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For hip glasses, look to the past
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SPRING FASHION • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN • April 6,1994
Small, wire frames that are popular today have been worn throughout the centuries
Scot Hill, Andover junior, wears a pair of women's sunglasses. He fixed them for his girlfriend's mother and has had them ever since.
By Tracy Oskvig Special to the Kansan
The founding fathers of the United States would be considered fashionable today. They wore small, wire-frame eyeglasses.
This trend continued until the late 1960s when frames blossomed to nearly 4 inches high.
Salyer said that although the small, round wire frame might be the trend, the best frame for a
But eyeglasses are just like other fashion trends: What's old is new again.
Now the '90s styles have circled back to the small wire frames of the early 1900s. And the smaller the better.
"Ovals are very popular right now," said Carolyn Salyer, an optician and store manager for Brady Optical, 737 Massachusetts St.
Teague Speckman, optician and coowner of Visions, said that sunglass sales picked up in March, especially right before Spring Break.
"We don't sell anything that isn't going to protect people fully," Speckman said.
Besides wanting to look good, many people are concerned about protecting their eyes from the sun's rays. Sunglass producers are aware of this and have created lenses to cut down on ultra-violet ray exposure.
Frames range in price from $65 to $250. The average cost of metal frames is $125. Lenses vary greatly in price depending on their strength and treatments that the client requires.
person was opposite the shape of his or her face. For example, a person with a square face should consider round frames, she said.
Carolyn Salyer Store manager, Brady Optical
The Etc. Shop, 928 Massachusetts St., also carries sunglasses.
People with vision problems should have their eyes checked every two years until the age of 40, and more frequently as they age, Salyer said. After age 65, a person's vision should be checked once a year.
But spring is also time for students to consider fashion in sunglasses. Visions, 806 Massachusetts St., carries regular and prescription sunglasses.
Ellen Williams, employee at the Etc. Shop, said that prices for fashion sunglasses ranged from $35 to $140.
Williams said that styles for sunglasses were the same for men and women and that the frames were interchangeable between the sexes.
Scot Hill, Andover
"My girlfriend gave them to me," Hill said. "They were really her mom's. They were broken so I fixed them, and I've had them ever since."
senior, wears a pair of women's Liz Claiborne glasses.
Hill said that he bought sunglasses once a year and that he would not pay more than $15.
Because glasses seem to circle back in style, like bell-bottoms and platform shoes, students might start digging through their parents' stuff to find the largest pair of glasses they have from the '60s. Perhaps they will come back in style.
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