New Specs by 3.1 Phillip Lim
I was one of those weird kids who never had a problem with my near-sightedness. Maybe it’s because I’ve needed prescription lenses since the first grade, or perhaps I was too engrossed in books and ballet classes to register their “un-cool” factor. Whatever. No one called me four eyes, and even if they did, I probably wouldn’t have cared.
I loved my glasses.
Here’s the thing: some wear them for to be ironically cool (apparently it’s the hipster’s reverse psychology mentality), and I try not to judge. Some, like me, actually need them. I wore my rim-less glasses with pride through thick and thin, no matter how “un-cool” they were (for the record, they were, two years later. A trend-setter and go-getter since 1992.) I graduated to those plastic, rectangular frames (you now see everywhere) once I decided I wanted to be a lawyer or writer.
Eventually I jumped on the contact lenses bandwagon, more so for convenience than vanity (listen: have you ever tried doing calypsos and fouettés with specs on?), but since college has kindly introduced me to the all-nighter phenomenon, I’ve been relying on my glasses more and more. Cocktail rings were my accessories of choice in high school; glasses would be my signature now, and I needed to up the ante on their statement factor.
It’s amazing how this one accessory—let’s call it that because this is a fashion-ish blog, after all—can completely change your face. Find the right pair and it’ll frame your face: lift the cheekbones, highlight the eyes, the whole works. Wear it enough and you become a completely different person, if not entirely unrecognizable person without them. Glasses go beyond being a signature and become a part of your persona. Case in point: Steve Jobs, Woody Allen, Yves Saint Laurent, Albert Elbaz.
Which brings to mind this: why are men are more apt to adopt specs—intentional or not—than women are? I happen love a woman in glasses; I keep picturing Gisele in The Devil Wears Prada in her black sheath dress and hair swept up in a chignon. I’m no Gisele, but I firmly believe that with a red lip, a girl believes she can be anything:
What do you think?
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WEARING: 3.1 Phillip Lim glasses
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So what do you think about wearing glasses? If you wear them, do you love them or hate them? Do they make you look cool like Harry Potter and Doctor Who?
HP is the coolest.
These are gorgeous! Always wanted glasses when I was younger, I still do 🙁 you look undoubtedly cool! Love the red lip!
Thank you love! x
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