Questions we get asked

No. Spectacles prescribed and worn correctly do not weaken your eyes. The most common prescription simply compensates for blur, and worn as your optometrist recommends it will not change the eye itself.

Mostly from off-the-shelf ready-made readers, which are magnifiers. The magnification is easy to adapt to, so people find themselves wanting more. The other cause is wearing a reading or computer prescription for walking around, which can lead to a stronger lens being needed earlier than it otherwise would.

Every two years for most people. Your optometrist may recommend more often depending on the health of your eyes or your visual needs. Contact lens wearers need an aftercare visit every twelve months.

There are many multifocal designs. Older ones have large areas of peripheral distortion, so looking to the side is blurry and some people feel dizzy. Modern designs have far larger distance, intermediate and near zones with minimal distortion. The older designs are still made and are typically what cheap or free-glasses offers use. We fit current designs and we take the measurements properly, which is the other half of getting them right.

On almost every frame we sell, yes, including most Chrome Hearts, Dita, Tom Ford and Persol sunglasses. Strongly wrapped frames and very high prescriptions need a conversation first; we will tell you honestly what will work.

Metered parking on Oxford Street and two-hour parking in the back streets off William Street for most of the day. Oxford Street buses stop at William Street and Paddington Town Hall, both a short walk.