Editing Glasses (section)

=== Fashion ===
[[File:Demo Day 2016 - Design Center (19).jpg|thumb|Glasses - Decoration, Prezi HQ, Budapest]]

Many people require glasses for the reasons listed above.  There are many shapes, colors, and materials that can be used when designing frames and lenses that can be utilized in various combinations.  Oftentimes, the selection of a frame is made based on how it will affect the appearance of the wearer.  Some people with good natural eyesight like to wear eyeglasses as a style accessory.  In Japan, some companies ban women from wearing glasses.<ref>{{Citation |last=Steger |first=Isabelle |title="It gives a cold impression": Why Japanese companies ban female staff from wearing glasses |date=7 November 2019 |url=https://qz.com/1743901/why-japanese-companies-ban-women-from-wearing-glasses/ |work=[[Quartz (publication)]] |access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>

==== Personal image ====
[[File:BarryGoldwater.jpg|thumb|Former United States senator [[Barry Goldwater]] in [[horn-rimmed glasses]]]]

For most of their history, eyeglasses were seen as unfashionable, and carried several potentially negative connotations: wearing glasses caused individuals to be stigmatized and stereotyped as pious clergymen, as those in religious vocation were the most likely to be literate and therefore the most likely to need reading glasses, elderly, or physically weak and passive.<ref name="mount">{{Citation |title=Eyewear |url=http://www.seikoeyewear.com/CE/CECourse.cfm?ceID=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028204353/http://www.seikoeyewear.com/CE/CECourse.cfm?ceID=6 |contribution=Understanding Three-Piece Mounting |publisher=Seiko |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="har">{{Citation |last=Lloyd |first=Annette |title=The Fashion of Harold Lloyd |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZFCwrjE3p_IJ:www.haroldlloyd.us/index2.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26do_pdf%3D1%26id%3D28+harold+lloyd+glasses&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj_MCop6_2_lT0-IZxl98FMNlCqvG0K49hJEesJFSUHGeSYJ1JXJjadjDH3wCKD3odO6TDmtBQEeaKRbEONoEtEO56bfmnl8YuqswoBnveM9drSRQyxrwqAKSBZvwEetYF0bP6K |year=1996}}</ref> The [[Social stigma|stigma]] began to fall away in the U.S. in the early 1900s when the popular [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was regularly photographed wearing eyeglasses, and in the 1910s when popular comedian [[Harold Lloyd]] wore a pair of [[horn-rimmed glasses]] as the "Glasses" character in his films.<ref name = mount /><ref name=har />

In the United Kingdom, wearing glasses was characterized in the nineteenth century as "a sure sign of the weakling and the mollycoddle", according to [[Neville Cardus]], writing in 1928.<ref name="Killick">{{Citation |title=The Spin &#124; Tim Killick, the bespectacled rogue who got clattered for 34 in an over |date=7 July 2020 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/07/tim-killick-bespectacled-rogue-clattered-34-in-an-over-the-spin-cricket |work=the Guardian}}</ref> [[Ernest Killick|"Tim" Killick]] was the first professional [[cricketer]] to play while wearing glasses "continuously", after his vision deteriorated in 1897. "With their aid he placed himself in the forefront among English professionals of all-round abilities."<ref name="Killick" /> The American tenor [[Jan Peerce]], plagued with poor eyesight, credited comedian [[Steve Allen]] for normalizing and even popularizing the wearing of eyeglasses in front of live television and stage audiences; prior to this, performers who read on early television were expected to squint or use contact lenses.<ref>{{cite book | last=Levy | first=Alan | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bluebirdofhappin00peer_0/page/282/mode/2up 283] | title=The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce | publisher=Harper & Row | year=1976 | isbn=0-06-013311-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/bluebirdofhappin00peer_0 }}</ref>

