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What Inspired the Frame Design of Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The Oscar Wylee Faye frame was inspired by the contemporary trend of cat-eye-shaped glasses for women. Cat-eye-shaped glasses are characterised by their pointed upper corners and round square body. The design of cat-eye-shaped glasses was originally born out of the need for more variety in women’s glasses during the 1930s, which is when American artist, Altina Schinasi designed the Harlequin frame now known as cat-eye-shaped glasses.
What to Know About Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
There are many aspects of the Oscar Wylee Faye frames that customers should know about so they know whether this is a suitable frame for them. The Faye frame is a women’s square round-shaped frame. The extended upper corners of the Faye glasses work effectively to emphasise the cheekbones and lift the face, overall, adding more dimension and sharper angles to rounded facial features and means that they are fashionable all year round. Faye glasses feature the standard parts of glasses such as a rim, temples, lenses, normal hinges and a high nose bridge fit.
What are the Types of Temple Tips or Earpieces Included with Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The temples and temple tips of Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses are made from acetate.
What Type of Nose Bridge do Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses Have?
Oscar Wylee’s Faye frame has a high nose bridge.
What Type of Nose Pads are Included with Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
Oscar Wylee’s Faye frame does not have nose pads.
What Type of Lenses do Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses Have?
The Oscar Wylee Faye frame typically comes with optical lenses. Optical lenses are glasses lenses that have a prescription within the lens to help correct vision issues such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Faye glasses can also come with non-prescription lenses, with add-ons such as a blue light filter. Faye glasses frame are currently not available as sunglasses online, however, customers can customise in-store and add on tint or polarisation.
What Material is Used for the Rim of Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The rim of Oscar Wylee’s Faye glasses frames is made from acetate. The rim refers to the part of a glasses frame that holds the lenses.
What Type of Hinges are Included with Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The type of hinges featured on Oscar Wylee’s Faye frames are normal hinges, also known as standard or barrel hinges. These hinges have many interlocking loops that are stabilised with a small screw.
What Face Types are Most Suitable for Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The Oscar Wylee Faye frame is most suitable for round and oval face types. The Faye frame is a square round frame shape that complements the structure of round and oval faces particularly well. The square, round Faye frames help to balance the features of an oval face shape or a round face shape. Square round frames help to bring forward the sharp and striking features of a round or oval face type, highlighting without overemphasising them Although there are many glasses for face shapes that may be considered more aesthetically suitable, it is important that people also choose the frames that make them feel most comfortable, and represent their personal style.
What Size Options are Available for Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The size options available for Oscar Wylee’s Faye frame are a wide-frame fit across all colours.
What Materials are Used to Create Oscar Wylee’s Faye Glasses?
The primary material used to create the Oscar Wylee Faye frame is acetate. Acetate, also known as cellulose acetate, is a bioplastic, made from cotton fibres or wood pulp. At Oscar Wylee, acetate glasses are made by adding a dye to cellulose acetate, which is rolled into a sheet. The shape of the glasses is then cut from this sheet.
