, experts say.
And wearing sunglasses which don't offer proper protection can cause oedema - distorted vision from a swollen eye.

Meet Coco and Breezy, the Designers Behind Demi Lovato's Favorite Sunglasses Brand

Twin sisters Coco and Breezy Dotson are known as street style stars, eyewear designers, dancers, and DJs — and that’s just the beginning. The Dotson girls have captivated the world with their one-of-a-kind style and unique vision. Now, at 26 years old, the sisters are lauded for their genuine personalities, great energy, and, of course, impeccable fashion sense.

Although they began designing their own eyewear when they were 16, it didn’t just start as a cute way to accessorize – it was their way of surviving. “Growing up in Minnesota, we lived in the suburbs where a lot of people thought we were weird, or we really stood out. Some people would stare at us or laugh at us, and we did get bullied. So, we always wore sunglasses to block our eyes to avoid making eye contact from the people who didn’t understand us. It gave us this level of confidence we never had,” Breezy says.

Prince isn’t the only one to take notice though of their talent. Foot Locker’s new athleisure store SIX:02 tapped the girls to design an exclusive line of eyewear, which came out this summer. “They’re so fashion-forward and they are at a low price point, but still such great quality because they are hand-made,” Breezy says.

They’re also stepping even further outside the box, designing eyewear inspired by Twizzlers and Jolly Ranchers for Hershey’s. That collection debuted in July. “That’s what our brand stands for: breaking the rules, we create our own rules, and doing these things with Hershey’s and Foot Locker really shows that about us.”

Anna Sui's New York Fashion Week show features P.E.I.-made sunglasses

Made-in-P.E.I. sunglasses hit New York Fashion Week Wednesday night at Anna Sui's show for her fall 2016 collection.


The glasses were designed by Sui in partnership with eyewear company Mondottica, and the sample run of 16 sunglasses was made in Guernsey Cove, P.E.I., by Fellow Earthlings sunglasses.

"It's been amazing," said co-owner Sydney Seggie. "[Sui] is a true designer, full of great ideas, and always setting us off in interesting directions."

The glasses from last night's show are round and encrusted with stones, with hearts or stars on the sides.

This isn't Seggie's first partnership with Sui. Fellow Earthlings has made the sunglasses for six of Sui's shows over the past five years.

"In the past we've done some pretty fun ones like ski masks and other really interesting products," she said.

The P.E.I.-made sunglasses have also been produced for other fashion designers, from as far away as Hong Kong and Finland — as well as other partners in Canada.

Seggie said Fellow Earthlings is able to operate as the producer for samples and small runs — of up to about 100 pairs of glasses — offering designers an alternative to factories.

"We like to do quality versus quantity," she said. "We definitely like to work on custom and sampling … we're happy to be able to do it here on the Island."