Thursday, July 18, 2013

Warby Parker.




I'm thrilled to announce that after Amy nervously saying, "Kati, someone just rang the doorbell", I found this little box of joy on my doorstep. Hello, home try-on kit from Warby Parker.

Warby Parker is like TOMS for your eyes. They pride themselves on offering affordable, stylish, vintage-inspired eyewear at affordable prices. And according to their webpage, about 1 billion people worldwide lack access to glasses, a statistic that has a major impact on education and vocation success. Since they believe everyone has the right to see, with every pair of glasses you buy, they send one to someone who needs them. So someone else gets the gift of sight and you get to look incredibly stylish for the rest of time. Or for six months if your eyes, like mine, continue at a slow jaunt down into the pit of blindness despite the absurd amount of carrots you consumed in your childhood as a preventative measure that only resulted in your nose turning orange.

But still. At a price point of $95, even I can afford to keep up with the atrophy of my eyeballs.

And to eliminate the anxiety associated with ordering something as important and appearance-altering as glasses on the internet, the good folks at Warby Parker will let you select up to five frames that they will send you, free of charge, allowing you to make an informed decision in the privacy of your own home. And they include a pre-paid return shipping label. Upon reading this, I said, "sign me up." So here we are.
Ainsworth in Striped Chestnut
Clyde in Striped Chestnut
Preston in Whiskey Tortoise
Sloan in Rum Cherry
Sloan in Striped Chestnut


I now have five days to make a decision. What do you think?

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