Buying Prescription
Eyeglasses Online is Easy

Browse the largest selection of designer frames online

Opticiwear.com stocks over ten-thousand styles from 250 top brands; we sell 300 different types of Ray-Ban alone! So your first step is fun - just browse our incredible collection and see what strikes your fancy.

You can shop by brand, color, or shape (among other filters.) Whether you’re a fashionista or a sports fanatic - you'll find the perfect pair.

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Find glasses that suit your face shape

Choices, choices, choices! How do you narrow down your options to only the frames that will make you look your best?

Try our handy face shape guide to find out which styles will flatter your face

Find your glasses frame size

Wondering what size glasses to buy? You can easily find your frame size by looking at your current glasses. In this short video, learn the meaning of the numbers that appear on your frames - eye size, bridge size, and temple length.

Remember, your eyeglasses and sunglasses will be different sizes - sunglasses are usually much larger. It's easy to find a perfectly fitting pair of glasses online if you know how to find your size!

Have a copy of a recent prescription handy
(or we can call your your eye doctor for you!)

optical prescription

Optical prescriptions expire between one and two years from the date of your last exam, so make sure to visit your eye doctor if it's been longer than that.

Regular eye exams are an essential part of ensuring great optical health for life. But don't worry if you don't have your prescription to hand, one of our expert opticians can contact your eye doctor on your behalf.

Find out what type of lenses you need

Most nearsighted and farsighted people need single-vision lenses, which have only one corrective power. Single vision lenses are also used to for reading glasses, to correct presbyopia (when you have trouble focusing on objects at a close range.)

Multifocal lenses have two or more different corrective powers.

Understand your lens material options

There are four different materials that you can have your prescription lenses made from:

plastic lenses for eyeglasses
PLASTIC

Plastic is the most economical choice, and recommended for people with light prescriptions up to +/-1.75.

polycarbonate lenses for eyeglasses
POLYCARBONATE

Polycarbonate lenses are impact resistant and recommended for children and people with active lifestyles - good for prescriptions up to +/- 4.00.

high index lenses for eyeglasses
HIGH INDEX 1.67

High Index 1.67 lenses are 45% lighter than plastic lenses and recommended for people with prescriptions up to +/-9.00.

high index 1.74 lenses for eyeglasses
HIGH INDEX 1.74

The thinnest and lightest lens material is High Index 1.74 which is recommended for people with high prescriptions.

The expert opticians at Opticiwear.com can answer any questions you may have about these options.

Understand your lens coating options

You’ve picked your frames and lenses. There’s just one choice left to make; your lens add-ons. FramesDirect.com's opticians always recommend adding anti-reflective (AR) and UV (ultraviolet) coatings to your lenses.

AR coating will improve the clarity of your vision and help ease eye fatigue. UV coating shields your eyes from the sun’s harmful rays and comes standard on all our polycarbonate and high index lenses.