I was in desperate need of a new pair of glasses after I managed to break my already-in-need-of-replacement glasses at a music festival (yeah, I'm a rockstar). But hey, who doesn't want German glasses? They're the coolest, right? Well, if you're talking Mykita, yup, right!
The woman who helped me find my frames was patient and thorough. I tried on like 15 pairs before we decided on a lovely pair of green frames that are a bit bigger than I had planned to get, but look awesome on me. She then put them aside for me and promptly made an appointment for me to have my eyes checked.
The eye exam was with the sweetest optician from Barcelona. My eye exam was kind of fun. Who's ever been able to say that before?
The next day, my news glasses were ready! When I went into pick them up the staff that had helped me remembered my name and welcomed me warmly, asking me how my week had been. If I lived in Berlin full time, I'd probably go make regular friends with them :) It was such a great shopping experience!
Realize that these are not cheap glasses. You're get high German design, and high German quality of lenses. But, they'll help you with the VAT return forms so you can get some money back (assuming you don't live in the EU, otherwise, well, good for you that you guys get so many amazing social services for that VAT!) read more