What’s The Celebrity Power of Designer Glasses
The Celebrity Power of Designer Glasses
The right Designer Glasses can make the man (or woman!).Designer glasses have come into their own in recent years with names like Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Prada, or Tommy Hilfiger being seen in most opticians’ windows. But often it’s the other way round.Sophia Loren, who now has her own range of designer glasses bearing her name, was once a Foster Grant girl, at least for sunglasses.She was the mainstay in the “Who’s That Behind Those Foster Grants?” advertising campaign along with Raquel Welch and Mia Farrow
John Lennon was synonymous with the round lens Windsor. First introduced as far back as 1880, the iconic round lens (in a variety of colours), nose saddle with no nose pads and temples that loop behind the ear became a “must have” and is now much more commonly referred to as a “Lennon”.That’s not fair.They could just as easily been called after Ernest Hemingway, Groucho Marx, Mahatma Gandhi, or Joseph Stalin – although a pair of Groucho’s does sound rather better than a pair of Stalin’s.
In comedy, you only have to look as far as the two Ronnies.Messer’s Corbett’s and Barker’s horn rims were all the logo the show needed.Where would Harry Hill be without his ludicrous glasses, delivering stupid lines like; “I have a really nice stepladder. Sadly, I never knew my real ladder.” without them?
Surely the most cringingly corporate, sickeningly sycophantic and ultimately naff use of designer glasses was when Steve Wozniak, then of Apple Computers, went so far as to have Apple -shaped glasses made for him. Steve Jobs didn’t like them much obviously.Although most celebrity designer glasses are intended to boost ego, some seek to improve performance.The best example of this must be snooker player Dennis Taylor’s famous glasses, designed by Jack Karnehm, better known as BBC TV’s snooker commentator from 1978 to 1993. He developed Taylor’s distinctive, swivel-lens, upside-down design (he had served a five year apprenticeship).Those designer glasses helped Taylor win the 1985 world snooker title and made him seem almost exotic!
Maybe he most unusual celebrity designer glasses wearer was Eric Sykes.A recognised comedy genius and excellent writer, Sykes was never seen without his black horn rims. But that was because he became profoundly deaf as an adult.The glasses he wore were actually a bone-conducting hearing aid and contained no lenses at all. Designer glasses, what celebrity are yours?
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