posted by guest

Aug 10, 2007 2:22PM

ah i was shopping for new eyeglasses the other day and the salesperson was very bent on selling me an awful pair of fendi's with the laaarge buckles on the side.

posted by KA

Aug 10, 2007 2:37PM

Frames like these have been out for a few years now.

I've always thought they were tacky.

posted by fleur de lys

Aug 10, 2007 2:38PM

I don't know, as a daily glasses wearer, I think elaborate glasses are kind of impractical. I mean, I have one pair that more or less looks good with whatever I wear, but if I got funkier pairs, they might not match everything and then I'd have to have several. Which would get really expensive, really fast.

posted by heather

Aug 10, 2007 2:41PM

This doesn't surprise me coming from D&G.

posted by Miss Nadine

Aug 10, 2007 2:47PM

Practically speaking, these are not the best for actually seeing. Peripheral vision?

posted by Hell on Heels

Aug 10, 2007 3:18PM

I have a pair of Prada specs that have a tasteful, teeny-tiny logo. Those, however, are hideous, even without the logo - what's with the wire-rim/thick plastic side combo? Yuck.

posted by Kara

Aug 10, 2007 3:26PM

For sunglasses yes definitely. I have things to prove. But on regular perscription frames? It's really not practical.

posted by Miriam

Aug 10, 2007 3:27PM

Those glasses are scary and so is Coco. I still can't figure out why she's so popular.

posted by Chels

Aug 10, 2007 3:37PM

I encountered someone the other day who had CHANEL blazing across the temples or arms or whatever of her glasses. With sunglasses, I think it's tacky, but with regular prescription frames, I think it's downright unprofessional. It reminds me of the British chavs.

posted by Miss Jeffrey

Aug 10, 2007 4:15PM

As someone who is getting older and needs glasses to read & do makeup..I can do a pair of flashy specs an get a way with it. However, I think something less obvious is better for every day.

posted by guest

Aug 10, 2007 4:29PM

I've wanted so many sunglasses to be normal glasses before, so if this trend is "new" then I saw let's keep it going because it's a good look on me.

posted by Cassette Love

Aug 10, 2007 4:37PM

Recently went shopping for eyeglasses and was willing to shuck a large chunk of change into finding a great pair only to be vulgarized by all the nasty logos- Chanel, D&G, Burberry- didn't matter. Bedazzling up something so close to your face is second only to a designer logo tattoo and just as tasteless.

Jason Preston, looking right. at. you.

posted by rachel

Aug 10, 2007 5:33PM

not a fan of eyewear with logos......my gosh you might as well stamp "d&g" across your forehead!

posted by Alphi

Aug 11, 2007 1:17AM

Ugh, a friend of mine changed her glasses to these ugly Prada's that look awful on her. I think the sole reason she got them was for the logo, and it just looks tacky.

posted by dubious

Aug 11, 2007 4:56AM

uh, it's not exactly a "trend" that some people think of eyeglasses as accessories. if you wear them all day, every day, on your face, it seems sort of logical, and in no way tied to a new trend, that some will choose big frames, or frames with logos, etc.

oversized frames, thick frames, frames with logos or embellishments -- that's hardly something that's "starting" now.

posted by mkm

Aug 13, 2007 10:56AM

All the checkout girls at my grocery store wear glasses like this. At least all the ones who wear glasses.

posted by Glenn

Aug 13, 2007 11:24AM

I think only mafia molls in Moscow wear these, yes?