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You’ve been framed

IF eyes are the windows to the soul, then what you wear around them is the window dressing. Women have no shortage of socially approved options when it comes to expressing themselves in this area—flicky liner, fluttery lashes, a statement fringe—but, if you’re a man, there’s really only one direction in which you can go.

‘Glasses are a serious purchase,’ says freelance men’s-style writer Nick Carvell, who has worked with Mr Porter and (). For him, they’re a part of your look that calls for as much thought as, say, an investment coat. ‘If you’re someone who wears them all

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