I noticed that over the last couple of years, all the cool kids seemed to switch over from wireframe glasses to horn-rimmed glasses. But what about Languishites?
I was wearing Shurons before wearing Shurons was cool. Fucking hipsters.
Plastic. Too many bad experiences with aviators getting mangled.
I have those frameless rectangle glasses. And I loathe them.
I used to have continual problems with broken frames. Plastic or metal--it didn't matter. Then about 10 years ago I discovered titanium frames. Pricey, but well worth it.
I have Plastic Wayfarers.
Yeah, I've noticed the horn rims coming back too. I wear the wire frame and won't likely go to the larger horn rims. I used to have those when I was a kid, when I guess they were more "in".
Not horn rims, but I switched over to thick black Buddy Holly-style RayBan frames a couple years ago.
I was slightly ahead of the curve, because loads of people have them now.
I want to punch Beeb in the face now.
Don't have to worry about that, Ed. He's overpaying for Ray-Bans.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 13, 2014, 09:57:23 PM
I want to punch Beeb in the face now.
You'd hit a guy with glasses? :(
Thick, rectangular plastic frames. Even with shelling out for lighter-weight lenses, my prescription yields lenses so thick that they tend to fall out of wire frames.
My "dressy" pair are slightly bigger, closer to square than rectangle, and the frames fade from an opaque dark charcoal grey at the top to clear at the bottom.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 13, 2014, 09:59:22 PM
Don't have to worry about that, Ed. He's overpaying for Ray-Bans.
My government employee extended health care plan overpaid for the Ray-Bans, you mean. :cool:
Slim horn-rimmed Tom Ford glasses. For the sunglasses, Wayfarers, black.
I used to use the lovely Oliver Peoples' frames, but they went far too pricey in the last years.
L.
Gold and rectangular forever. I refuse to change style.
Quote from: Barrister on June 13, 2014, 09:53:52 PM
Not horn rims, but I switched over to thick black Buddy Holly-style RayBan frames a couple years ago.
I was slightly ahead of the curve, because loads of people have them now.
:thumbsup: It's hip to be square.
Sheet metal, black on the outside and light on the inside.
Black horn-rimmed, but I've been wearing these kind of glasses for years now.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 14, 2014, 01:49:50 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 13, 2014, 09:53:52 PM
Not horn rims, but I switched over to thick black Buddy Holly-style RayBan frames a couple years ago.
I was slightly ahead of the curve, because loads of people have them now.
:thumbsup: It's hip to be square.
You know it, Huey. :thumbsup:
Seriously - it's bizarre to see 20-something hipsters wearing fashion that would have gotten me punched in the face 20 years ago. Being nerdy really is, finally, cool. It's kind of awesome (except that I now have a terminal case of the daddy-uncool-it is).
Still have the wire frame, but I never wear them in public. When I got contacts, I made a vow to never leave the house with glasses on again barring an absolute emergency.
Wire frames. I don't give a shit about fashion.
Rectangular copper. Makes my beard seem redder.