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Sarah Palin: Those Glasses May Be Back Next Year

July 13th, 2011

With the election year just around the corner, many candidates have already started their journeys towards the 2012 nomination. New terminologies like “Obamni Care” have been coined and debates are being held, turning the smell of the battle up again. While everybody is wondering which Republican will get the nomination this time, people in the optics business have something else on their mind. They are thinking weather what happened with Sarah Palin Glasses three years ago could reappear, giving their industry a much deserved shot in the arm.

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Three years ago, Sarah Palin created quite a stir with her rimless eyeglasses. The Alaska governor and then Vice President nominee had her eyeglasses updated to a set of lightweight, titanium, rimless rectangular frames during the general election. The frames were custom-made for her by Home Optics, an upscale retailer in Chugiak, Alaska. The owner ofHome Optics went to Palin’s home in Alaska and fitted her right in her kitchen. Shen then provided as many as 500 sets of frames for the governer to choose from and helped her to narrow down to 5 sets. The ultimate winner was picked with the help of Gov. Palin’s family. Joy Leedham, the owner of Home Optics, commented on the new look, saying that the new frames helped Gov. Palin look fashion-forward.

After only a couple of public appearances, these specs caught attention. Italle, the U.S. distributor of the frames’ Japanese Designer Kazuo Kawasaki, said they kept getting phone calls from dealers who are eager to stock the exact same shape and style that Gov. Palin was wearing. Women everywhere were asking, “Where did she get those glasses? They look so good her. I want to find them.” Gov. Palin was certainly not the first famous woman who had worn eyeglasses, however, it had been quite a while since the last time someone had given the optical industry a shot in the arm like she had done. With the craze building up alongside the general election, insiders of the optical business were only wondering what would happen if she had won.

Well, as history went, she didn’t win, which suddenly stopped the short-lived boom she had given to the eyeglasses business. After the election of Barrack Obama, T-shirts with his face or his campaign slogan are everywhere on the street, announcing politicians’ huge influence in the fashion field.

2012 will be which party’s lucky year is still unknown. What is known is no matter how far Gov. Sarah Palin will go this time, you are sure to see these glasses again.

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Top Female Celebs Who Wear Eyeglasses

July 12th, 2011

Although often considered geeky and bookish, eyeglasses are being recognized and worn by more and more female celebrities. Occasionally rocking the four-eyed look has become a trend. Everyone from Anne Hathaway to Katy Perry has been known to sport a pair of eyeglasses every now and then. Now follow us in our countdown of top Hollywood female celebrities who wear eyeglasses.

Anne Hathaway

The last few years have seen Anne Hathaway’s career on a rocketing venture. The princess we know back in he days of The Princess Diaries 1and 2 have grown to be a full-rounder in film. She’s done comedy with Steve Carell in Get Smart. She was the revered romantic author Jane Austin in Becoming Jane. She even partnered up with the actress of our age Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada and her nuanced performance in Rachael Getting Married won her endless critical review and an Oscar nomination for best actress. Just when people are wondering is there anything this woman can’t do, she’s stepped her feet into the stand up comedy territory, partnering up with James Franco to host the 83rd Academy Awards.

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Earlier this year, at Harvey Weinstein’s pre-Oscar dinner, Anne Hathaway showed off her geeky side, sporting a pair of black-framed eyeglasses. The beautiful and talented actress made frames look sexier than ever before.

Katy Perry

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As one of the most popular singers of your time, Katy is certainly daring in deciding what to wear. These funny eyeglasses shaped in the form of hearts not only give out a cute vibe but also reflect an easy going personality. The California Gurls super star is having an incredible year. Her breakthrough album named Teenage Dream became one of only nine albums in the music history to ever produce four or more Hot 100 number ones. And that was only her second studio album How far she will go in the future is certainly unpredictable. What is predictable is that her unique taste in eyewear will undoubtedly influence people’s view towards eyeglasses.

Meryl Streep

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You probably remember Meryl Streep’s killer performance in the movie Devil Wears Prada, a performance that won her rave reviews and yet another Oscar nomination. Catering to people’s curiosity towards the dazzling world of fashion, the movie became a smash hit after it debuted in 2006. Sponsored by many heavyweight fashion names, the movie was also the most expensively costumed movie ever. Meryl Streep played Miranda Priestly, Chief Editor of the Runway magazine. The eyeglasses that she wore in the movie even triggered endless discussion online. Everyone was guessing who designed those sexy glasses and where they can get their hands on one pair. Although which brand is behind the glasses may never be revealed, one thing that’s for sure is that those glasses did keep people talking for a long period of time to come.

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Geeky Men with Beards and Eyeglasses Become More and More Popular

April 19th, 2011

A survey named “onepoll” indicates that men who are a little geeky and have beards are more popular with women. Maybe some people will be surprised at it, but this is true. Now I am going to summarize the characteristics of the men who are loved by ladies.

First of all, have beards. Although the men with unshaven faces may make others feel that they are sluttish, there are still 41% of ladies who love them as they deem that beards will make them exciting.

