I'm stuck with glasses frames on my face. Actually I don't mind them. Can't wear contacts that irritate allergies, and I'm just adverse to poking my finger in (toward) my eyes. I think it's good if you can wear 'em, but I can't. So every few years -- and I'm overdo but have an appointment -- I have to re-up my prescription and usually get new frames. Don't put new wine in old wine skins. You have to analyze all that -- I have an oval face and need rectangular frames large enough to accommodate progressive lenses. Last time, about four years ago, I happened on a Danish designed pair, way over priced, tortoise shell but with nifty color patches inside the frames and at the hinges; my wife gifted me with most of the cost. Now with a new prescription coming up, I guess I'll get new but probably more reasonably priced frames. I did metal rims for too long, aviators even, and now with progressive lenses, I think plastic provides a better base for the glass. With grayer hair -- I like to think the brown still shows -- and a nearly white mustache, I'm thinking maybe gray or clear frame with a dash of gray, or maybe back to tortoise shell. Hmmm. I'm not exactly stricken with fashion sense. I know my wife will make this decision mostly, and I'm grateful for that since she has to look at me most. Any notions or ideas on this? It's my challenge, I just mean any general principles? Too often I feel like I get twenty minutes to decide and live with the result for a year or two or more. I rarely have more than one set of frames, two with sunglasses, so I like to get it right. The sunglasses I'll just refit the frame since they get regular but less use.