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The journal
Frames, lenses, and the odd strong opinion
Written by the people who cut, test and fit. About once a month, and never longer than it needs to be.
What bio-acetate actually is, and why we pay more for it
It comes off a cotton plant rather than out of a barrel, it takes colour differently, and it costs us about a third more per sheet. Here is what that buys you.
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Everything else
Five more, in order
Your frames are probably sitting too low
Nine out of ten people who walk into Osu are wearing a frame that has slipped a centimetre down the nose. It is a ten-minute fix and we do not charge for it.
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Harmattan and your lenses: a short, unglamorous guide
Dry dust is the worst thing that happens to a coated lens all year. Do not use your shirt. We are serious about this.
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Polarised or not, on the coast road
Polarising kills the glare off water and off wet tarmac. It also makes some dashboards go strange. Both of those matter here, so we sell both.
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How often you actually need a test
Two years is the number for most adults, one year after forty, and sooner than either if the headaches have started. Our optometrists explain why.
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Face shape advice is mostly nonsense, with three exceptions
Almost none of the round-face rules survive contact with a real mirror. Three of them do, and they are about the bridge rather than the shape.
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Once a month, at most
New shapes, new colours, and when the sale actually starts
