Mykita Gunnar Glasses
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Having never had glasses before, I was prompted into buying them for the first time this summer due to an evolving need (can't read anymore) and Daniel Craig's great eyeglass style in The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo. I loved his glasses, and thought I could live with that look.
It turns out that the glasses he wears are from a relative newcomer in the eyeglass world, the Berlin based Mykita, which has won all sorts of design awards with their high tech innovation. Mykita glasses have no screws or conventional hinges and are made out of thin laser cut stainless steel which renders them super light and virtually unbreakable. They have to be tried to be believed.
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It would be really nice to see a price range at least, otherwise, it's very frustrating. "price on request" usually means "more than I want to pay" -- especially when it comes to glasses.
Frames can be so hideously expensive. FWIW, I did a quick search and it looks like the price for most of the frames in this line is $380-400. By the time you add the price for the corrective lense, transitions or tint, protective coating, etc. you're probably at $700. Add bifocals and you're over $800.
I love trendy eyewear but I'm leary of it. Personally, I look for frames that I'm willing to live with for quite a few years.
If you have transitions, you don't need bifocals, which are much cheaper. I'd guess transitions , etc. lenses themselves are easily $700.
Also, this is the end of the year and people who haven't spent their flexible spending set aside often buy frames.
And it is not an unusual price for a slice of New Yorkers.
Transitions aren't bifocals. Transitions is the automatic darkening feature that can be embedded in the lense. Bifocals without lines are Progressives. I have both.
...Except Daniel Craig doesn't wear the Gunnar model. If you look at the Gunnar and those links to Daniel Craig, you'll see that those are totally different models.
He wears Mykita's Helmut model, from a different collection (the 2nd).
http://www.mykita.com/collaborations/view/helmut
ici Berlin started the no-screw, non-conventional hinge frame, but they have more typical plastic with metal frames. These Mykita Gunnar frames look very light indeed.