FRAMED
Invitation for us to try to “play that Hollywood role” are awaiting us in the seemingly infinite selections of eyeglass frames now showing at our local mall.
There was time, and not too long ago, when you wore glasses with a thin wire binder around the glass and over the ears; celluloid frames were av available, or you could pay a bit more and wear rimless glasses with gold or silver ear grabbers.
Now, they are yours in a splendid array of all shapes, sizes, colors and materials including metals, plastics, alloys, precious metals studded with jewels, as well as the plain old nothings. You have a choice of colors, too - the entire known spectrum plus some designer creation choices. Holiday motif glass frames are yours, too, such as two orange colored pumpkins for Halloween wear – clear glasses for day wear at the office, and smoky lens ones for evening wear when you let the kids go along while you trick-or-treat throughout the neighborhood and try to appear discretely incognito.
One curious aspect of frame selection is one which closely associates with acting careers, either on the big screen or on TV. If you are in such a situation. you must choose the right glasses to keep people from recognizing you in public while you pay press agents and publicity experts to get more people to recognize you on sight.. This usually demand extra dark glasses – the darker the better.
Glamor glasses have increased in size in some areas. There are now circular or per-shaped lens glass or plastic lens styles which start at the hairline, and descend to the upper lip on each side of the nose. Lever-like strips reach for the the general area of the ears for support.
“Granny “glasses are popular with some of the older hippie types featuring lower half lens and simple wire frames. One wonder when the pince-nez style will return with metal pincers to hold plain glass in place an a colorful ribbon dangling down to be affixed to lapel or dress fringe. Much depends on the the revival of the twang the human voice acquires when the nose is pinched shut tightly while speaking. That is a style, as yet, untouched by the frame fashioning folks, but, in time, it , too, will be included.
After all, it is just good, common sense for us to take good care of our eyesight, is is not?
A.L.M. November 30, 2003 [c421wds]
