Glasses as Fashion: 7 Ways to Flaunt Your Frames Part-1 - women campus
I've always believed in Karma, but the fact that glasses are now cool is almost too good to be true for the recovering awkward, I-broke-my-glasses-at-recess, last-picked-in-dodge ball, frizzy-haired, uncoordinated "funny friends" (you know, the girls who hung out in the popular crowd because they served as hilarious foils to the Elle Woods-esque queen bee) among us. Finally, a chance for our optic mediocrity to translate into trendy fashion statements, with our "four-eyes" turned into a stylish edge. Glasses wearers everywhere, carpe diem: may our near-sightedness translate into far-reaching fashion victories.
The Hipster
Wish you were a starving artist, minus the starving? Interested in moving to Brooklyn, but not ready to give up your Upper East Side digs? Want everyone to think you're a vegetarian? Just slip on some thick-rimmed, black plastic hipster glasses (yes, the kind your dad wore in 1990) and voila! Instant downtown cool. The only accessory ever to make Scarlett Johansen look even remotely androgynous, the "hipster" lenses are recommended to those with a larger face, a drastic haircut (think bleached blonde, pixie, or stark bangs) and a propensity toward thrift stores and indie films.
The Supermodel On Her Day Off
Yes, anything Megan Fox wears will look stunningly sexy. But there's something to be said for her "you can tell I don't usually wear glasses, but these glasses make me look approachable and adorable" look. Perfect for that Monday morning class, exam week slump, or especially painful morning-after—medium-rimmed black plastic rectangular frames scream "I'm cute in glasses, but you should have seen what I looked like last night."
The Everyday
Some of us have dry eyes. A fear of contact lenses. A nostalgic relationship with a favorite pair of childhood frames. Whatever the reason may be, classic, thin-rimmed plastics are the perfect look for an everyday wearer. Not too flashy, but still trendy (find an ovular lens that sits between the bottom of your eyebrows and the tops of your cheekbones)…the everyday glasses have never looked better. They're the go-to for Tina Fey when she's not mocking Sarah Palin.
