At the moment in your life when you can’t go any longer with not having glasses, there’s a couple of thoughts that might run through your head. “What if I don’t like any of the selections?” “There’s no way I’ll look good in glasses.” And the number one thought is: “There goes my bank account.” Coming from someone who needed glasses early in his life, I understand the struggles of the four-eyed people.
Warby Parker started up in 2010 as one of the newest optical companies on the block. The founders of the brand wanted to help people who didn’t have the money to buy expensive glasses but make sure they have a crisp modern look. WP started strictly online at the beginning serving customers through their website. Fortunately, due to the company’s successes within the past few years they now have opened up several stores in the United States.
Fun Fact: Ryan Gosling, Oprah Winfrey, John Hamm, T.I. and many other celebrities wear Warby Parker.
The connection between WP and college students is solid due to the fact that the founders of the company know the life of the average student. Times are tough and bank accounts are up and down like the Windows XP wallpaper. Also, speaking of time, as a student time is so precious because we have so much other shit going on in our emotional lives, so while you’re sobbing about trying to get your grades up before the semester ends like me, the website is simple and fast to use unlike the email responses from your professor.
Now, how does the website work you might ask? All you need is a prescription from your eye doctor of exactly how crappy your eyes are. With the prescription, you can enter in the numbers as instructed on the website when you pick your favorite pair of lenses. Also, if you’re not sure about the glasses you see on the website and would like to try them on, they have a service where you can pick five glasses and have them sent to your house before you commit to buying the pair that was meant for you.
WP offers a various amount of frames and colors, and they have every style and taste for everyone. From the classic wayfarer look to the club master style, whether it's a circle or rectangle frame, any shape or size they have the vision you crave. The sleekness of every frame will make the ladies scream and the guys hit you up because of how great you’ll look in your glasses.
As a customer of Warby Parker, I have the Burke frames and I love them. One of my friends suggested to me to look on their website because of how cheap they were and how good they looked. I was shocked when I realized how much I spent, and how great the quality of the glasses are. Now that they have stores, the atmosphere of Warby Parker has come to life, and I can’t wait to continue my future purchases with this company.
So, if you’re bopping around blind, figuring out where to get glasses with a stylish modern look to them that will also keep some money in your pocket, Warby Parker is the place to go to.