Second, geeky. Geeky men with beards at the same time are often regarded by ladies as good in a lot of fields, especially in IT. I am not kidding with you because I have several male friends who are engaged in IT and almost all of them have these features. Undoubtedly, they are deeply favored by ladies.

Additionally, having sternalseta and grey hair, wearing eyeglasses, being an athlete and other such elements are the secret to touch the ladies’ hearts.

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However, ladies seldom admit that they like this kind of men (especially geeks). On the contrary, they just say that they need muscle men in words. But actually, they all want their boyfriends to have some special characteristics. For instance, the muscle men don’t have more advantages than the soft and cuddly men do.

As for the beauty-conscious men, I suggest that you can change your images from now on if you desire to be welcomed by more women as 63% of women show that they don’t like those men who spend much time on dressing up.

Now you can see handsome, neat and tidy men are out of fashion. The world belongs to the geeky men. If you don’t want to be out, just grow your beards and buy yourself a pair of cool glasses.

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English scientist Roger Bacon and eye glasses

February 2nd, 2010

On the matter of the invention of eye glasses, we all know that no specific person could be credited. The history of eye glasses would not be integral if we forget a famous name—–Roger Bacon.

Roger Bacon, an English scientist in 13th century, found many people in the country could not read because of poor eye sight. Bacon thought of helping them. He tried and experimented to make eye glasses for a long time but ended with failure.

One day after rain, Bacon was strolling in the back yard and found the cobweb over the tree leaves was perched with many rain drops. When Bacon bended down to see these rain drops, he found the streak and tiny hair on the leaves could be seen clearer and be enlarged. He realized these rain drops were magnifying leaves. Soon Bacon went home and through a lot of efforts he finally found the prototype of “eye glasses”.

In 1268 Roger Bacon claimed that the lenses he found could be used on the “eye glasses” for correction purpose. Years later the usage of eye glasses was advised. Since then, many Italian and Spanish were added to the name list of contributors on the progress of eye glasses.

Today we saw many types of eye glasses which help improve our life in great deal. This reminds us of Roger Bacon for his efforts in inventing eye glasses

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What are eyeglasses?

January 9th, 2010

In simple words, eyeglasses are a combination of frames and lenses that can be worn in front of people’s eyes for the purpose of correcting vision and protecting eyes from harms of UV rays or some other special threats in different environments.

A pair of typical contemporary eyeglasses consists of two temples, two hinges, two noses, a bridge and two pieces of lenses. Early lenses are made of quartz which was very expensive. It took hundreds of years for scientists to develop the eyeglasses lenses out of glass which made the eyeglasses lenses a lot less costly and affordable to general people. Modern eyeglasses lenses are mainly made of plastic making the lenses of the eyeglasses more breakage-resistant. The two mostly-used plastic materials are CR-39 and polycarbonate. Frames of eyeglasses are basically made of metals and/or plastic. Most of the efforts made in present days are to reduce the weight of eyeglasses and made the eyeglasses-wearing more comfortable and be a piece of art and fashion.

As for the history of eyeglasses, the concrete inventor of eyeglasses was unknown. It was around 1000AD, the first corrective vision aid called reading stone was invented, it was a quartz sphere that was put on top of the target(book) to be read and was used as a magnifier. The first wearable eyeglasses was believed to be invented by an Italian Salvino D’Armate around 1284.

Some historians believe that Chinese invented the eyeglasses 2000 years ago. But it was not for the purpose of magnifying and corrective function, it was for the protection of eyes from some evil forces.

In United States about 60-70% of the adult people are wearing all types of eyeglasses, including sunglasses.

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The secrets of Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses to be successful

December 25th, 2009

If you make a careful observation of the crowd, you will be surprised to find that many people, especially, the young, wear Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses. You may ask why so many people are so keen on these glasses. Following are the secrets that lead to the success of Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses.

Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses represent the ideas of young people. If a young man is freedom-devoted and he just wants to find his way of revealing his inner desire for freedom, doubtless, Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses is an ideal choice. When others look at the glasses he wears, they can immediately understand that the young man loves freedom, for a characteristic of Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses is to pursue freedom. Moreover, many young people are anti-conventional, and they may find some ways to embody this sort of idea. Because Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses are non-traditional, so these glasses will be their preferred choice.

Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses always bring out products of different styles. In addition to their anti-conventionality and freedom-pursuing, Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses also bring many styles into the market, such as retro-style, vintage style and Sicilian style etc. Facts have proved that vintage style is one of the best selling series of Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses.

It is known that the logo “D&G” means to be “cool”, so people who wear Dolce&Gabbana eyeglasses is deemed to be “cool”, too. In this way, many famous singers and actors or actresses have a peculiar ardor for Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses. These behaviors of these celebrities have prompted many directors choose these eyeglasses as their props, so actors and actresses are often wear Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses on the screen. Consequently, audiences are more likely to choose Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses as their first choice.

Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses also have promoted many series. D&G series is a very successful example. This series has for a long time performing very well, even exceeding the achievement of Dolce Gabbana eyeglasses.

The factors mentioned above are the secrets of Dolce & Gabbana eyeglasses to be successful.

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Numerous options of eyeglasses

December 1st, 2009

Many factors should be taken into account in selecting appropriate eyeglasses, including fit, functionality, protection as well as style.

Before choosing eyeglasses, a person should know the features of his or her face, because different eyeglass frames suit faces with different shapes. The eyeglasses should be appropriate in size for one’s facial characteristics, that both too big and too small frames should be avoided.

Eyeglasses are also available in protection styles. In some states, it is required by laws that riders should wear protection eyewear if there are no facial shields. Foam-back glasses are convenient and provide adequate protection. Protection eyeglasses should be manufactured with strict fitness and large lenses.

Clip-on glasses are popular nowadays. The clip should fit the edges of the glass properly and be close to the lens. In most cases, clip-on glasses need additional adjustments at the time of purchase. There are also colored lenses that offer both good look and great functionality.

Smoked lenses feature convenience and extended durability. While filtering out blue light, amber lenses always provide sharp contrast and sharp shadow definition even in over-cast conditions. Yellow lenses are particularly suitable for night driving, as well as in conditions of snow and fog. Clear lenses can provide ample UV protection and suit conditions with low light.

Another particular type of lenses is photochromic lenses, which are commonly used in conditions of varying light. Polarized lenses are designed to fight against high glare, which protects the eyes form sudden flashes of light thus avoid potential retina damage. Reflective lenses can reflect the light away from the eyes, relaxing the eyes and reducing eye stress.

Besides of the functions from those various eyeglass lenses, some people also resort to eyeglasses for fashion. Branded sunglasses are quite popular on the high fashion markets, but these glasses are very expensive. However, the most important criterion is that the eyeglasses should fit one’s face. In addition, the materials of eyeglasses frames are also worth customer’s attention. A strong steel frame is suitable for a businessman, while sportier people always choose a light titanium frame.

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The Evolution of Glasses

November 26th, 2009

People suffering from eyesight problems a century ago might have never thought of having a clear vision with the assistant of glasses and those might also have thought of wearing glasses directly on the eyeball surfaces. Yes, it is the magic of high-tech.

Then, let’s together have a review of the evolution of glasses in modern times.

Eyeglasses in modern times were heavy framed, and the lenses were heavy and thick, which glasses wearer over 50 may remember. Apparently, that kind of glasses are very uncomfortable to wear, neither is good looking, plus they are very easy to damage for the lenses are made from glass. Frames at that time are made either from tortoise and some other natural things or from wire. Therefore, they were fairly expensive and only the rich could afford a pair.

With the development of society and technology, plastics are introduced to the glass lens production. Featured with light weight, higher index of refraction, plastic lenses went over big as soon as they came into the market. The only drawback of plastic lenses compared with glass is that they are inclined to be scratched, however, the later technology of coating solve the problem in some degree. Plastics can also be used into the frame production. The beak resistant plastics not only improve the glass performances but also bring down frame prices, making glasses a common product for common people.

Besides, alloys applied in glass frame production are flexible and of shape memory. Gradually they gain popularity by the mass as well.

With the further development of technology, the contact lenses, which correct vision by covering the visible portion of the eye, or say the sclera, come into being. At the very beginning, contacts lenses were mostly hard or rigid, which made them uncomfortable to wear, but they were very as clear, light weight and with higher index of refraction as plastic. What’s more they helped the wearers get rid of the bound of glasses.

Later, materials for contacts came to be various and then the hard lenses were gradually eliminated. What’s more, the designation of small grooves and holes enable oxygen easy to get through the lens, and the tears flows more freely, greatly improving the eye health. Contacts of those kinds take very little adaptation time, so most wearers are able to wear without eye irritation and infection. The new wearers are suggested to remove the lenses at least a few hours per week.

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Optical industry insider talks about eyeglasses

November 23rd, 2009

According to 2005 MIT report, the cost of a pair of mass produced eyeglasses is only 2 dollars. While most of the Americans are paying hundreds for a pair, even in online stores, the price of discount eyeglasses frames and lenses will cost 50 dollars.

Based on insiders of American optical industry, the general markup in most of the eyeglasses stores is from threefold to thirty fold. Though cheap stores like Walmart offers discount eyeglasses frames and lenses, but still insiders say a markup of fourfold is reasonable in the industry though facing the fierce competition from new entrants. Now with the booming of internet technology, online stores compete with brick and mortar ones, buyers can get even more discount eyeglasses frames and lenses at the price of only a fraction of the optical stores. Though people in the very beginning felt reluctant and worried to buy discount eyeglasses online, now more and more people are hunting for a best deal on the net. Even for those conservative people, they can at least buy the discount eyeglasses frames from web stores, and then go to optometrist’s office for installing lenses. In this way, he enjoys all the traditional optical services, meanwhile he can still save 50%. Furthermore, discount eyeglasses frames are especially good for those clear-lenses eyeglasses users who need not worry about the prescription preciseness.

Some American optical experts predict that optical stores are one of the last sections in America that will be finally decimated by the surge of online discount eyeglasses frames and cheap but same quality lenses.

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