We live in a fashion-conscious world today. While it seems quite odd to be talking about what to wear while driving a car, it still can make a huge difference on how safe and comfortable your driving experience is.

Now, it’s obvious that when you are driving, you would be looking to wear clothes which are comfortable; however, there are still some useful guidelines which most of us tend to forget.

In a hurry, you could potentially drive barefoot; as it’s not considered illegal in some countries, but in case you meet with an accident, your insurance company is going to be handling your claim quite strictly.

Wearing a sensible pair of shoes can save you from a driving error; as when you are driving a luxury car, driving error is mostly the reason behind accidents. Always try to avoid wearing flip-flops, because more often than not they get caught under the accelerator. Any piece of clothing or accessories that restrict your movement while driving should be avoided at all times. Mostly when people are driving to an event or a celebration of some kind, they tend to wear a number of obscure items in clothing. This however should be avoided because driving is more about safety and comfort rather than fashion. While this tip can be overlooked if your destination is within a few miles, people going on long drives should follow this tip very closely.

Wearing sunglasses while you are driving in dark and long sleeves that prevent you from having a firm grip on the steering wheel: They are neither cool, nor fun.

This post isn’t about the safety tips for drivers, but it’s not possible to conclude this post without telling you how important it is to wear your seatbelt. Maybe you ironed your brand new shirt last night, and the seat-belt is only going to make your creases look horrible, but it’s something you should be ready to sacrifice for your safety and for the safety of other passengers in your car.

            If you wear glasses, then you know that every single one of your friends has tried them on. They take your glasses off of your face, try them on, and then declare that you’re blind! You might have even done this to a fellow glasses wearing friend, it’s all just in good fun. In all seriousness, what would happen if one of your friends wore your glasses even though their vision was fine? Would their eyes be damaged?

Myth Busting!

         Just in case you’ve never tried on someone else’s glasses, it’s a pretty strange feeling! Suddenly the world gets blurry or magnified like you’ve never seen before and all you want to do is take them off! What would happen if you left them on for long periods though?

            Never fear in adults, wearing glasses that are the wrong prescription won’t have any lasting damage, but you won’t have the most accurate eyesight with those frames on. You may experience many headaches though as it would put your eyes under a lot of strain. The same can’t be said for children though. When children are young, their eyes are still developing and need to be handled with great care. If a child wears the wrong prescription, it could have lasting effects on their vision in the future!

Doctor’s Orders

            In the best interest of your eyes, it’s best if you stick to your prescription glasses and no one else’s! This advice shouldn’t come as too much of a shock to you, but we are simply in the interest of saving your eyes and saving your mind from the headaches that a pair of bad glasses could cause you.

            We suggest that you should also consider spoiling your eyes! The gift of eyesight is one that we never appreciate until it’s gone, so for the best optical care you should buy the best prescription frames you can. Buy from a source you can trust to care for your eyes because nothing is too good for your eyes!

            When glasses were first worn, they had a powerful stigma behind them; some of you may know it as nerdiness. People who wore glasses were seen as geeks and losers, but as of lately the public have begun to adopt eyeglasses as more trendy. So what has caused such a change in the public’s eyes?

Styling and Profiling

          One great thing that has changed about glasses is that they’ve become more style friendly. Glasses are no longer bound to the over-sized frames of their ancestors. Back in the day, getting eyeglasses was all about just making sure you could see. Even if those old glasses didn’t look good on your face, you had to be grateful that you could see at least!

Well thanks to changing times, our frames are more than just prescription eyeglasses. Sure they help us see, but now we’re proud to wear them because they look great. Frames are actually being designed to make the wearer look top notch and have great vision to boot! Eyeglasses style has become a must lately! Our glasses not only have to look good on our faces but they need to look good with your look though. That’s right, our frames have gone from providing vision to also becoming a fashion accessory that can complete any look.

This may seem a little girly, but trust me guys there are plenty of great looking eyewear for men. Don’t believe me? Well try and picture yourself wearing those huge glasses your aunt used to wear when you were little! Remember how they seemed to take up her whole face and magnified her eyes like crazy? Now take another look at those great frames on your eyes and be grateful.

A New Day is Dawning

          Never more shall we be bound to wear glasses that don’t suit our faces and make us embarrassed to wear in public! Never more shall we be called nerds or geeks! Designer glasses are making a huge boom in the fashion world, and they are here to stay! So get rid of your old, clunky frames you had to wear when you were young and get yourself a pair of glasses that will make you look great! When you look great, you’ll feel great, and nothing quite beats that!

