Frame Fitting & Selection

A fitting is part of the prescription

A lens is ground to work at a specific distance from your eye, at a specific angle, with your pupil sitting at a specific point on the lens. Move the frame — let it slide down your nose, sit crooked, or sag over time — and the prescription you paid for is no longer the prescription you are looking through. This is most obvious with progressive and high-power lenses, where a few millimetres change how comfortable the glasses feel all day.

That is why we treat frame fitting as a clinical step rather than a sales one. Choosing a frame you love matters, but so does making sure it works with your prescription, your face and your daily routine.

How the selection process works

We start with your prescription and how you spend your day. A strong prescription is better suited to a smaller, well-centred frame that keeps lens thickness down. Long hours at a screen may point towards a deeper lens shape for a comfortable intermediate zone. If you cycle, run or work outdoors, we will talk about wrap, grip and polarised options before we talk about style.

Then we look at fit. Three points do the work: the bridge, which carries most of the weight; the temples, which should follow the head without pinching; and the frame width, which should match your face so the arms run straight back rather than bowing outwards. We take your pupillary distance and fitting height with the frame on your face, not from a generic average, so the optical centres land where they should.

Only after that do we get into shape and colour — and this is the enjoyable part. We will pull a handful of frames that suit your face shape and colouring, and we will tell you honestly which ones work and which ones do not. You are welcome to take your time, try on as many as you like, and come back another day to decide.

Brands we carry

Our eyewear and sunglasses wall is deliberately curated rather than exhaustive, so that everything on it is worth wearing. Current brands include Vogue, Braun Buffel, Charmant, Emporio Armani, Armani Exchange, Silhouette, Coach, Oakley, Ray-Ban, Tom Ford, Porsche Design and Burberry — a range that runs from lightweight rimless Silhouette designs to classic Ray-Ban shapes and sport-ready Oakley frames.

Behind the frame sits the lens, and it matters just as much. We work with Zeiss, Hoya and Essilor for single-vision, progressive, blue-light and myopia control lenses, and we will explain the practical difference between coating and material options rather than reading you a spec sheet. You can see the full brand directory on our homepage.

What makes a good fit

• The frame sits level, with the top rim roughly along your brow line.
• Your eyes sit near the horizontal centre of each lens, not high or off to one side.
• The frame stays put when you look down or nod — no sliding, no constant pushing back up.
• Nothing digs in: not the bridge, not the temple tips behind your ears.
• Eyelashes clear the lenses, and the frame does not touch your cheeks when you smile.
• The weight feels evenly shared rather than concentrated on your nose.

Adjustments, repairs and aftercare

Every pair is adjusted by hand when you collect it, and we check the fit again after you have worn them for a week or two. Frames loosen with time, heat and being taken off one-handed — that is normal. Bring them in whenever they start to feel off and we will straighten and retighten them; there is no charge for adjusting glasses bought with us.

We also run frames and lens repair consultations for glasses bought elsewhere: loose screws, stretched temples, worn nose pads, or refitting existing lenses into a new frame where the shape allows. If a repair is not worthwhile, we will say so plainly instead of charging for work that will not last.

Come and try some on

No appointment is needed to browse — walk in any day between 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM at Blk 437 Fernvale Rd, #01-04A, opposite Seletar Mall, easily reached from Sengkang and Punggol. If you would like an eye test on the same visit, call or WhatsApp ahead so we can set aside time. Learn more about our practice or check the FAQ first.