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April 26, 2010Retro Chick has new specs….
You might not have even known I wear glasses, I’ve only posted photos of myself in glasses three times in two years. I normally wear contact lenses, the kind you sleep in for a month before changing them and I’d let my glasses prescription get really out of date.
That, however, wasn’t the motivation behind new glasses. The motivation was the fact that a screw fell out of my old pair, I lost it, and then I tried to carry out an emergency repair using superglue which led to lenses covered in superglue.
There, I hope that gives you a little insight into my general level of competence in these areas.
I went for a heavier frame this time. You can see more clearly in these pictures that they are layered in 3 different colours, which I really like.
Recently my style has been going in a more vintagey direction. I’ve been wearing red lips, fringe rolls and vintage style dresses a lot and I thought these frames were retro enough to go with that look. That doesn’t mean I don’t reserve the right to decide to be a rock chick next week, or sometimes just be plain old me, and I thought these frames were just flexible enough to fit in with who ever I decide to be this week.
Plus, in these pictures you get the amusing sight of me with a ceiling fan growing out of my head. I think it’s rather fetching, I may get a hat made.
The hair flower in the top pictures and the tea cup necklace above were part of a trade I did with AbiLu Creations for some advertising. I discovered AbiLu Creations last year when I ran a giveaway with her and not only does she make lovely jewellery, but she’s pretty lovely herself.
The flower is the Burlesque Beauty Purple Lily and it’s a bargain at just £5 while the tea cup necklace is £10, AND till the end of April you can use the code SPRINGCHICK to get a 10% discount!
While I’m indulging in some shameless promotion of a brand I love I’ll also tell you that she’d running a giveaway on her Facebook page , so become a fan and you could get your hand on some of her lovely pieces for freeeeee.
15 Comments
Cute! Those glasses really suit you 🙂
Pretty Girl! Very nice!
love them! I have similar ones with orange behind them, except mine are blue where yours are balck. Are the ted baker ones?
Oooh no, I can’t afford Ted Baker!
They’re from the Specsavers £69 range, I get half price glasses with my contact lens scheme.
Ah! Thanks that is very sweet of you! =0)
I love your glasses – I think they really suit you! X
Very stylish and very you.
LOVE the specs…but I happen to be a girl with glasses myself so perhaps I am biased.
Gorgeous flower too, definitely going to check out this site!
Very cute. Also love your lippie. Who’s it by? It’s the perfect summery ‘not quite red’pink.
They suit your colouring and are quite retro looking too.
They look great!! I’ve recently switched to mostly glasses too – I have a new pair on the way, because I’ve been wearing an old pair in which the UV coating is starting to peel off one lens (yuck!). I’ve just had too many problems with contacts lately, and while I do miss them a bit, it’s soo nice not to have irritated eyes!
I try and wear my glasses at least a week every month or my eyes get so sore!
ahhh, you look soooo cute 🙂
omg, you look adorable. I love he glasses. Your eyes look brilliant.
I just had a quick look at AbiLu Creations and there’s such lovely stuff- definitely going back for a better look.
Your glasses look great on you! The shape suits you so well and the colours add a nice fun touch. 🙂
Florrie x
Loving the orange. I am all about embracing glasses, I have decided I may actually need to build a proper collection of them. Might as well make them work for your outfit if you have to wear them!