Since then, eyeglasses have become an acceptable fashion item and often act as a key component in individuals' personal image. Musicians [[Buddy Holly]] and [[John Lennon]] became synonymous with the styles of eye-glasses they wore to the point that thick, black horn-rimmed glasses are often called "Buddy Holly glasses" and perfectly round metal eyeglass frames called "John Lennon glasses" (or, more recently, "[[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] glasses"). British comedic actor [[Eric Sykes]] was known in the United Kingdom for wearing thick, square, horn-rimmed glasses, which were in fact a sophisticated [[hearing aid]] that alleviated his [[deafness]] by allowing him to "hear" vibrations.<ref name="eric">{{Citation |last=Sykes |first=Eric |title=News |date=31 December 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4134965.stm |contribution=Comedy Great |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Some celebrities have become so associated with their eyeglasses that they continued to wear them even after taking other measures against vision problems: U.S. Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] and comedian [[Drew Carey]] continued to wear non-prescription glasses after being fitted for [[contacts]] and getting [[LASIK|laser eye surgery]], respectively.

Other celebrities have used glasses to differentiate themselves from the characters they play, such as [[Anne Kirkbride]], who wore oversized 1980s-style round horn-rimmed glasses as [[Deirdre Barlow]] in the soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]''; and [[Masaharu Morimoto]], who wears glasses to separate his professional persona as a chef from his stage persona as [[Iron Chef]] Japanese. In 2012, some [[NBA]] players wore [[lensless glasses]] with thick plastic frames like [[horn-rimmed glasses]] during [[Post-game show|post-game interviews]], [[geek chic]] that draws comparisons to actor [[Jaleel White]]'s infamous styling as TV character [[Steve Urkel]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2V0330Drfkk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531045309/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V0330Drfkk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation |title=Whacky NBA Playoff Fashion! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V0330Drfkk |work=YouTube | date=29 May 2012 |access-date=26 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="wsj-nba">{{Citation |last=Cacciola |first=Scott |title=NBA Finals: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Other Fashion Plates of the NBA Make Specs of Themselves |date=14 June 2012 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303822204577466402604980564?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_TheA-Hed |work=The Wall Street Journal |edition=online |access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

In [[superhero]] fiction, eyeglasses have become a standard component of various heroes' disguises as masks, allowing them to adopt a nondescript demeanor when they are not in their superhero personae: [[Superman]] is well known for wearing 1950s-style horn-rimmed glasses as [[Clark Kent]], while [[Wonder Woman]] wears either round, Harold Lloyd-style glasses or 1970s-style [[bug-eye glasses]] as [[Diana Prince]]. An example of the [[halo effect]] is seen in the [[stereotype]] that those who wear glasses are intelligent. This belief can have positive consequences for people who wear glasses, for example in elections. Studies show that wearing glasses increases politicians' electoral success, at least in [[Western culture]]s.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Fleischmann |first1=Alexandra |title=You Can Leave Your Glasses on |date=10 December 2018 |url=https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/you-can-leave-your-glasses-on(1faffd91-ae4b-4003-841c-0bfe19022785).html |journal=Social Psychology |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=38–52 |doi=10.1027/1864-9335/a000359 |last2=Lammers |first2=Joris |last3=Stoker |first3=Janka I. |last4=Garretsen |first4=Harry |s2cid=150204262}}</ref>

==== Styles ====
In the 20th century, eyeglasses came to be considered a component of fashion; as such, various different styles have come in and out of popularity. Most are still in regular use, albeit with varying degrees of frequency.

* [[Aviator sunglasses]]
* [[Browline glasses]]
* [[Bug-eye glasses]]
* [[Cat eye glasses]]
* [[GI glasses]]
* [[Goggles]]
* [[Horn-rimmed glasses]]
* [[Lensless glasses]]
* [[Monocle]]
* [[Pince-nez]]
* [[Rimless glasses]]
* [[Sunglasses]]
* [[Ray-Ban Wayfarer|Wayfarer sunglasses]]
* [[Windsor glasses]]