TGG By Virtual Appointment
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Description
That Glasses Guy · Optical Atelier
The boutique fitting, wherever you are.
A private, one-on-one video appointment with your optician. We curate frames around your face, your prescription and the way you actually live — then measure you for lenses with Remote Fit by TGG, the precision fitting software we built in-house so a remote fitting is held to the same standard as one across our bench.
No guesswork. No “average” measurements. Just a finished pair, made for you, that arrives ready to wear.
Measured, not guessed.
Most online glasses are built on a single PD number and an assumption about where your eyes sit. That is fine for simple lenses and a gamble for everything else. Remote Fit captures the measurements that decide how clear and comfortable your lenses feel:
Pupillary distance, eye by eye
Monocular PD for each eye individually. Faces are not symmetrical, and your lenses should not pretend they are.
Distance and reading, both measured
Separate far-gaze and near-gaze photos capture how your eyes converge when you read — measured for you, not estimated from a formula.
Fitting heights from a straight-on view
Exactly where your pupil sits in the lens — the measurement that makes or breaks progressives, bifocals and high prescriptions.
Matched to every pair you order
Ordering more than one pair? Each gets its own measurement set, paired to its own lenses.
Approved by a licensed optician
Software does the heavy lifting; a TGG optician makes the call. Every measurement is reviewed and approved before a single lens is cut — and if a photo isn’t right, we’ll ask for a retake rather than guess.
How it works
Start to finish, from anywhere.
- Consult. We meet on video to talk through your vision, your style, your work and your downtime — including task-specific eyewear if you need it.
- Curate. We hand-select frames from our collection around your goals. Decide on the call, or have a try-on kit shipped to you and we’ll walk through it together on a second call.
- Measure with Remote Fit. After you order, you’ll receive a private Remote Fit link for each pair. A few photos on your phone — ideally taken by a friend, a timer works too — in about five minutes.
- Delivered ready to wear. Your optician approves your measurements, your lenses are made to them, and your frames are pre-adjusted before they ship.
Your $50 deposit comes back to you.
Your appointment is secured with a $50 non-refundable deposit, credited in full toward any eyewear or lens purchase made the day of your appointment. Every session is prepared in advance with frames hand-selected for you.
Choose Frame Selection + RX Lens Fitting for prescription eyewear measured with Remote Fit, or Frame Selection (Non-Prescription) for sun and plano frames.
Your photos are stored privately, used only to fit your glasses, and deleted automatically afterwards — see the Remote Fit privacy notice. Learn more about Remote Fit by TGG, or email info@thatglassesguy.shop.
Find Your Fit
Frame Sizing Isn't What it Seems:
Let me throw a wrench to everything you might think you know about finding the right "size" glasses. While many people think a couple of simple numbers can determine the needed frame size, more often that not, that's just not the case. The numbers I'm referring to are the A or Eye size (Lens width), and the DBL or Bridge size (distance between the two lenses). While these numbers can be helpful guidelines, not all frames with the same numbers will fit the same way. Just like your clothes don't all fit exactly the same even with the same waist measure, neither do all frames.
Why Don't The Numbers Tell Me the Right Size?
This is a great question, and comes down to the wide array of materials used to make the frames! The distance from the edge of the lens to where the temple (arms, bows, whatever you want to call them) go back to the head and thickness of the temples themselves are just a couple of the factors. Add in different bridge designs with the same width and totally different fits and construction, and things get hairy quickly!
So, How Can I Even Figure Out What To Buy?
Pay close attention to the actual construction of the frame. Opticians know these tricks well and our staff is happy to assist if needed, just send us a picture, and what it is you personally want out of your next eyewear function and style wise. For a guideline for yourself though, look at the material thickness from the outer lens to the edge, this can be just one or two millimeters, on up to several or as much as ten or more millimeters in the cases of some specialty designs for high prescriptions! Next pay attention to the thickness of the material in the bridge, and the way it tapers. These subtle cues can give you a great impression of how the frame will fit on you with just a little visualization!
Does a Frame Always Need to Fit Perfectly?
Contrary to the optical worlds opinion, NO. You don't need perfect central alignment, or frames exactly the width of your head. What you do need, are certain lines to flow well with your face, colors that work for your complexion and wardrobe, and knowing whether you want to have a look that is bold and oversized, or small petite and minimal, or any combination of the two. There is a fine line between oversized and TOO BIG, so do dredge into this area with caution. This is where we come in, if you're not sure, let us help!
What if I Like Really Different?
Welcome to the party, you're one of us. We understand trendsetters and fashion forward styles are not something the everyday eye will find pleasing, and we're not going to talk you out of that gorgeous vintage cat eye shape in blazing pink colors, or whatever your heart desires, as long as it really is a good look for you in color tones and style choice! Frames built for the world of high fashion are some of our favorites, and personally our staff rocks some of the wildest things out there! Whether you like the basics, or something as wild as a rimless with dragon shaped lenses, we're not judging!
Full Video showing many of the differences and what "proper" sizing looks like: