Just an observation - I hate all these big colorful frames on glasses these days

[malaise]

Ihate both the big and the colorful. I'll stay out of fashion on this one.

[hlthe2b]

1. Yes. I know they are stylish, but to me, some look clownish.

[Demovictory9]

2. In a year, they will look normal

I recall when squarish.frames were weird

[Ohiogal]

3. I've always liked wire-rims, myself

Something very subtle

[malaise]

5. Ditto

I really don't want half of my face covered with this ugly crap

[Ohiogal]

7. Used to be

My lenses were too thick and they couldn’t make glasses with wire rim frames out of Coke bottles. 😁 Now they can make them thinner.

I have light brown plastic frames now but next time I want the wire rims.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Was thinking the same thing - I've noticed a lot of them lately

and I don't care for them at all. They overwhelm the wearer's face so all you can think about is the big weird glasses. IMO they are a bit clownish, but I'm not a fashion maven so what do I know?

[malaise]

6. That's the thing

I like fashion but not these clownish glasses

[Donkees]

8. Probably makes them easier to find in the fridge

[surrealAmerican]

9. I'm going to say this:

"Big" is a real asset to those of us who need trifocals or progressive lenses. Frames that are smaller (top to bottom) leave very little room for that middle distance prescription, which makes it harder to see.

[malaise]

12. Interesting perspective although I wear progressives

and I never gave your view a thought until reading your post.

[sdfernando]

10. Perhaps something a bit understated?

[malaise]

14. Yuh think?

[CatMor]

11. I don't like the oversized glasses, very unflattering..

reminds me of watching reruns from the 1970's when they were in style and they look ridiculous.

[malaise]

13. It's like no - not that again

[Leith]

15. I haven't liked them since

Sally Jesse Rafael had her TV show. It's even worse now.

[malaise]

17. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I will not ever wear them

[Blue Owl]

16. I think they need to reframe the narrative...

[malaise]

18. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

DUzy

[Bev54]

19. They are so distracting I do not hear what the person is saying

[Paladin]

20. Awful fashion trend---guaranteed laugh riot, 10 years from now.

As-yet unborn children and grandchildren will look at the images and shriek "Momma/Grandma! What were you thinking?"

[3catwoman3]

21. Our insurance plan would have covered new lenses AND new...

...frames. I could not find a single frame style I liked. Not one. I ended up putting new lenses in a frame from a couple prescriptions ago.

[marked50]

22. One of the folks I see somewhat frequently changes these "Big Colorful Frames" on their appearances

on the TV when they are the "special contributors" and I get really confused, because I don't know if they are Leonardo or Raphael or Michelangelo or Donatello. I have to google the color to the names or i can't move on.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Some people can pull them off better than others

What I don't understand is when old people get the big ROUND frames.



I have a fair assortment, but I mainly stick to black or tortoiseshell.

[malaise]

25. Well at least this senior has beautiful head of hair

and a lovely haircut and style

I'm not wearing any of those glasses in any color.

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. I just find 360 ROUND glasses odd and unappealing

Then you put them on someone who's already unappealing

[malaise]

28. Too funny

[NotASurfer]

24. So three steps to fashion?

Step 1, cut out cartoonishly sized frames from cardboard

Step 2, add a few coats of nail polish

Step 3, balance the results on your nose

Functional? Practical? Visually appealing? Irrelevant!

How long before we bring back the codpiece?

[frogmarch]

27. Hey, wait, I thought they were

special glasses to minimize glare while the wearer was on camera - although it didn't seem to be working.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. Well, some people can pull them off

I'm 64 tomorrow and got my first pair of glasses 1965. They had 3 pairs for little girls. All were a cat eye shape more or less. They had baby blue, pink and grey. I went with the grey.

Glasses got progressively more expensive. I started buying them online about 10 years ago and never looked back. Most are black or tortoiseshell, but I've had red, purple and blue too. My next pair are going to be some aviator sunglasses with Biden Blue lenses!

[nolabear]

30. I like them!

I always like colorful things but when I see someone in bright glasses it just seems positive and fun.