Sizes, materials, fit and care: what to know before choosing a frame.
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Prescription, refractive index, frame size and shape, centring: the factors that affect the thickness of glasses lenses and how to choose them for thinner lenses, with four suitable frames.
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Bifocal lenses have two zones, distance and near, separated by a line. How they work, when they still make sense, how they differ from progressives and from two pairs of glasses, and...
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Wide cheekbones, narrow forehead and chin: a diamond face shape calls for a strong top line and frames at least as wide as the cheekbones. Cat-eyes, ovals with a bold top rim,...
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Wide forehead, narrow chin: a heart shaped face calls for frames that are light on top and present below. Ovals, panto, aviators, no rim beneath the lens. The rules, what to avoid...
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An oval face can wear almost anything, but not everything in the same way: width at the cheekbones, the line of the eyebrows, the right depth. The rules, what to avoid and...
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Japan's oldest eyewear house: how to read KameManNen model names, what they measure and what the frames in stock cost.
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Lens first, then shape, then material. How to choose sunglasses by reading the filter category, the lens colour, the measurements and the way the frame sits on the face, with independent designer...
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Lukewarm water, a drop of neutral soap, a microfibre cloth. Everything else, from your shirt tail to alcohol, ruins lenses and frames. How to clean your glasses every day, what to do...
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Johnny Depp's glasses are the Tart Optical Arnel, the 1950s New York panto. Today you find the shape in the Julius Tart Optical AR and the TVR®504: the versions available, optical and...
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Clear indoors, dark in the sun. How photochromic lenses work, why they stay clear in the car and when to choose them over a pair of sunglasses.
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Before it was a pair of glasses, it was cotton and wood. What cellulose acetate is, how a sheet becomes a frame, and how to tell it from moulded plastic.
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Designed in Lugano, handmade in Japan. How to read the AKS and AKX codes, the five Akoni model families and how to choose yours.
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Men’s sunglasses trends 2026 seen from OCCHIO!, an independent design eyewear boutique in Crema, Italy: acetate aviator, Japanese cut round, artist mask, square in a colour, titanium worked like a watch. Eight...
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Women’s sunglasses trends 2026 seen from OCCHIO!, an independent design eyewear boutique in Crema, Italy: the cat-eye in metal too, coloured lenses, sculptural mask, small round, coloured acetate. Eight frames chosen in...
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Women’s glasses trends 2026 seen from a boutique of independent designers: soft cat-eye, transparent acetate and solid colour, warm metal, small round shapes, numbered series. Eight frames chosen by OCCHIO!.
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What a T HENRI costs in Europe compared with the American site, what «1 of 199» means, which model suits your face: checked prices, official sizes and six models available at OCCHIO!.
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How a progressive lens works, what sets SEIKO Brilliance, Prime, Allround, Room, Desk and Active apart, the SRC, Sensity and Polar-Thin treatments, the right frames and why measurements are taken in our...
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The 2026 eyewear trends read in the order books of OCCHIO!, an independent design eyewear boutique in Crema, Italy: oversize acetate, archive vintage, thin titanium, solid colour, sculptural sunglasses and classics with...
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Polarized lenses remove the glare off asphalt, water and snow. How they work, when they are worth it (driving, sea, mountains), when they get in the way (screens), how to spot a...
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A long face wants width and tall lenses: oversize, big squares, full pantos, a low bridge. The three rules, what to avoid and eight frames from independent designers, optical and sun, chosen...
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A square face wants curves: round, oval, panto, rimless, as wide as the face and light. The three rules, what to avoid and eight frames from independent designers, optical and sun, chosen...
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A round face wants angles: square, rectangular, cat-eye, at least as wide as the face. The three rules, what to avoid and eight frames from independent designers, optical and sun, chosen by...
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A prominent nose wants a high or keyhole bridge, a thick front and a generous width: the frame should contain the nose, not rest on it. The rules for a long, wide...
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Eighteen pairs of sunglasses by independent designers, chosen for shape, lens and construction from almost two hundred in our boutique. Aviator, round, square, oversize, sculptural, lightweight. Shipped worldwide from Italy.
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A yellow lens is the only one you wear to see more: it cuts blue light and raises contrast. What it does, when it makes sense and the eight models available now.
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Kuboraum does not call its glasses glasses: it calls them Masks. How to read a model code, the twelve Masks with official measurements, what they cost and where to try them. OCCHIO!,...
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Round, square, oval, heart-shaped, diamond or long face: how to work out your face shape, which glasses and sunglasses to try, and when it pays to break the rule.
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Which sun frames take prescription lenses, which lens to choose (colour, category, polarized, photochromic), the difference between category and UV protection, how to order remotely from OCCHIO! in Italy and what sets...
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Frames arrive with demo lenses. Why prescription lenses are fitted afterwards, and how to do it at the boutique or with your own optician.
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Cleaning, heat, the case, adjustments: the everyday habits that decide how long your glasses last.
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Round, oval or square, in acetate or titanium: how to find your way among men's eyeglasses, starting from shape, material and sizing.
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Every pair seems too big. Then a different size, bridge or lens height changes the picture. Finding compact proportions while keeping the style you love.
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Titanium weighs a few grams and never corrodes; clear acetate can stand out more than gold-coloured metal. Five things to know about titanium, three frames side by side and the models available...
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Place them side by side: Pica, Posh and Corbs have three distinct personalities. Picasso, a rectangle and Le Corbusier help tell them apart.
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Your glasses say 49. The pair you want says 51. Before you rule it out, discover what those numbers are actually telling you.
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The frame you want might be the one you nearly left on the tray. A moment at the mirror, from first impressions to “that’s me”.
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