Rimless spectacles have become very popular. With either a metal or plastic mount they offer a modern, minimalist look where the emphasis is on your eyes. Advances in lens design and materials have meant that rimless spectacles are available to wider prescription ranges than before.
They’re lightweight, unobtrusive, and stylish. That reduces the bulk caused by other lenses and again takes a bit more weight off of the bridge of your nose and your ears. Who wouldn’t want a pair? The actual eyeglasses frame is not one piece—you get the temples and the bridge. What holds them all together is the set of lenses you have put in. These aren’t like semi-rimless styles that have a clear wire across the bottom that fits into the grooves along the bottoms of the lenses. If you’ve had those and you hated them because the lenses dropped out, you may want to give rimless a try anyway. (more…)