I Can See Clearly Now!
November 3rd, 2006 @ 5:04 pm by Mrs. Kiwi
I have a decision to make: whether or not to wear my glasses during the wedding. Ever since I had surgery to correct cataracts in my eyes, I’ve had fake lenses implanted in them. One eye is nearsighted, and the other is farsighted. This makes for quite the pain when it comes to getting glasses because I have bi-focals. In my right eye, the top part of the lens is nearsighted and the bottom is farsighted to correct my vision. Vice-versa for the left eye. This means I have FOUR different prescriptions for two eyes.
I was told by my opthamologist that I can’t wear contacts because they will badly scratch my artificial lenses. 
Even if I could, I could only imagine how thick those contacts would be! So, that leaves me wearing rectangular tortoise shell glasses every day of my life. Oh well, no biggie.
My question is, should I not wear glasses in the wedding pics? Or maybe I should get a fancier, possibly rimless pair of glasses to wear during the wedding - to allow me to actually see Mr. Kiwi when I walk up the aisle! I could take pictures with and without, so I really have my choice of which ones to keep.
These rimless pair caught my eye: They are by Chanel, as you can see by the interlocking cs.
These are by Prada and also very cute:
Question number two: Mr. Kiwi has glasses that he wears at night. During the day he is a Coach Extraordinaire, who wears contacts so as to not have things flying at his face shatter glass in his eyes. Makes sense. The question is, I love Mr. Kiwi in glasses - he looks incredibly sexy. Should I ask him to take some pictures with the glasses on so we could have a few of us with glasses on, glasses off, mix it up with a little bit of both… What do you think?
Those of you with glasses, are you wearing them during the wedding?
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20 Responses to “I Can See Clearly Now!”
I think you should mix it alllll up, some with each of you with and without glasses! I think for the formal portraits try some photos with no glasses, but I would really want to see where I was going (& my soon-to-be husband!!) while walking down the aisle, so rimless glasses might be a good option there. But if you like how you look with your regular glasses, then I don’t think it would be bad at all to wear them! I do think people should look like themselves on their wedding days, so don’t go TOO freaky trying to un-glasses yourself!!
And yes, definitely make Mr. Kiwi take some with his glasses if you think he looks hot in them!! 
I don’t have glasses, but I am sooo set on making Mr. Bluebell take some pics with and some without!
Weezer-No, because my lenses are already worked on (and I think they’re plastic?) and already freakin’ IMPLANTED in my eyes (Sooo gross) I can’t get them fixed. I will most likely need to get them re-done in the next 20 or so years. Stupid cataracts. I was lucky right after the surgery, though, I had like, super 10/10 vision, I could read the ingredients on a cambell’s soup can from 2 feet away! it was AWESOME.
Bluebell, I really like the idea of different looks in our pictures!! I say make Mr. Bluebell wear them, too!! Glasses are cool! (pushing up her frames to the bridge of her nose)
I think if you normally wear glasses you should wear some sort of glasses (especially if you can’t wear contacts). Obviously Mr. Kiwi thinks you are beautiful with your glasses and also you don’t want to miss something because you couldn’t see.
My mom has worn glasses since she was little and she wore her glasses in her wedding pictures and you don’t even notice them because she is a beautiful bride. As you will be.
why don’t you do an engagement shoot - miss lime blogged about a super affordable photographer yesterday who’s great with those shoots. then you can see which pictures look best - glasses on, off, or a combo.
i think tortoiseshell glasses and a little hat with a mini veil or feather attached would be so sexycool!
Cecilie, I think you’re right, I’d definitely want to see my groom when I marry him, right? 
And thank you for the boost of confidence, sometimes my glasses make me feel pretty crappy sometimes!!
Ooooh, Mrs.Bee, that does sound like a good plan… a little test-run!
I agree with pretty much everyone else said. You should have your future hubby take pics both with and without glasses. As for you, I would suggest you look however you usually look. If you rarely wear rimless glasses, or not even at all, I would just go with the tortoise shell ones. You don’t want to look weird on your wedding day by wearing something other people aren’t used to seeing you in. Plus, like WeezerMonkey, I probably think you’d look cuter in the tortoise shell ones.
Overwhelming support of a spec-(ha ha ha)tacular wedding! Okay, glasses it will be. I need to get new ones, since I scratched the bugger out of my current pair, but when I find them, I’ll post!
I’m wearing my glasses for our wedding. I have contacts, but I can’t wear them for long periods of time because they bother my eyeballs to the point that my eyes get really red. My fiance also wears glasses, and he will be wearing his for the wedding also.
Jamie, I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one!!
We’ll both be wearing glasses to ours. I’ve never had contacts and the idea freaks me out a little. If I didn’t wear my glasses, I wouldn’t be able to see anyone at the end of the aisle, not cool, and probably would be pretty squinty to make sure I didn’t run into anything. I have wondered if wearing glasses would mean that certain types of veil attachment options would be more flattering than others. Any thoughts on that?
Maggie, I’ve never thought about that. Dang! And I always wanted to wear a blusher, does this mean it’s out? Hm.. Mr. Kiwi thinks the veils that come under the bun, or twist or whatever make me look like it’s a mullet, so that’s out. And I love them so!
wear your glasses for your big day. a friend refused to wear hers on her big day and she’s squinting in all her pictures because she couldn’t see. =( and at her reception she seemed kinda lost all the time…
I have really bad eyesight as well — think almost legally blind! I’ve worn glasses since I was eight. I got contacts in ninth grade and wear them pretty regularly, though glasses win out at least two or three days a week for their convenience factor.
I think on my wedding day, I am not going to wear glasses because I wear contacts most of the time, and I’d like to appear as people are used to seeing me. That said, if you wear glasses most of the time, wearing them for the majority of the day is probably the way to go, though I’d take some pictures without also!
Newly engaged- I TOTALLY squint when I don’t have my glasses on, too, and I really don’t want that in pictures. I can only imagine the pictures- with me looking totally off to the right because that’s where I thought the camera was! Glasses it is.
Miss Plumeria, you’re right, I’ve worn glasses every day for more than 5 years, so I think it’s the right thing to do. Not that I won’t be taking some pics without them!
I had the same dilemma! My glasses are rather emo-ish, with thick red frames (which actually complement my face quite well, surprisingly). But I don’t think I’ll wear them at all at the wedding; I’ll just go without (I can’t wear contacts, either). My eyesight isn’t really all *that* bad and I’ve gone glasses-less beore, back in high school for proms and such. But I’ll probably bring mine with me and maybe put them on for the grand send-off, just so I can see for that 
If you decide to wear glasses, be mindful of possible glaring in the photos!
i wouldnt like to show me wearing mines in public this day, cause i wear contacts all the time for years, and im veeery nearsighted, thats mean my glasses are like coke botlles buttoms with -12 nearsighted prescription, but if i couldnt wearing my contacts i need my glasses much.
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Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
Is Lasik a possibility at all? My mom gave me surgery as a wedding gift! It was the greatest thing not having to wear contacts or glasses walking down the aisle!
If you wear glasses, though, I say take pics with and without, and ditto your hubby, since you love him with them on. The caveat re pics with glasses, though, is glare, so watch out for that.
Personally, I’d probably prefer your tortoise shells over the rimless!