

Glasses here can climb into the $200s (or higher, if you're looking for special additions), though they do take some vision insurance, which is a bonus. Thankfully, the century-old business-which got its start as an eyeglass pushcart back in the early 1900s-simply shifted down the block, and continues to sell its classic, high-end label on the Lower East Side, with outposts in Cobble Hill and in Greenwich Village. MOSCOT: It was a sad day when Sol Moscot's iconic eyes were forced to relocate from their Orchard Street home a few years back. Warby Parker has four locations in Manhattan: 161 Avenue of the Americans, 2nd Floor, between Spring and Vandam Streets in SoHo (64, ) 121 Greene Street between Prince and Houston Streets in SoHo (64, ) 1209 Lexington Avenue at East 82nd Street on the Upper East Side (64, ) and at 819 Washington Street at Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District (64, ). And as a bonus, for every pair of eyeglasses a customer purchases, the company will donate to someone in need. They've got in-store optometrists and they'll take prescriptions that are under a year old. Stylish frames here run only $95 (high-index lenses cost about $30 more), and you can spend as much time perusing their showrooms as you wish, using fancy measuring devices and in-store Instagram photobooths to find your most flattering pair. WARBY PARKER: Once the true mark of a nearsighted hipster, it seems like everyone and their mother and their erstwhile mayor's been donning Warby Parker these days.
