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I should Work at Oakley
As part of my "end of the X Metal road" collecting (thank goodness for overtime), I'll have the following frames and lenses. I have a tendency to shift around my stock configurations for unique looks unless they are special editions (XS 24K, IH Juliet)..in fact out of all my pairs the only mass production pair I haven't messed with is my Polished Fire Juliet because that's a spot on combo. So, with the following parts what would you create? I'm thinking of doing some rotations of combos
X Squared Frames:
X Metal
Polished
X Squared Lenses:
Ruby
Fire Polarized
VR28 Black Iridium Polarized
Black Iridium Polarized
To me, the Polished and VR28 was a whiff on Oakleys part...that lens doesn't work with light frames and the silver/brown is just ick...I know they were trying to do something different from the Juliet and mimic the Romeo with the Plasma Fire but the Polished Fire is THE combo for that lens IMO so while such a combo would be redundant, I think the visual impact of the larger frame and lenses would be killer. I also think BIP contrasting against the Polished would look nice.
Now, personally, the X Metal Ruby is a classic combo so I could see wearing that for periods..however I've seen pics of BIP on the X Metal XS and its a nice look. I think of the possible non stock combos, these would be the most effective to my eyes:
X Metal BIP, Polished Fire...with possibly also Polished BIP.
And I don't know what to do with VR28. I have a Carbon XS built around Ice and blue rubber so in the future I could see putting it in there, but it MUST have a dark frame.
Oh....and as an aside, I'm assuming most here would choose any OEM Ruby Juliet lens (unless its a Fruby) to put in a Carbon frame vs. Exovista Ruby Quartz? Although for $30 I'm considering just having the Exovista around to put in for periods where I want that extra red look.
X Squared Frames:
X Metal
Polished
X Squared Lenses:
Ruby
Fire Polarized
VR28 Black Iridium Polarized
Black Iridium Polarized
To me, the Polished and VR28 was a whiff on Oakleys part...that lens doesn't work with light frames and the silver/brown is just ick...I know they were trying to do something different from the Juliet and mimic the Romeo with the Plasma Fire but the Polished Fire is THE combo for that lens IMO so while such a combo would be redundant, I think the visual impact of the larger frame and lenses would be killer. I also think BIP contrasting against the Polished would look nice.
Now, personally, the X Metal Ruby is a classic combo so I could see wearing that for periods..however I've seen pics of BIP on the X Metal XS and its a nice look. I think of the possible non stock combos, these would be the most effective to my eyes:
X Metal BIP, Polished Fire...with possibly also Polished BIP.
And I don't know what to do with VR28. I have a Carbon XS built around Ice and blue rubber so in the future I could see putting it in there, but it MUST have a dark frame.
Oh....and as an aside, I'm assuming most here would choose any OEM Ruby Juliet lens (unless its a Fruby) to put in a Carbon frame vs. Exovista Ruby Quartz? Although for $30 I'm considering just having the Exovista around to put in for periods where I want that extra red look.