Author: james

  • WIN – Custom Designed Oakley St. Patrick’s Day Sunglasses

    To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on 17th March we have got a fantastic new Competition with the most unique prize we’ve ever given away. Prize: Custom Design St. Patrick’s Day OAKLEY Flak Jacket Limited Edition Sunglasses These Custom Designed Sunglasses are a ONE OFF, designed by yours truly especially for St Patrick’s Day. ONLY ONE…

  • Skins Stars Wear SelectSpecs Glasses

    Get the preppy look with the help of two of the stars of Skins, who are featured in a photo shoot for Now Magazine wearing glasses from SelectSpecs.  Laya Lewis and Jessica Sula who play Liv and Grace in the hit E4 television series show you how to ace the current college fashion trend. Following…

  • Protect your Oakleys with these Cool Cases

    If you have a pair of Oakley Sunglasses (or Oakley Prescription glasses), chances are, you’re probably pretty proud of your purchase, but not all Oakley Sunglasses are supplied with protective cases beyond the soft cloth pouch.  So if you want to throw them into the glove box of your car (like me) or not have…

  • MIDO 2011

    In the never-ending search for the latest and greatest innovations in all things relating to eyeglasses, four members of the Selectspecs team spent last weekend at the MIDO trade fair in Milan. The MIDO exhibition, for those of you not in the know, is held in Milan each Spring.  The exhibition is 340,000 sqm in…

  • Celebrity Sunglasses #6: Emma Stone wears Wayfarers in Easy A

    Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone stars as Olive in the teen comedy Easy A. Synopsis from Apple: “After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl (Emma Stone) sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in “The Scarlet Letter,” which she is currently studying in school – until…

  • SelectSpecs in Daily Mirror – Best Value By Far

    SelectSpecs has received a nice mention in the Daily Mirror today (4th March 2011) thanks to our unbeatable value for money compared to both the High Street Opticians and our online competitors. No one can even get close to our Value Glasses Range (£6 + delivery) and we even include ALL the coatings in the…

  • Sunglasses from “The Hangover Part 2”

    The long awaited follow up to the hit 2009 comedy The Hangover is drawing ever closer with the new movie, The Hangover Part 2, due to be released in UK cinemas on the 27th May 2011. As our readers loved our original Hangover blog post so much, we’ve taken the opportunity to grab a couple…

  • Get Your Glasses On for Valentine’s Day – Specs ARE Sexy!

    FAR FROM being a turn-off, girls who wear glasses are MORE likely to stoke up a steamy session with the man of their dreams, according to the results of our Sexy Specs Survey. The overwhelming majority – 92.7% – of men questioned said they find women who wear glasses sexy, proving that specs aren’t the…

  • Makeup Tips for Glasses Wearers

    Ladies (and adventurous gentlemen), you have probably noticed by now that eye makeup becomes much more difficult when glasses are in play. Eyes can become dwarfed behind stylish frames, but we still want the best of both worlds – gorgeous frames and gorgeous eyes. Here are some tips to help your eyes stand out, even…

  • Top 2 Glasses Wearers in 30 Rock

    Yay!!! 30 Rock is back on UK television tonight with season 5 on Comedy Central – in HD no less!!! In case you hadn’t guessed, we love this quirky little comedy. I mean who wouldn’t find a guest appearance from Buzz Aldrin yelling at The Moon funny? “I OWN YOU!!!” “I WALKED ON YOUR FACE!!!”…