Eyeglasses

Identity.

Dorothy Parker scared off a generation of women from wearing glasses with her wicked words: “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.” But glasses can also create a positive identity. Imagine the late Swifty Lazar without his trademark black windshields. Or Sally Jesse Raphael without her oversized red frames. Or Jack Nicholson sitting courtside without his shades.

For some, glasses are more defining than facial features, proving that beauty is often lens deep.”

–Eyeglasses, by Kim Johnson Gross, Michael Solomon, Jeff Stone (1994)