/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10051372
Fellow glassesanon here, I feel you deeply. My prescription's not as bad as yours (-5.75) but my eyes are still pretty damn awful. I remember being sad on Halloweens as a kid because I wanted to go as characters that didn't wear glasses or couldn't think of bespectacled characters I wanted to portray, and even to this day it still kind of follows me.
But - it's been my experience that nobody really cares. Even when I had more obvious black frames with Transitions lenses that were constantly tilted nobody said anything. Heck, I even got COMPLIMENTED once - I was cosplaying an older character and they thought the glasses added to their worldliness.

There are a few things I do to mitigate it. I wear glasses with clear frames that are less noticeable. I also have prescription sunglasses that open up a few more opportunities. When I'm getting photographed I sometimes tuck them into my back pants pocket or inner jacket pocket. But I mostly just don't sweat it.

Have you looked into buying glasses online? Glasses shops around me charge anywhere from $125 to upwards of $200 for a single pair, but online I can get 'em for around $40. Sure they're lower-quality, but I don't wear them daily so I don't care. Picking up more subtle frames is a good stopgap if you can't/won't do contacts.