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I’m unwilling to suffer for fashion.","subreddit":"glasses"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/sunglasses/comments/115h3g9/opinion_on_tom_ford_eyewear/j91nicl/","type":"comment","title":"Comparison of Tom Ford quality to mass-produced brands","author":"the2ndsaint","ref_id":"r_e_4","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/sunglasses/comments/115h3g9/opinion_on_tom_ford_eyewear/","title":"opinion on tom ford eyewear","subreddit":"sunglasses"},"excerpt":"They're perfectly adequate if you like the designs, but the quality's comparable to any other mass-produced brand like Ray-Ban. (Yes, I know RB is Luxottica and Tom Ford is Marcolin; doesn't make the end product all that different.) Personally, I find them overpriced for what you get and would be happy to recommend an alternative if you had a particular design in mind.","subreddit":"sunglasses"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/sunglasses/comments/1bquwxw/tom_ford_drop_in_quality/kx5cbiv/","type":"comment","title":"Direct statement on recent drop in Tom Ford quality","author":"JimR84","ref_id":"r_e_5","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/sunglasses/comments/1bquwxw/tom_ford_drop_in_quality/","title":"tom ford drop in quality","subreddit":"sunglasses"},"excerpt":"Yes, they have gone down in quality in the last 3-4 years. 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