            If you’re here reading this blog, then you probably one of two types of people: a loyal fan or a smart shopper. No matter who you are, we here at Benji Frank would like to show you why our frames are the best choice for your eyes! We know that everyone would love Benji Frank Frames if they just gave them a chance, so we thought the best way to convince them is with a list of reasons! This way our customers can be informed, knowledgeable, and love the frames they are going to wear!

Let’s start at number 10, shall we!!

10. You’re buying direct from the manufacturer. This means these glasses were made just for you and there’s no middle man to go through! This way, it’s less hassle for both of us!

9. Affordable. That’s right, because Benji Frank doesn’t work with a middle man, your glasses are available to you at a much cheaper price than the glasses at your normal box store!

8. Free shipping and free returns. Anyone who has ever shopped online ever should see that this is a big deal! Benji Frank will not only send your glasses for free, but if they just aren’t quite right then you can send them back for free as well. I’d say that’s a win-win for you!

7. Online try on. The first thing that may come to a new customer’s mind when thinking about buying glasses online is, “What if I don’t like them?” It sounds a little risky, but never fear! One program we have in place, the online try on, allows you to digitally put the pair of glasses you like on a picture of you to test out how they look!

6. Sunglasses. You know you’ve been trying to find a cute pair of sunglasses for a while now, and summer will be here before you know it. You’ve seen our frames and you like them, so why not add a little Benji Frank style to your sunglasses?

5. Designer. That’s right, these frames are designer! Think about that and scroll back up to number 9, you’re getting designer frames that won’t break the bank! Your friends will be green with envy!

4. Stylish. Check it out for yourself, these frames are hot! We’ve got a pair to complement any face and any look you can throw at us! They’re cheap, designer, and stylish frames? How have you not bought a pair yet?

3. Try 5 Program. If the online try on wasn’t good enough to convince you that you’ll love these frames, and even if it did, we encourage you to take advantage of our Try 5 Program. This allows you to try on 5 pairs of Benji Frank frames, at no cost to you, to let you try them before you buy them!

2. Quality. Okay, so we’re giving you a great deal on these frames, there must be a catch in the quality! Nope! Benji Frank takes prides in selling you a pair of glasses that are of top notch quality that you will be able to enjoy for years to come!

Drum roll please…!

1. One pair, one vision. If you haven’t already heard, when you buy a pair of Benji Frank frames, you are given the chance to provide vision to someone else in need in a poor country. Not only do you get a great pair of glasses, but someone else gets to see because of you! If that’s not number 1 material, then I don’t know what is!

Men love to joke that women take forever to get ready before going out, and as a female who’s currently a sophomore in college; I’m here to confirm this statement. Women are very selective when it comes to getting dressed because they like to analyze every angle. We can’t just throw on an outfit and hope for the best, we have an objective when we get dressed. Sometimes that objective is to catch a certain person’s eye, in which case you should be prepared for all kinds of primping, and other times it’s as simple as planning for the weather. Just take my word for it here; the mind of a woman can be a very confusing place.

Women’s Eyeglasses: The Hunt

With that being said, you better believe that women are particularly picky about their glasses. First they have to juggle with the decision between glasses and contacts, which is a fierce battle I assure you. She has to ask herself if she can pull off the glasses look or if her prefers the more open face look of contacts; personally I wear both, it just depends on the day, my mood, and whether or not I woke up on time! Next up on her agenda is finding a pair of eyeglasses that she likes, this is a guaranteed time consumer. She will be pulling all kinds of frames off of the wall of the shop trying to find that perfect look. When she’s doing this she also has an objective in mind, she has an image of someone in her head and she’s trying to find that look. That someone in her head could be a celebrity, a model, or maybe one of her friends that looks great in glasses. Eventually she’ll find that exact pair of glasses she was searching for, but the odds are that she’ll hate them, so the hunt will continue until she finds something that is just right.

There’s No ‘Eye’ In ‘Team’

Why do we women put ourselves through so much trouble for a pair of glasses? I’ll let you in on a little secret, women glasses are more than just glasses, they are a relationship. A woman forms a bond with her glasses that will last for a long time, so those glasses need to be perfect, no matter how long it takes to find them.

Of course, if you paid attention in the first half of this story, you can count on a woman’s eyeglasses selection to differ at times. The main change in every girl’s wardrobe comes in the summer. In the summer time we’re all ready for fun and we want our outfits to reflect that, even our glasses! Summer eyeglasses need to reflect a flirtatious and fun feeling, and of course make us look great at the same time. This means that girls have either have a special pair of summer eyeglasses, and they accessorize to match them. There’s a lot of team work that goes into this planning, and a lot of that work took place in her mind when she picked out that pair in the first place!

Sun wear is right along the same lines. There are so many different styles of sunglasses out there, and I can bet that every girl you’ve met knows exactly what style looks good on her; and if she’s like any of my friends, she has multiple pairs that change according to their mood and outfits. Sunglasses are the definition of fun, and so they need to portray that look no matter what style they are, from Aviators to the large round styles. Personally, I know that I look the best in sunglasses that are round: they complement the shape of my face and look great on my face as my hair blows in the wind.

If you ever go eyeglass shopping with a certain lovely lady, expect to go through millions of pairs, answer a million questions, and to feel impatient. I can guarantee though that if you offer your honest opinion, emphasis on honest here guys, the experience can be fun and not half bad! Give it a shot, it won’t hurt you!

Men love to think that women are overly complicated and hard to understand, but if you really think about it guys are just as complicated as ladies. Men just don’t see themselves from another perspective. I may have just left my teen years, but I can still tell you a lot about guys that you may have never thought of before.

            First off, there are a few different types of guys, so I won’t generalize too much, but there are a few similar attitudes when it comes to how guys dress. The most prevailing idea that I’ve seen is trying to dress to impress. That’s right ladies, guys have got you on the brain and they are trying to show you they care through their clothing choices. If a guy likes a girl and she complimented an outfit he wore, you can be certain he’ll remember that exact outfit and wear it again. If a girl says she likes a certain color, guess who shows up wearing that color the next time they hang out?

            Of course, there’s a very different mindset at play as well, and that’s when a guy couldn’t care less about what he’s wearing. This can happen for a few different reasons: just feel like playing video games, having a bad day, don’t care how people think, woke up late, etc. This doesn’t really have to do with the guy’s personality though, so don’t worry!

Through the looking glass

          We had to cover the very basic of guy-ology before we could move on to a more complicated subject, how do guys choose their eyeglasses? Well, I can tell you one thing, they’re just as picky about glasses as women are because they have to wear them on their faces just like we do! So yes, they go through the same process to find the best eyeglasses, but they do it a little differently than girls do.

            Girls will bring a group of trusted people along to help her pick a pair of eyeglasses that suit her; they are expected to give their honest opinions until the perfect pair is found. Men’s eyeglasses are a little different though. Men may bring along one person, but that person won’t know they are going to look at glasses, they are there for something completely different. A guy will be hanging out with his friend and ask if they wouldn’t mind taking a side trip to the optical department of their choice. Even when that guy friend is there, there’s no real guarantee they will give a helpful opinion. If a guy can’t trick his friend into coming along, then he’ll have no real problem going alone.

            Another guy method that has been seen is when a guy uses a girl’s opinion to get the right pair. This could be done by bringing along their current girlfriend or they could simply ask the cute girl in the store what they think. This method relates directly back to the “dress to impress” method that we covered earlier. This way the guys are getting their advice directly from the source!

My Prerogative

            Guys also buy glasses to fit a certain looks, frames for men just have different motive behind them. The main reason relates right back to our center theme here, dress to impress. Guys are hoping to find a pair of glasses that will make them look hot and intelligent. When this combination is met, no lady will be able to resist the Casanova they’ve transformed into. Well, that’s what is going through their minds at least.

            When guys buy glasses they are trying to look sleek and James Bond-ish, this may be motivated by a need to impress girls or just to add to their look. Either way you look at it, we all buy glasses that we think will make us look good, so we’re not all that different, are we? Maybe next time you’re passing by a guy picking out a pair of frames, you could give them a little piece of advice; it’s sure to break the ice between you!

It’s not very common, unless you’re very involved, for someone to walk into a store and think of it as more than just a place to buy things. When you visit Benji Frank, you can be sure that you’re going to find a pair of eyeglasses, that are top notch and will make you look great, but we’re more than just a little shop that sells glasses. Yes, we do sell great eyeglasses, but we also try to give back to the world.

One Pair, One Vision

‘One pair, one vision’ is the motto that can be found at the top of our webpage, but its there for more than just decoration. The founders of Benji Frank have seen first-hand "what it is like for others to go through the pain of losing their eyesight". From that moment on, Benji Frank realized that they not only wanted to make people happy; but they also wanted to help those who needed it.

Benji Frank EyeGlasses: Give Back

It was at that point that ‘One pair, one vision’ became the leading value of the company. As you may know, with each pair of glasses that you purchase from Benji Frank, you also get to be a supporting hand in repairing the vision of someone in need. That’s right, your eyeglasses mean more than just allowing you to see, but will also allow someone else in the world to be able to see as well.

There are many businesses that claim that their charities are worth your time and your donations, but Benji Frank has made giving back so much easier. All you need to do is buy the eyeglasses you want and that’s it. No extra hassle and no need to break the bank and yet you will still be able to give the gift of sight. Never before has a pair of glasses meant so much!

