Eye glasses are of course a necessity for those with impaired vision. Sunglasses are a necessity when our natural light is far too bright, or we've simply had a rough night and need to cover up those puffy morning eyes.
Recently (within the past year) I have commonly seen the sporting of faux reading glasses. Simply wearing glasses with fake lenses just for the hell of it? I understand this is in fact a fashion statement being made (a statement that I cannot understand), but isn't it annoying wearing glasses that you don't even need? It's just having to worry about an extra accessory and an extra something on your face. I suppose these impostor glasses can look cute on the right face, but they are just by no means necessary. So, please stop. All of you hipster folks out there who feel the need to throw on a pair of these not-so practical glasses, break away and donate those false lenses back to the store where you most likely bought them in the first place.
Stunna Shades...I'll Shun your Shades
Note: I do not know who this is, but unfortunately (for this man) my use of this image is NOT restricted and this is just not hot. NO KANYE GLASSES!You've all seen 'em. The "sunglasses" that come in a variety of different colors, especially obnoxious neon brights. These particular sunglasses, formerly known as "The Kanye West Glasses", have almost the same shape as aviators, but are a bit more square. Now here is what makes these so called "sunglasses" oh so special. The lenses of these shades are not a standard lens. These lenses consist of strips of plastic, much like that of the frame. Basically, rather than shading light from your eyes, you're the allowing light to splice through the non-existent lens. So I see one of three things going wrong when wearing "The Kanye West Glasses": having a seizure from constant flashes of light being let in through the non-existent lens, becoming blinded for a moment and running into something sharp, or simply looking like a fool. Wear these at your own risk; however, I suggest to simply not.
I've always wondered if it was possible for people who wear the "strips of plastic for frames" to get awkward tan lines on their cheeks. Someone, somewhere, has had to have fallen asleep at the beach with those glasses on and woke up to find their face beet red, then pale, then beet red, then pale.
ReplyDeleteIt's always been odd to me. The notion of fashion and its genesis, definitely has served its purpose of categorizing people over time, but how rapidly things change and what brings things "into style" is almost mind-blowing.
ReplyDeleteSo you take a guy like Kanye, who while I guess can be considered talented by people who enjoy that genre, has never really seemed to me like a guy who was entirely all the way "there" mentally. Well, looking at how a trend forms from a guy who is famous because of his music and has absurd ideas for clothing and accessories and you wonder why people just follow it.
Are we really that blind?
Ya know, I recall back in middle school a bunch of punk kids started rocking the glasses with fake lenses. It went away real quick, but now its back!
ReplyDeleteYa I don't like wearing glasses. I hate my reading glasses, but I hate contacts more! I don't really even like sunglasses, I think that's more because of the fact that I always lose them or break them at some point.
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