Horn-rimmed glasses are a kind of glasses. Originally made of turtle shells or shells, because most of their history is actually made of thick plastic designed to imitate these materials. They are characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to the metal frame, which looks less prominent.
The horn-rimmed glasses are one of the first styles of spectacles to be popular fashion goods, after comedian Harold Lloyd began wearing a pair of spheres in his films. Glasses have enjoyed various periods of popularity throughout the 20th century, which were considered very fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s in the 1950s and 1960s in particular, while handing out borderless and wireless glasses in the 1970s and 1990s 2000s. This style has brought about a revival of popularity in the 20th century (1980s 1990s) and early 21st century (2010), with an emphasis on retro mode. This may be due in part to the influence of the hipster subculture, and the Mad Men television series, which popularized the 1960s mode in general.
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History
Horney rim sunglasses were originally popularized by comedian Harold Lloyd after he wore it in his 1917 comedy. Over the Fence. Lloyd has become famous with the eccentric Lonesome Luke, which is marked by a luxurious appearance. In an effort to break away from his character and revitalize his career, Lloyd creates a new character that will be Luke's opponent and made different from his unobtrusive appearance. Lloyd equips himself with clothes popular among Americans in the 1910s, completing an ensemble with rounded, horn-rimmed glasses that would strengthen the character's status as "ordinary." The wearing glasses have long been stigmatized, with stereotyped users as physically weak intellectuals, clerical members, or just parents; The use of borderless glasses by President Theodore Roosevelt has recently begun to eliminate the stigma, though with glasses designed to minimize their appearance.
Lloyd is named "The Glasses Character" or "The Glass Character" character after the frame; the lens itself had actually been removed, either because Lloyd did not need the glasses to look at, and because the studio lights bouncing off the lens blocked Lloyd's eye on the film. The character proved a tremendous success with the audience and resulted in an unexpected increase in the popularity of horn-rimmed spectacles: worldwide sales increased as the popular Lloyd appearance wearing glasses helped to eliminate the negative stereotypes of spectacles users. When Lloyd finally broke the frame and tried to order a new pair from the manufacturer, his check was returned with a twenty-frame order and a note from the company thanking him for his support. Explaining the reason for his glasses, as well as their fashion advantages, Lloyd said: "They make low comedy clothes unnecessary, enough allowing romantic appeal to catch feminine eyes, usually diverted from comedy, and they hold me to no specific type or story. "
The horn-rimmed glasses were very popular in the 1920s but steadily lost their appeal because stronger metal styles became an economic alternative during the Depression. Exposure to heat and sunlight makes the plastic fragile and prone to damage, often to the point that it will break if an optician tries to install a new lens.
The horn-rimmed glasses variant, browline sunglasses, became one of the decisive styles of glasses in the 1940s and 1950s. Invented in 1947, the style combines the aesthetically horn-rimmed glasses with metal frame stability by placing a plastic "eyebrow" protruding above the top of the metal frame, creating a different look that is also stronger than a solid plastic frame. Browlines quickly became popular in America after World War II, and made up half of all sales of glasses throughout the 1950s. Ray-Ban introduced Wayfarer sunglasses in 1952.
Plastic sunglasses were installed in popularity throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, eventually replacing turtle skins as the most popular material for eyeglass frames. Buddy Holly captured the horned style, with its pop rock and vibrant roll music. This trend was extinguished in the 1970s with a counterattack against the culture of the 50s and 60s, as large metal sunglasses in the Ray-Ban Aviator style became popular. Round-hued semi-rimmed spectacles returned to fashion in the 1980s, with turtle skin becoming fashionable among entrepreneurs and "yuppies". Wayfarers are very popular among New Wave musicians, who popularized them among the 1970s "resistance" anti-discos.
The horn-rimmed glasses fell back from fashion in the 1990s but returned to popularity with the emergence of emo and hipster subcultures in the early 2000s. Many of the glasses produced during this period tend to mimic the style of popular metal glasses, with thinner frames and smaller vertical lenses. Popularizing the 1960s style by the Mad Men television show caused the framed horn frames produced in 2010 to be more traditional, with large lenses and thick thick frames.
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References
External links
- Media related to horned glasses in Wikimedia Commons
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