Everyone’s heard the classic saying “guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses”. Well, while that is a very famous phrase, whoever said it must have never met today’s celebrity women! Celebrities have always donned the right pair of specs, should their role depend on it. However, now it is common practice for just about every celeb to walk everywhere wearing some sort of eyeglasses frames – whether they actually even need vision correction or not! This leads to the next set of questions, and the ones at hand: ‘Are celebrities wearing glasses to help their act?’ ‘Do glasses help entertainers look smarter; and therefore urge everyone to take them more seriously?’ ‘Why is it that celebrities are just now allowing themselves to wear their corrective eyewear outside of the house?’ And of course, one of the most important questions of the hour: ‘Do they even need prescription eyeglasses?’
Glasses have been around for quite sometime. It’s no secret that they make you look smarter, and therefore [in our seemingly, not-too-distant-past] they made you look nerdy. However, in general, today’s fashion is grabbing for any available eyeglasses! So, it makes you wonder: are the celebrities presenting this new style? Or, are they just following it? It seems that in the present day, many of our favorite stars – that have already always been taken fairly serious (like Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Julia Roberts or Johnny Depp) – are donning their trusty eyeglasses far more often than ever before! Recently, they’ve also all been taking on new, and certainly even more serious acting roles.
With his more serious roles, in films like The Curios Case of Benjamin Button or The Tree of Life, Brad Pitt has taken on a new name for himself – a bit separate from his equally popular, but more “mainstream” style of the Ocean’s Eleven series. Taking a step out of the very popular hollywood blockbusters to focus more on his style of indie-type movies, it seems that Ryan Gosling wants his new work to be taken just as seriously as anything he’s done in the past. That’s probably the reason he’s always seen in his new full frames! Julia Roberts has taken a different route when it comes to her tactics. While she has taken fairly more serious roles, such as Charlie Wilson’s War, she has also taken a step back from the spotlight she once had. Somehow, this hiatus – and her new smart look, has only made her more popular! Johnny Depp – always eccentric, yet equally important to the film world – continues to star in his popular mainstream movies, like the Pirates of the Caribbean series, but will likely always do his own thing as well. Luckily his sexy specs keep him up-to-date, and wise at the same time!
If you want to look like your favorite celebrities without spending the same dough, there are all sorts of great deals for glasses online! You can find rimless, full-framed, plastic, or metal – styles of all colors and shapes when you look online for glasses frames. You don’t need to spend a fortune for great quality glasses (like your favorite celebs do); and if you don’t have that same type of budget, cheap eyeglasses will likely work out best for you! Go ahead, look smarter, be taken more seriously, and get some new glasses!
Elea Kalin is a fashion stylist – turned optical specialist. Her focus is on accessories and statement pieces – like prescription eyeglasses. She is currently working for eyeglassespro.com – the easiest way to buy glasses online, which now offers free shipping all over the US, with the code FreeShip10.