I finally managed to go to the optician and look for new frames. Predictably, it's a difficult choice ;). Anyone care to have a look at the pics and comment? I'm looking for the pair that makes my face the least feminine. I have a favorite, and there are two that I think don't work at all, but I'll shut up now :P
Gawd, did I mention I hate my face......
http://i.imgur.com/BZMiYOI.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/BZMiYOI.jpg)
I like the second one. I think I heard guys should go for square frames? I don't wear glasses so I am not experienced in that department.
I think they all look just a tad fem, sorry :-\. Wire frames tend to look feminine and the last two that are thicker are curved slightly so look feminine. I would perhaps go with the last one, suits your face and the frames match your hair colour or the 3rd option. I have to wear glasses, I hate my face too...
Thanks, guys.
Elis, anything I put on will always look femme. It's my face, it can't be helped at the moment. I have dark horn-rimmed ones now, they still look femme. All of the frames in the pics are unisex or men's...
Unfortunately, this is as good as it gets at the moment. I actually think I look most andro without glasses, but my eyes are too messed up to go with contacts more often than once in a while.
Quote from: adrian on January 17, 2015, 07:17:31 AM
Thanks, guys.
Elis, anything I put on will always look femme. It's my face, it can't be helped at the moment. I have dark horn-rimmed ones now, they still look femme. All of the frames in the pics are unisex or men's...
Unfortunately, this is as good as it gets at the moment. I actually think I look most andro without glasses, but my eyes are too messed up to go with contacts more often than once in a while.
Hey, I didn't want to put you down. I definitely like the last pair of frames, they look masculine.
Adrian, I think that the last two are the most harmonious shapes for your face, and also appear to be closer to the right size for you.
Little steps, my friend....
J
Quote from: Elis on January 17, 2015, 10:29:57 AM
Hey, I didn't want to put you down. I definitely like the last pair of frames, they look masculine.
Hey, no worries. You didn't say anything wrong. It's just my frustration with my body seeping through. I just looked into too many mirrors today. Sorry!
Quote from: Julia-Madrid on January 17, 2015, 10:34:40 AM
Adrian, I think that the last two are the most harmonious shapes for your face, and also appear to be closer to the right size for you.
Little steps, my friend....
J
Thanks, Julia.
It's weird. When I look at the pics, the third and fourth frame strike me as the most feminine. Clearly Elis and you see something different from me....
Argh. I know why I had been putting getting new ones off [emoji17]
I think your best bet would be the second one. It's probably the most masculine out of all of them, and it looks good with your face. Quite frankly I don't think you look that feminine in general. I think the lips would definitely put me off a little, but they look pretty reddish in those pictures, so I don't know if that's a natural thing for you or not.
Quote from: lionheart on January 17, 2015, 11:43:58 AM
I think your best bet would be the second one. It's probably the most masculine out of all of them, and it looks good with your face. Quite frankly I don't think you look that feminine in general. I think the lips would definitely put me off a little, but they look pretty reddish in those pictures, so I don't know if that's a natural thing for you or not.
Thanks, lion. Yeah, those lips. Women would probably kill for them [emoji12]. They look extra red in the pic, for some reason, but yeah... Lets hope I'll have some facial hair to hide them one day. [emoji15]
I like no.2, I think they are more to the style you should be looking at
Just a thought but if that pair had thinner arms particular around the face area (yes its plain but it looks a little thick). They would scream male a lot more
I agree with the others. The 2nd one looks most masculine in my opinion and it looks good on you.
I also vote for frames #2 They give the right blocking to help masculinize your features.
Thanks, everyone!
Quote from: immortal gypsy on January 17, 2015, 03:41:34 PM
I like no.2, I think they are more to the style you should be looking at
Just a thought but if that pair had thinner arms particular around the face area (yes its plain but it looks a little thick). They would scream male a lot more
I'll see if I can try on a few more. The problem is, I have fairly bad eyesight and the glasses will be quite thick. This doesn't work with all frames. It's complicated [emoji13]
Well I like #1!
And hey, you are one handsome man. Don't knock yourself, you will be a really good looking guy when T does its magic on you.
Thank you, Cindy.
It's hard sometimes to keep thinking positively, but I know I should try. [emoji25]
Enough of that young man.
You are a Prince of the Universe and you and all transmen should be incredibly proud of being such awesome human beings.
All of your dreams will come true, it just takes time.
....time and glasses, alas!
[emoji16]
Did you get them yet! I vote #2 ;D
Quote from: ftmax on January 18, 2015, 10:56:27 AM
Did you get them yet! I vote #2 ;D
Not yet, going back to the store next Friday [emoji16] So I have another week to make up my mind ;). Strongly leaning towards the second pair.
I would say the second or the fourth..
I like #2 and #4, personally.
I'd have to say the square (second pictured) looks to suit you best.
Personally, neither the square or round suit me... only 'geometric' (not the 'aviator') and they're damn difficult to find anymore what with the square taking over what sure seems to be 90% of all offerings (I sure miss the 90's in this area). I have a bit of an odd face build. In-between round and square (and large/wide) so lol. Don't know what I'll do if they stopped making my frame shape altogether. Especially Oakley RX, ever since that last pair literally saved my neck in a work-related incident, I'll never buy another brand of RX frames again so long as they're still being made. They are indeed as rugged as advertised and worth every cent, not flimsy at all.
For the curious, I'll probably never find myself in a similar situation again, but if I did, I'd come out no worse. Long story short, I got caught between a motorized gate and the post when delivering a package (guy hit the button twice; as trained, I was bending down to slide the package behind the post. Big mistake) and the damn thing didn't have a safety stop so it kept trying to close on my neck/head with greater and greater force, forcing it the wrong way. People, men and women, have died under that same circumstance with those gates (by law, they are all supposed to have the safety feature but this one didn't). The fact that these frame's arms didn't break, didn't even bend at all, and therefore affording me the leverage necessary to get it to slide off my face when I lifted it up and threw it off of the track, saved my life. Oakley RX fan for life now. I only came out of it with a little scar where they cut into my face a little (yes, it really was a tremendous force). Sadly, the screw on that side was stripped to hell (again, a tremendous force) and they fell apart a year later, but I don't knock them any for it. They served above and beyond their purpose that day.
Bonus, if you accidentally nod off with the Oakleys on, they won't get bent out of shape from that either. Every other pair of frames I'd ever had before, the first time that happened they never fit right again (was a major pet-peeve for me).
I like #1. More than the glasses I think a more masculine haircut will help you achieve the look you want. I was recently looking at frames and there were some that I kinda liked but the person helping me commented they looked more feminine so I wrote them off immediately. :(