Let’s take a second to reach out to our lovely ladies. They spend all kinds of time choosing their outfits, and doing their hair and makeup, you better believe that they spend a lot of time to pick out a pair of women’s eyeglasses that are sure to blow you out of the water. Benji Frank would love to be given the chance to have you ladies try out our vast supply of frames to complement any look you can think of.

Fashion Statement Optical Glasses for Women

First off, you’ll have the chance to browse our wide variety of women’s optical glasses to find that perfect everyday look you’ve been seeking. To start the hunt for the perfect pair, we give you a few options such as shopping by color or shopping by styles that would suit a certain face shape. These features can be very helpful when trying to find the perfect pair, and we want to make your experience a little bit easier. Or maybe you’d just like to shop by sight, in which case have fun shopping through our variety of retro and designer glasses to try and find a pair that catches your eye, literally! That way you’ll be able to have fun and come out with a pair of eyeglasses that make you look great as well!

Women's Sunglasses with Newer frames

Benji Frank doesn’t stop there though; we also invite you to browse through our women’s sun wear. Now you won’t have to choose between looking great and having the sun in your eyes. Our sunglasses will allow you to spend your summers looking stylish while Benji Frank provides the UV protection your eyes need.

We know that making a switch can make you a little uneasy, but our women’s eyeglasses and women’s sunglasses are sure to be worth your time. Go through our site and shop till your heart’s content, you can even try them before you buy them. Find your perfect eye-wear accessories right here! Give Benji Frank a chance to win you over and you’ll never look back!

As you may know, Benji Frank features the Try 5 Program where you can try on five pairs of glasses from our shop in the comfort of your own home. Why do we think that our customers need to use the try at home program? If you haven’t already been won over, then we’ll give you a few more reasons to give our frames a shot.

Glasses Trial

Do you remember the first time you got a pair of glasses? You were probably in an optics department of some kind and you had to come face to face with the huge wall covered in glasses. You got try glasses on one by one, look in the mirror, decide what you did or didn’t like, and keep hunting until you found just the right pair. Well, the Try 5 Program is just like, Benji Frank wants you to have many glasses trials so you can try on as many pairs as it takes to find the pair that looks just right and Benji Frank’s home trail is absolutely free.

Try On Glasses At Home

You also know that buying glasses isn’t something you can just rush into. The pair of glasses that you pick is going to become almost a part of your identity; these glasses help your vision but we also want them to help your style. With this in mind, it seems so wrong to just make a few clicks and buy a pair of glasses online without seeing how they look on you first! Benji Frank wants you to try on glasses at home for free so you can be absolutely sure that the pair you picked is the pair you want to keep. And if the pair you thought was the ones for you don’t pan out, there are four other pairs for you to take for a spin! Our Try 5 Program is here to make our customers as happy as possible, so give it a shot and check out all the cool frames we have to offer, they are not only made with high quality materials used by designer glasses brand but we offer you at very affordable price with prescription lenses.

Have you noticed that glasses have gone from being a necessity to a fashion statement? As the years have passed glasses have become so popular that even people with 20/20 vision are hoping on the bandwagon and buying pairs of nonprescription glasses to wear! Where did this major change happen?

Fashionable Glasses

It wasn’t very long ago that wearing glasses was branded with the Steve Urkel stereotype. You know what we mean, the nerdy guy with high water pants, suspenders, and of course the typical large framed glasses to give the eyes an amazingly magnified look. No one wanted to be the nerd back then. To continue this metaphor, when Steve Urkel transformed into Stephan, the dreamy heart throb, the glasses disappeared completely.

But lately the idea of glasses have done a complete turn around and are accepted with open arms by the public, why was there such a sudden change? The credit for fashionable glasses usually goes to Theodore Roosevelt. With modern medical care, more and more began to seek out glasses but they didn’t want to wear the glasses that their grandparents wore. So the designers of the world set to work to design optimal frames that would make the wearer not only be able to see but to also be seen!

Fashionable Glasses & Frames

Soon the popularity of glasses picked up when celebrities such as Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Drew Carey, and even NBA players began to strut around in their glasses. Yes, there was still the nerd stigma attached, but soon even being a nerd became cool. Today it’s very common for stores to be selling glasses with plastic frames so that even people who didn’t need them could make a fashion statement.

Benji Frank has been trying to keep up with all of these fashion statements by always trying to renovate and introduce new styles for its customers. You can find designer eyeglasses, or reading glasses that are sure to turn heads, or maybe even a pair of designer sunglasses to welcome in the warm weather. No matter whether you’re shopping for glasses for men or women, you’re sure to find a pair of trendy glasses to suit your style, whether Steve Urkel or Stephan!