Eye of The Beholder
By: Allie Pape, The Bold Italic
More than any other accessory, a pair of frames can say so much about someone’s personality — it’s not for nothing that my romantic past consists almost entirely of bespectacled gentlemen. Even though my vision doesn’t need enhancing, I still love trying on glasses as a little form of adult dress-up. So when I first walked into Fine Arts Optical, I was in heaven. A vintage optical museum where you can wear the art home? Will they let me move in?
Fine Arts Optical In The Mission, San Francisco
Eye Wear Glasses
The life of an occasional glasses blogger is, of course, an exciting one. And the past few weeks were no different as I headed west to California for my summer break. After a week or two of getting used to the way that most things are bigger and better than back in England, I stumbled across the Fine Arts Optical boutique in the Mission district of San Francisco.
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East Bay Express
Between the sheer number of options, the recent proliferation of bargain-basement, often low-quality e-retailers, and the sheer stress of plunking down a chunk of change for something that goes on your face every day, eyeglass-shopping can be a headache-inducing experience (sometimes literally!). But not at Phoenix Optical…