A good mother is going to want to pay attention to kid’s eyeglasses. You are going to want to pay attention to the overall durability of the glasses out there. Many children are not going to think about the finances surrounding their cheap prescription kid’s eyeglasses. You want to be able to see them take interest […]
Babe Ruth, Harold Lloyd, His Eyeglasses & New York City star in Speedy
Harold Lloyd was the first movie star to incorporate eyewear in an iconic persona. Babe Ruth was the most famous athlete in history. In 1928 both starred in a movie called “Speedy”. The film has some of the earliest location footage ever shot in New York City. Jessica WoodwardHalf eyewear influencer, half digital strategist… Glassesrating […]
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 sunglasses were sort of the star of the movie anyway. Since the week’s over why not let your imagination have its […]
Udo Proksch: Carrera Sunglasses Designer and Mass Murderer
In fashion design it’s usually the apparel designers who are colorful. It’s a selling point. I suspect some people trust an object or article of clothing more if the creator is theatrically artistic or off-center. Usually eyewear designers are dismissed as quotidian types. But ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Udo Proksch: […]
My First Favorite Sunglasses – On Vincent Price and Johnny Depp
Vincent Price as a comic book character sporting Richardson style sunglasses. The first sunglasses I ever especially noticed in a film were those worn by Vincent Price in Tomb of Ligeia. It was the last in Roger Corman’s series of Poe adaptations. I thought Price was wearing the coolest looking outfit I’d ever seen. It […]