What’s this week’s Frame Of The Week?
I think it’d be nice to start the week with an interesting pair of sunglasses, eyeglasses, etc. Mondays often entail adjusting from weekend mode to weekday mode. Somehow cool eyewear helps one maintain an...
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Who’s the lunatic behind those sunglasses?
Purportedly it’s Claude Rains. All sources say he starred as The Invisible Man in the 1933 film. Could have been anyone, though. Think about it. Rains could have just looped his voice. The cool...
Eyewear as Instrument of Death?
I came across a wad of legal documents from 1936 today. Don’t ask me how or why. It was from the Supreme Court of King’s County (Brooklyn!): Kathryn G. Treacy and Donald E. Treacy...
The first aviator sunglasses revealed!
The first sunglasses ever contracted for by the U.S. Air Force (or Army Air Corp as it was known in those days) were… . . . . Drum roll please… . . . ....
Eyewear Aficionado: Duggie Fields
Last time I was in London I had the pleasure of spending time with Duggie Fields. Duggie is a noted artist. He creates bold, bright, maximalist works suffused with color. There are many interesting...
Fashionable Remedies For John Walls’ Scratched Eyeball
I don’t usually post on Saturdays but I heard about Washington Wizards point guard John Walls’ eye injury during the NBA’s Eastern Conference Semifinals, which got me thinking about basketball eyewear. So the result...
Pop Art Gerald Ford Sunglasses
According to Wikipedia: Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and...
Hypnotic American Optical Sunglasses Ad, 1960
It has a hypnotic effect on me anyway. I look at the woman’s outfit: the sandals, plaid shorts, pleated dress shirt with cuff links(!), and wonder why does it work? Is it because the...
Did Ray Ban Really Invent Aviator Sunglasses – Part Three of Our Investigation
In Part One (link) and Part Two (link) we covered 19th Century hinged bicyclist’s shields early hinged motoring glasses, and how practically every pair of shield style aviator sunglasses descends from them. But what,...
Gentlemanly Bling in Eyewear, circa 1830
Although various lorgnettes and quizzing glasses enjoyed flares of vogue throughout the 19th Century, eyeglasses tended to be austere and utilitarian in design regardless of the user’s class. Such was the fashion of the...
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