love them both! Gorge.

PS I don't think I answered your q. I agree one is warm and one is cold so, no ,I think they are not too similar. Plus I have always loved tortoise shell. I think I currently own 5 or 6 pairs of tortoise earrings. The other day my DD1 said "Mom, can you please stop wearing the same earrings." So I may be an unreliable judge.

I like them both too! Anything tortoiseshell is awesome. I like that one is warm and the other cool.

I love them both too, but am partial to the warmer shade because that's what looks best on me. ;-) But if your coloring can pull them both off, go for 'em. (The metal emblem is so small as to be inconsequential, IMO.)

Both look fab. And no, not similar. Like ida said, depends on how they look on you. Which one are you leaning toward?

Both are gorgeous! If you can pull off warm and cool colours, can you get both? What colour is your hair? (sometimes that's more of a deciding element than skin tone.)

Sorry only time for a quick response. I purchased both. I am blonde so warm looks best. — but I love the cool color variation for a bolder look — imagine a black turtleneck. In reality they are even bolder than the photo appears!

I think the top ones will offer a nice contrast with your blonde hair. Glad to hear you bought both! Options are a lovely little luxury when we can afford them.

They are both beautiful! Glad you didn’t have to choose just one.

I love them both. I usually have a demure and a bold pair going at the same time.

The Pucci ones look similar to mine ( Barton Perreira Cagney), but the color that I have is warmer. Not a cat's eye shape, though.

I love them both but the Pucci are my faves. I tend to gravitate to tortoise too and the Pucci glasses are different and neutral enough for my wardrobe (and my ever-changing-to-gray hair) for sure.

When you find something that works, stick with it. I would even have the same exact one in different colors.

Eld, I'm thinking about doing the same. I love Warby Parker's Durand. Have a pair in Woodland Tortoise and thinking about getting another pair in a different color.

https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women/durand/woodland-tortoise

Andie, so funny. I just heard about Warby Parker from a good friend. I am going to look for sunglass frames. I have a narrow face and most glasses are too big. My friend is the same and she loves them!

ETA: Mtn said, "The other day my DD1 said "Mom, can you please stop wearing the same earrings."

I was going to mention too that different colors of the same thing are not as noticeable as the same color in different shapes.

Eld - I have a pin-head. Lafont seem to be a great alternative for me as they have many smaller frames. Also I need nose pads and they will put them on plastic frames at the factory.

But these ones by Celine are actually on the small size with nose pads built in. They will be my next new pairs - in tortoise and black:

My Next New Glasses

Oh, thanks for turning me on to the Warby Parker’s. Or, I should say reminded me. I completely forgot.

Love these!

Thank you all for sharing your opinions! I did take some photos in them but honestly, I looked like a train wreck and am not willing to post them lol.. I missed my last eyebrow/hair appt, I had lip gloss smeared on my upper lip and I was scowling lol. However-- the funky spotty tortoise shell looks cool IMO. They won't be perfect every day but they'll be cool every day.

The Havana tortoise shell works for sure.. they just aren't all that different or special.

I'll be frame shopping next week and plan to try on some Warby Parker. But...I said this before, look at yourself very carefully with a WP on your face. Stand back from the mirror about ten feet and look to see if they overwhelm your face.

Because WP are so popular right now, everybody has them and unfortunately, more than half the women I see wearing them don't look as good as they think.

ETA: I'll need trifocals and a frame similar to WP would be perfect.

BTW.. I had already purchased these when I posted but it's because I can swap out the second pair (Ferragamo) after the pucci come back and before we send out the second pair.

OT but, I'm just so glad to see the style of those skinny frame lenses being replaced with larger, much more practical shaped lenses! I bought a pair of big glasses for computer used and I can see so much better now!

Arkansasgirl, I completely agree! I think the narrow lens in my last trifocals was why I never got used to them.

Big frames, but not thick.

Warby Parker let’s you try up to 4 or 5 frames to help make a selection. I haven’t purchased prescription reading glasses from them but have bought several pair of spare readers. I too have a narrow face and a very narrow bridge.

My last couple of pair of prescription reading glasses have been LaFont. I find them very light and comfortable. The latest have a purple tinge to them behind a darker tortoise front and I love them.

Another vote for LaFont. The frame I'm wearing now is a good 5 years old but I keep having new lenses put in them.

I still prefer a rectangular shape on me. It has to do with my face shape and set of my eyes. I wish I could find a Warby Parker frame that works for me.

Outside - you and I might have the same pair. Madame? I had them put on nose pads for a better fit

I go to my local, independent eyewear shop because through all my many ups and downs with my eyes-- they have stuck with me and provided great service. They have helped me find a comfortable range for glasses to support my needs-- for the average person, I am sure this sounds like "nothing" but I couldn't see clearly to be able to lead a meeting where I needed to look around the conf table, see the projected screen AND see my laptop screen or notes on the table. After a few false starts they got me in a pair of Shimera Office lenses which allow me to optimize my vision in a range from 1-about 14 ft. We were just talking about the fact that Shimera is now considered "old".. but the other lenses I've tried that are newer (and MUCH more expensive) didn't work for me as well. They also worked with the lab to be able to produce my tricky prescription -- as I have curves for an extreme astigmatism, prisms and progressives. I love them and am indebted to them -- they've hung with me through all the transitions from the beginning through some trial and error with lens corrects through 2 surgeries.

They do have a great selection of unique frames-- but they're limited. Many of them are one offs-- so unlike warby parker or any of your mall stores, they don't carry hundreds of frames in any one style. I like this-- because I don't walk around town seeing MY frames on other people. That may be silly but it's how I think! ;)

I have a VERY narrow bridge also-- but a huge head/face. Because I have such a complicated prescription and such an extreme astigmatism, my vision will go to crap if the glasses move on my face. Part of my frames selection process is on appearance-- and part is on fit on my bridge.

While both of my frames are categorized as "cat eye"-- I don't think either are what we might think of as cat eye. They're oval and do turn up ever so slightly but their not exaggerated at all. I really like the La Font Madame above-- I'll have to see if they have a pair in stock. Like you all have mentioned, I find that there are certain lines that fit me best. I really wanted to go with a few lines I liked quite a bit-- tom ford and prada, for instance-- they just didn't fit me as well. Tiffany fit me very well but I didn't care for any of their new styles. Gucci fit well but in the end, I chose two other lines.

Ive worn glasses all my life so for me, I like to view them as accessories-- necessary but still accessories. I think I ended up getting two pairs because I wanted something that made a strong statement and then also something that was more traditional and expected. I don't have a delicate face or delicate features so I think something bold works well for me.. but of course, I don't always want to be so bold... hence the more traditional/expected frames.

I WISH I could look at how they appear 10 feet away but that's just not happening! LOL. In fact, I narrow down the list by looking at them a few feet away and then I choose by sitting down and looking at them close up. I may end up being one of those women who think they look better than they do-- but I suspect that's the case with my whole look and not just my glasses! ha.

I can't remember if warby parker does it, but I know USA glasses allows you to upload a picture and "try the glasses on" which is a great feature. So much is the shape of the glasses with the shape of your hair and face. For me, rectangles seem to work better than round. I also have a small face so often I like the "petite" frames better than the regular.

The last glasses I bought were from costco and they were very inexpensive. I love them especially as they are so light weight. I buy the frames there but have my doc put in the lenses as I need a certain base and other lens makers don't seem to get it right.

Spanish, they are so close! Mine are Sirene, 5022, and a little more square at the bottom.