Eyewear styling · designer and luxury frames
If you never know what suits you, or you’ve paid for a name that never felt right, you’re not alone. We look at your face, your prescription and your day first, then bring you a short list of frames that work, from our own ranges to Saint Laurent and Dita.
The problem
Choosing glasses should feel like a pleasure, not a gamble. Every one of these is fixable.
Why us
Our team styles frames every day at all five practices, and we wear glasses ourselves, so we know how it feels when they are wrong.
4.9 ★ from 600+ Google reviews
“Choosing frames was a pleasure, not a chore.”Patient survey
How we style you
Then we bring you a short list, not a wall, and explain why each one works for you.
Face shape, colouring, the bridge of your nose and how far apart your eyes sit. Some frames suit a face before they are even tried on.
A strong prescription usually suits a smaller frame, and a thicker rim hides a thicker edge. Varifocals need a frame with enough depth. We tell you how each frame will look with your lenses in.
Screens, driving, sport, a job that needs a certain look. Sometimes the honest answer is two pairs, and we only say so when it is true.
How you want to look and feel, classic or bold, quiet or noticed. A name on the frame doesn’t mean it suits you, so we guide you honestly.
Six problems, six answers.
“I never know what suits me.” That is our job. We look at your face, your colouring and your prescription first, then bring you a short list and explain why each frame works.
“They will tell you if a frame does not suit you, which for me is crucial.”
“Every frame looks the same on the wall.” We don’t hand you a wall. We choose with you, from the ranges on the shelf and the ones we can order in.
“My prescription makes my lenses look thick.” The right frame hides a strong prescription. We show you how thick each one will look, and which lens thickness you need, before you order.
“I was shown the scans and everything was clearly explained to me.”
“I paid for a name and they never felt right.” A name on the frame doesn’t mean it suits your face. We check the fit on your nose and ears as carefully as the look, and we tell you honestly when a frame isn’t right, whatever the label.
“I felt rushed into choosing.” Take your time. There is no pressure to decide on the day, and you can come back and try again.
“No pressure to buy anything you did not want.”
“I want something a bit different.” Independent makers from across Europe sit alongside the designer names, and the shelf is different at each practice. If you have something in mind, we can usually get it.
“A thorough eye check, and plenty of time to try on various styles and colours.”
The ranges
Signature names across the group, and a shelf that is different at each practice.
Saint Laurent, Valentino, Dita, Porsche Design, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Gucci, Face à Face, Chopard. Valentino and Porsche Design are sourced to order.
JF Rey, Silhouette, Tom Ford, Montblanc, Saint Laurent, Dita.
Stepper, Tom Ford, Gucci, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Carrera, Kate Spade, Carolina Herrera, Eyespace, Cocoa Mint.
Etnia Barcelona, Stepper, Tom Ford, Ray-Ban, Cocoa Mint, Woodys Barcelona, Dutz.
Every brand, with its own page: Dita · Silhouette · Stepper · Face à Face · Chopard · Porsche Design · Ray-Ban · Oakley · Gucci · Saint Laurent · Valentino · Tom Ford · Montblanc · Etnia Barcelona · Woodys Barcelona · Lool · JF Rey · Cocoa Mint · Dutz · Kate Spade · Carolina Herrera · Carrera · Boss · Eyespace
The plan
Forty-five minutes with the optometrist, or bring the prescription from your last test.
A short list chosen for your face, your prescription and your day, with every frame and lens priced on paper.
Adjusted when they arrive, with sixty days to love them or we change them.
What you get. Glasses you look forward to putting on.
Choose on your own, and you could wear the wrong frame on your face every day for two years.
Get it right, and people tell you how well you look, not that you’ve got new glasses.
Five practices
Styling is free at all five. Choose the one closest to you, and ask which has the range you are after.
CheadleAbra & Co · 19 Wilmslow Road★ 4.9 · 106 Google reviewsOpticians in Cheadle → Also near: Cheadle Hulme · Gatley · Bramhall · Stockport
MiddletonAbra & Co · 36 Long Street★ 4.9 · 164 Google reviewsOpticians in Middleton → Also near: Heywood · Chadderton · Blackley · Rochdale
Heald GreenAshworth Opticians · 214 Finney Lane★ 4.9 · 131 Google reviewsOpticians in Heald Green → Also near: Gatley · Wythenshawe · Sale · Altrincham
WinsfordWinsford Eye & Footcare · 27 Delamere Street★ 4.9 · 75 Google reviewsOpticians in Winsford → Also near: Northwich · Middlewich · Knutsford · Crewe and Nantwich
HeckmondwikeArmitage Opticians · 14 Market Street★ 4.9 · 133 Google reviewsOpticians in Heckmondwike → Also near: Dewsbury · Batley · Mirfield · Cleckheaton
Free on the NHS if you qualify, £55 privately, at every practice. All five, with the towns each one serves →
Yes, with an eye test here or with a prescription you bring in. There is no obligation to buy.
Yes. Saint Laurent, Tom Ford, Gucci, Dita, Chopard, Montblanc, Oakley and Ray-Ban, alongside independent makers such as JF Rey, Silhouette, Etnia Barcelona, Stepper and Woodys Barcelona. The shelf is different at each practice, and Valentino and Porsche Design are sourced to order.
Frames run from £70 for our own ranges to £850 for the top designer names, and lenses are priced separately, every option on paper before you choose. Pay half today and spread the rest over 4, 6, 8 or 10 months, interest free, with nothing added.
Yes: thickness, weight and how the lenses will sit, before you order. Strong prescriptions suit some frames far better than others, and we steer you.
Yes. Bring it in and we style you just the same. Had your eye test elsewhere →
Sixty days. Love your glasses, or we change them.
