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Designer Spectacles

You may not be aware but the vast majority of Spectacles labled designer eyewear are made under licence by only a hand full of spectacle manufacturer importers.

The licensing agreements change hands fairly frequently, in effect a Spectacles wearer can buy a designer frame today and tomorrow the designer licence can change hands and that particular frame will be discontinued overnight with new models being manufactured elsewhere.

Did you know that * Giorgio Armani , Emporio Armani, Diesel, Yves Saint Laurent, Polo Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Dior, Valentino, Oliver, Carrera, Stella McCartney, Oxydo, Pierre Cardin and Alexander McQueen design licenses are all held by a single frame manufacturer.

And a second company manufactures / imports all these designs * Anne Klein, Arnette, Brookes Brothers, Byblos, Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, D&G, Dolce&Gabbana, Donna Karan, DKNY, Ferragamo, Genny, Killer Loop, Miu Miu, Moschino, Persol, Prada, Ray-Ban, Revo, Tacchini, Sferoflex, Versace, Versus and Vogue.

Basically the Designer name is leased to the highest bidder.

* All information correct at time of writing.

The agents who sell designer frames on the whole seem to have a policy of maintaining exclusivity amongst their customers.

For Example Maybe there are two opticians operating within one small town or the same high street, only one of the opticians will be allowed to purchase a particular designer collection, thus allowing no competition and allowing their chosen optician to charge a premium price whilst the other optician may be offered a collection from another designer within their portfolio.

Whenever these arrangements are threatened by discounters such as ourselves the licence holders try to establish where our stocks are being purchased in order to stem supplies.

However we will endeavor to keep supplying Spectacles with designer lables at reasonable prices.

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Rimless Spectacles

Budgetspex offers the lowest prices on rimless Spectacles whilst maintaining the highest quality of workmanship.

State of the art computer controlled edging and milling machinery is employed which facilitates accurate edging and drilling of lenses, resulting in a pleasing balanced appearance and an accuracy previously unachievable.

Rimless Spectacles are more stable and more beautiful than ever before the vast array of designs and shapes combined with the lightness of today's new generation lens materials make rimless designs the leading fashion choice of today.

The fine frame materials employed in today's rimless Spectacles make the rimless Spectacles safer and more comfortable to wear.

Many types of lens fittings are now available.

Airfit

The plug is made of flexible plastic and is inserted through holes predrilled in the lens, the plug is then cut flush with the front surface of the lens.

The double barbed pins of the frame are then located into the openings of the hollow plastic plugs and an insertion tool is then employed to push the pins home fully into the plastic plug.

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Starfit

The beauty of the starfit type of rimless fitting is its simplicity, a bolt with a five or six pointed clasp is soldered onto the frame ( during frame manufacture ) .

A single hole is drilled through a point at each temple and nasal position on each lens, the bolt is inserted from the front of the lens and after the rear protective washers are installed and the nut is tightened until the pointed clasp starts to penetrate the lens material, the points are only a few tenths of a millimeter long and should not cause any harm to the correct lens type.

Once the frame has been set up and aligned correctly the nuts are fully tightened and capped to prevent backing off of the retaining nuts.

Polycarbonate lenses are not suitable for starfit fittings.

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Notch And Hole

Notch And Hole

The lenses are milled and drilled to form the notch and hole a few millimeters apart, the notch is used as an anti rocking locator.

The frame will typically be made with a screw or bolt inserted through or soldered to the front of the frame and a pin a few millimeters away which locates in the anti rocking notch, protective plastic washers are installed and the nut fastener is introduced, at this point basic setting up of the frame is required and finishing capnuts are fitted preventing backing off of the retaining nuts.

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Semi Rimless Spectacles

Budgetspex sell a good range of semi rimless frames ( sometimes referred to as supra or half rim frames ) .

The lenses are secured into the frame by means of a nylon or steele cord sunk within a channel cut into the lens edge usually but not always around the full circumference of the lens.

To facilitate the insertion of the nylon cord there is a recommended minimum edge thickness of two millimeters.

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Plastic Full Rim Ladies Spectacles

Plastic full rimmed frames although once reigned supreme have suffered a loss of favor in recent years, but 2006 has seen a new and exciting re emergence of layered acetate frames allowing designers complete control over colours and features.

We now have traditional frame materials brought right up to date by this generations fashion designers.

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Plastic Full Rim Gents Spectacles

We have a selection of plastic full rim frames and are constantly looking for good quality and good value models to complement our selection.

Here is a note for frame manufacturers we need samples of good quality plastic frames for men, there simply is not enough good quality gents plastic frames about. We need more choice.

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Metal Full Rim Ladies Spectacles

Budgetspex carry a huge selection of ladies full rim metal Spectacles frames to suit all tastes and pockets all glazed to our famous high quality.

We have lots of tried and tested favorites. All the ladies full rim metal Spectacles are sourced from high quality manufacturers and carry a no quibble guarantee on all components. It is well known that we only sell high quality products.

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Metal Full Rim Gents Spectacles

Budgetspex carry a huge selection of gents's full rim metal Spectacles frames to suit all tastes and pockets all glazed to our famous high quality.

We have lots of tried and tested favorites. All the gents's full rim metal Spectacles are sourced from high quality manufacturers and carry a no quibble guarantee on all components. Our reputation for quality, value and service is growing all the time.

It is well known that we only sell high quality products.

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Low Cost Spectacles

Our low cost Spectacles are reported to be the best value on the net. An article hosted on Televisions " Make Me Rich " Martin Lewis's website moneysavingexpert.com Read more about Martin here

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Excerpts from the article

.Basic Lenses

" If you're not fussed about style and are just after a basic frame, Specsonthenet and Budgetspex come in cheapest at £9.99 for frame and lens, though delivery with specsonthenet is a bit steep at £2.49. After that you can expect to pay about £15 for a basic frame and lens, Glasses Direct*, Goggles4u and Spex4less* "

The Total Price of the Cheapest Spectacles

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Designer Spectacles

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a fashionista, many of the online dispensers offer designers spec at bargain basement prices too. Go and try some frames in a high street store to see what suits and fits you then make a note of the model number and then you can try and find the exact frames online without having to buy blind! Budgetspex come up trumps here again with designer frames from £44.99, you could also try Perfect Specs who have D & G frames starting from £109 with free lenses.

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Compare Our Prices

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Many of the cut price websites are now starting to accept NHS vouchers so if you are entitled make sure you redeem it; you'll get about �30 off the price of your Spectacles. The following sites accept vouchers: Budgetspex, Glasses Delivered and Glasses Direct.

Thank you Martin

We will strive to offer even better value

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