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Spectacles

Spectacles are eye wears that were invented between 1268-1289 in Italy

Now it has develop into something more than just an item to improve eye sight.

It has become a must have fashion item.

What are spectacles?

Spectacles with bifocals were invented by Benjamin Franklin, and the first spectacles he invented were called Martin's Margins.

The spectacles have a small round frame and round glass, with the frame having a black and gold trimming on it's side.

1700s

In the 1800s spectacles that were round shaped and hang on your face were considered out of style.

Thus, comes the Lorgnette. Instead of wearing it on one's face, these spectacles have a connecting stick on one of it's side. This stick part of the spectacles were decorated differently and the Lorgnette were only used when needed because of this hand held design.

1800s

1900s

In the 1900s frames were always changing according to their trend setters. In this era, until now, celebrities and public figures such as John Lennon, Elton John, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Gaga set up those trends.

Each of these celebrities and public figures contributed to the change of spectacles styles through out the era and years to come.

The History of Spectacles

Fashion Item

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VISION

..even now, specs are still mainly used by people with bad eye sight.

"153 million people have uncorrected refractive errors."

 - World Health Organization, 2006

Different frames express different styles.

The Clubmaster

The Geek

The Hipster

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