Designer Glasses

You can now make enormous savings by buying your designer glasses on the internet.

In this piece we explain how to get the best deal when buying on the web.

Before you start out you're going to need to have your prescription details handy. You should know that all optometrists must provide you with your prescription details by law. You do not have to buy spectacles or contact lenses from the optometrist that gave you your sight test.

Firstly, on your computer, hunt for the terms 'designer eyewear', "designer frames' or 'designer glasses' in a search engine to find online stores - you should find lots to choose from.

Go through the series of frames on available to you and select a few that you think would look good on you. I find it valuable if I've already tried on numerous pairs in a store and know the style that I fancy.

Next, you need to choose your size. It may surprise you to know that glasses have a size tag on them. You may need a magnifying glass to discover the numbers on the inside of the arms. There are by and large 3 numbers that look like this: 54[]18 135 which are the frames sizes in milimetres.

If you desire a pair of designer glasses with a comparable size to your existing ones then pick a pair of frames sized within 1 or 2mm.

Select the option to select if the specs are for reading or if they are for general everyday use. It's essential that you show if you require bifocal or varifocal lenses.

If you would like your eyewear lenses to give the impression of being thinner, and also be considerably lighter, then you need to select thinner lenses.

You must choose a lens with a scratch resistant coating and nearly all suppliers provide this as normal.

If you have trouble with reflections when driving at night then an anti-reflective coating will help alleviate this. You can safeguard your eyes from sun damage by choosing a UV400 coating.

You can make your spectacles appear like stylish prescription sunglasses by adding a colour tint. Transition lenses turn dark automatically in the sunlight.

Decide on polarizing lenses for very brilliant light conditions such as those found when skiing or fishing.

You don't need to figure out your prescription to order on the web. Just put the particulars shown on your prescription into the order form.

You will need to insert the 'pupillary distance' or PD value. This is the length between the centre of the 2 pupils. This may or may not be laid out on your prescription and if not the website ought to tell you how to compute it.

Once you've entered the prescription particulars you can proceed to the checkout.

After you've placed your order, relax. You've just saved yourself a lot of cash!