If you like frameless, I have the Marchon Airlock 2. Super light weight and inconspicous. Not quite the same model as mine are a bit more square, link to picture is here: http://www.coolframes.com/get_image....92&color=&alt=.

jws,

while i personally don't care when people say things like "aren't square toed shoes a no no" because wtf i don't want to buy a new pair of shoes every week when the "style" changes, i have basically never seen anyone wearing a pair of frameless glasses that hasn't made them look either funny or old. =(

Agreed about the glasses.

Square toed shoes have never been in style and likely never will be. The only reason they are popular is because they are cheap and men don't care to spend money. Decent brands don't even produce them.

These half-rimmed glasses can work for certain faces. Tom Hanks rocked these in Catch Me If You Can.

http://www.moscot.com/Moscot_Originals-Yukel-115.html

http://www.moscot.com/Moscot_Spirit-Glenn-139.html

kaiser,

eh, i can agree about actual like box front shoes. the shoes i posted (possibly in the other thread, i don't remember) are hardly those =P a quick trip to the ferragamo site shoes shoes with roughly equally squared fronts. meh

on the glasses front: come on dude, tom hanks was an actor playing a guy 20-30 years in the past. you've got to be going for a pretty specific aesthetic to rock those. personally my route for glasses is to go to a store where you can trust their taste and they have a good selection, and trust them to help you. many such places employ someone who is there solely to have good taste and sensibilities.

my glasses:

Mykita - Oskar

Oliver Peoples - Zuko XL (clear and black)

Bad square toe




Good square toe

I have two pairs and one was $5xx and the other was over $800 so I'm not sure what you mean by they are cheap. I was shopping for shoes a few weeks ago and while I wasn't looking for squared toe I did notice that Prada and Gucci both offer them and I also know that Ferragamo offered them at one point.

As for being popular I wasn't aware that they were as I don't really see many people wearing them mostly because they are too casual a shoe to wear with business attire. They also shouldn't be worn by people who are heavier and given trends in North America toward that body type it should hurt their popularity. As for not being in style that is inaccurate. It is more accurate to say the shoes are not practical to own as they are properly deployed only with a specific look and that most people who do own them wear them with the wrong clothing.

The nice pair of shoes Manque posted are more commonly referred to as chisel-toed. The difference in the last of the shoes is clearly noticeable and I would think the pair you found for $800 would fall in that category. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these shoes (as demonstrated by the one Manque posted).

Maybe the square toed shoe phenomenon is only present in the U.S., but I assure you, most men wear black shoes that closely resemble the uglier pair Manque posted.

You probably mean chisel-toed, not square.

Vintage frames are really coming in to style in NYC (and I assume other places). I personally really like the "nerd" look and think it works with my aesthetic. I don't own the glasses I linked, but if they fit my face better I would have snapped them up in an instant. I wasn't suggesting that the inquiring poster should get those per say, but rather give glasses like that a chance. Everyone I know who has opted for a distinctive frame that suits their face has come to love their glasses so much so that they tend to overwear them.

As a side note, big vintage glasses on girls is incredibly sexy.

I was under the impression that the chisel toe is a sub-catagory of the square toe. Could be wrong and can't really be bothered to find out.

You may find this SF thread useful: http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...=86897&page=19

I own a pair of Oliver Peoples acetate frames and they're excellent. I also recently picked up a pair of Mosley Tribes sunglasses with high index prescription lenses, and they're awesome as well.

You also might be interested in SALT.

+1 to Peoples and Tribes (which I own), and Salt, which I don't, but my next pair will probably be.

Haha, I have never really thought of this but does make a bit of sense. I am 23, but could pass for 30, so glasses probably fit me decently. I know it isn't the glasses that make me look older as I wore contacts until a year ago when I started a job with 80+ hour weeks and could no longer keep them in all the time. They definitely are more of a standard corporate look rather than anything that people would consider "stylish". Despite this, I have often gotten comments from girls I have dated over the past few years that they liked me in my glasses.

I am going to go ahead and be brave and throw up my work headshot below. I definitely look a bit older in the picture than in real life.

You do look older, but not in a bad way. I think the glasses look ok on you, but you could do better. If you are working those kind of hours you have to do something like Banking. I don't know if you are in the market for glasses, but I think dark brown thin rectangular plastic frames (slightly larger than avg) would serve you well and stand out in a good way at your workplace. If I can find an example online I'll post it.

Dude, it is time for a haircut. The glasses aren't doing you favors, but it's the hair mostly. The part to the side.......

I'm not fond of rimless frames. They're tiny and insubstantial, the kind of thing that seems to be an afterthought. Even without my bias, I think your head is swallowing those glasses. You would look much better with something sleek but bolder. If you have some cash to throw around, look into Mykita frames. Something like this might be flattering.

ok, I'll bite, here's my headshot, make me look better too!



EDIT: Oh yeah, that beard is largely temporary. It's my "MCAT beard" that I will be shaving off tomorrow once I'm done with my MCAT. Yes, this is an incredibly nerdy thing to do.

