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corrective lenses that turned a personal flaw into the world's most accepted accessory
means A pair of corrective lenses set in a frame and worn over the eyes to sharpen blurry vision.
from From the material itself: "glass" comes from Old English "glæs," a Germanic word linked to the idea of something gleaming or amber-bright. Because the lenses were ground from glass, the eyewear simply took the name of its substance — "glasses," plural for the two lenses, much as "spectacles" comes from Latin "spectare," to look at.
- first wearers
- Italian monks squinting at scripture around 1290
- president count
- founding fathers wore them; Franklin invented bifocals
- smart trick
- studies link glasses to perceived intelligence and trustworthiness
- market size
- over four billion people need vision correction
- fashion flip
- once shameful, now sold as frames without lenses
ray-ban aviators — iconic sunglasses created in 1936 for us military pilots
warby parker — direct-to-consumer eyewear brand founded in 2010, disrupted optical industry
prada pr 57xs — luxury prescription glasses worn by fashion icons, $300+ retail