With the options of wearing contacts so easily available, not every visually-impaired person chooses to wear glasses. I mean, I just recently found out that two good friends of mine actually have vision problems and wear lenses every day! This leads me to believe that those who wear glasses are doing so very consciously and are making some sort of statement. I'm surprised that I didn't realise this earlier because I firmly believe that everything we do to our physical self, we do to further promote our desired projection of 'self' to the world. We want to appear edgy/sexy/powerful/innocent and we learn how to convey that- why would glasses be the exception?
What I'm trying to figure out is, what is the message, exactly? It is so much more nuanced than a simple "glasses make you look smarter", because there is so much variety within the eyewear universe. I have a growing theory that people who wear glasses have a bit of a rebel spirit in them. They may not all realise it, but they do. They have the choice to keep their eyes unframed, and they deny the bridge of their nose the luxury of remaining uncluttered. They turn an astigmatism into an additional fashion statement. Whatever that is.
I love my glasses.
