MisterGrey
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A little bit of background:
As someone whose face simply does not suit classic eyeglass frames-- round make me look like either a serial killer or simply bloated, ovals too feminine-- I'm someone on the lookout for "almost classic style" glasses. I seem to have found the perfect shape-- a near oval with some angles on it that don't make my features appear too soft--but really the only colors that look good on my face are a bronze/brass and black. Silver washes me out terribly (once again into serial killer territory), and gold kind of blends in with my face and gives me a kind of sallow appearance. I tried hornrims, but I've got a bump on the bridge of my nose that, while not readibly noticeable, makes wearing padless glasses next to impossible and very uncomfortable. Unless I'm missing out on something, my glasses probably couldn't pass retro scrutiny. (Pic here: http://a406.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_77531775ea307dae6e5b29af8c6f10dd.jpg)
So onto my question: When did metal eyeglasses begin to branch out from the classic silver/gold-round/oval combinations? I found a photo in a book at Barnes and Noble of a Sicilian Mafia trial in the 1960s in which one of the defendants is wearing a pair of glasses almost identical to those in my picture, so I know that the style isn't terribly modern. Were they a product of the "Granny Glasses" of that decade, or were Golden Era specs more diverse than I've been led to believe?
Small edit: The photo was black and white, so I couldn't tell if the frames were actually black, or simply a dark metal. Anyone knew when the trend began of painting steel rims black?
As someone whose face simply does not suit classic eyeglass frames-- round make me look like either a serial killer or simply bloated, ovals too feminine-- I'm someone on the lookout for "almost classic style" glasses. I seem to have found the perfect shape-- a near oval with some angles on it that don't make my features appear too soft--but really the only colors that look good on my face are a bronze/brass and black. Silver washes me out terribly (once again into serial killer territory), and gold kind of blends in with my face and gives me a kind of sallow appearance. I tried hornrims, but I've got a bump on the bridge of my nose that, while not readibly noticeable, makes wearing padless glasses next to impossible and very uncomfortable. Unless I'm missing out on something, my glasses probably couldn't pass retro scrutiny. (Pic here: http://a406.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_77531775ea307dae6e5b29af8c6f10dd.jpg)
So onto my question: When did metal eyeglasses begin to branch out from the classic silver/gold-round/oval combinations? I found a photo in a book at Barnes and Noble of a Sicilian Mafia trial in the 1960s in which one of the defendants is wearing a pair of glasses almost identical to those in my picture, so I know that the style isn't terribly modern. Were they a product of the "Granny Glasses" of that decade, or were Golden Era specs more diverse than I've been led to believe?
Small edit: The photo was black and white, so I couldn't tell if the frames were actually black, or simply a dark metal. Anyone knew when the trend began of painting steel rims black?