May want to consider glasses with lenses a bit more round than those. Square head = rounder lenses.

I agree. I would try on something similar to the ones shown below in brown. Embrace your inner nerd.

http://www.moscot.com/Moscot_Originals-Miltzen-108.html

http://www.moscot.com/Moscot_Originals-Lemtosh-117.html

Thanks for the comments. I probably won't get new glasses for another six months or so but definitely will heed some of the advice. I think part of the reason I don't like the standard plastic rimmed glasses is I associate them with the stylish Northeastern (spiked hair, "artsy" rimmed glasses, printed tee, and dark jeans) look which I something I try to avoid. Appreciate the suggestions and thinking it may make sense to keep the rimless for the clean buttoned up work look with some others for weekends. Kaiser is right and I am in banking and hair is a result needing to look the part for the job. Hair definitely looks way more slicked down, normally still part but much more casual without the pinned down look. Additionally, I will never do the standard comb forward spike up front hair look so limits my options with short hair. Every hairdresser I have ever had thinks I have great thick hair and should do a nice little spike in the front or small fauxhawk or something, but it is just not my "style" at all. Not saying it wouldn't look good but I don't feel comfortable with it like that, makes me fell like a douche for some reason. It is probably because I am from Texas and that style was thought of as douchey there.

Below is a picture from 4 years ago with longer hair, 25 pounds heavier for football and no glasses for comparison. Can't have long hair anymore though unfortunately.

You can give the stylist a little leeway without looking like one of those jersey kids with the spiked hair and striped shirts. I always feel like I look a little douchey when I walk out of my hair salon, but after I go home and shower and style it my own way it looks good. Let them give you a little texture and then sort of sculpt it with some product the way you like it.

Nobody on here is going to be able to do a better job than a stylist at recommending a good look for you. Try taking some baby steps and if you don't like how it's going, change stylists. Just brainstorming here, but you kind of remind me of Aaron Eckhart (sp?) Maybe check out his hair?

jws,
i have a salon i go to routinely. i do not let them choose a new style for me. once every 6 mo or so, or whenever i just am bored as **** of my hair, i go to a more expensive place and i give them some rough parameters and tell them to do what they want. i've had good success with that method, and assume you would too?

You seem pretty restricted in what you think you can pull off or get away with, and it seems to be from both external and internal expectations. Good luck, I probably can't offer much advice.

To be more specific, I'd go with something with rounder lenses and chunkier frame. What about something like this? It isn't exactly a round lens shape (I get the feeling that the ones Kaiser posted would just end up resting on your cheekbones unfortunately), but there are a few things I really like about them compared to what you have now. They're styled more aggressively, the lens shape is more masculine and interesting, and the chocolate/marble acetate looks bad, real bad michael jackson.

Thanks. I really like these. Maybe I will be getting new glasses sooner than I thought.

I think this response was to MacDaddy, but either way, I really love these glasses. I have been looking for a pair similar to this for work (don't want to wear my larger frames there).

I think Mac can get away with a lot though and should try out all different styles. Glasses are really something you have to try on before making a decision.

JWS,

When I was trying to describe the glasses I thought would suit you, this is what I had in mind. You should definitely consider getting these soon.

So I'm looking to drop maybe $10-20k for a completely new wardrobe. Basically, all my **** makes me look like a kid in college and given that I'm 25 and haven't been in college for 5 years now, I really need to change looks. Going for something more professional and adult looking.

What I'm thinking of is maybe 2 nice suits (navy blue/grey I assume) to wear if I go to upscale functions (as a poker player I'm obv not wearing a suit to work).

Then some good stuff to wear for nights out in downtown Austin. Mostly going to bars/lounges/the theatre/concerts. Right now my fashion game in this arena consists of jeans, a button-up collared shirt, and sometimes a blazer with the same crappy black shoes I've had forever. I'm pretty much clueless here but that's def not what normal people wear as they get older.

And then I need some stuff for just everyday wear. Playing poker in a t-shirt, jeans, and sandals and then going to do my daily stuff in that just isn't cutting it anymore. In fact, I'd probably like to avoid t-shirts completely. I need something casual, but nice looking so that if I meet chicks while out and about during the day, I don't feel like I look like some broke college kid.

Basically, given what I make at poker, I feel like I should probably dress the part more. Obviously looks aren't everything, but it would certainly help my confidence when I'm too pussy to ask some girl out cause I feel like I look like a ****** who can't be bothered to do his hair, shave, and put on some nice clothes.


So... help? I'm thinking of going to Nordstrom's, Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, and Sak's and just telling them, "Look, I want to drop at least $10k on a wardrobe... can you hook me up with a personal shopper to help me pick stuff out?" and then getting a list of stuff they suggested, bringing it back here and having you guys help me sort it all out. Does that seem reasonable?


I'll also be getting a couple of IWC watches and some new glasses to help finish the whole look.