Four Eyes. Double glazing. Speccy Twat. If you were, like me - a glasses wearer from a relatively young age - the words above will probably be ones you are more than familiar with. I started wearing glasses when I was 15 and whilst I tried to get my parents to buy me the coolest pair I could find, the reality is back in 1985, ‘cool specs’ was an oxymoron which is why I ended up spending a year wearing the sort of glasses you saw Telly Savalas wear on Kojak … which might be retro-coolish now, but was definitely uber-twat worthy back then. Zoom forward to 2010 and glasses are all the rage. Hell, there are people who don’t even need them who wear them. What the fuck is that about? What’s even weirder is that black horn-rimmed glasses are quite cool. C O O L ! Hell, those used to be the style of glasses that told the World you and your family were poorer than a Church mouse and now, in a major twist of irony, people actually pay big money for these. What the fuck is going on with that? Anyway, this led me to wonder what the ultimate ‘creative persons’ specs would be … so basically I’m after photos of people who wear glasses and work in a recognised creative industry so I can get all the submissions analysed and - with a bit of help from some wire coat hangers and a bit of cellotape - take all the common characteristics and create the ultimate ‘creative persons’ specs so I can sell them and make a fortune based on the premise “these glasses GUARANTEE* professional success”. Actually, what would be good is if you also give your job title when you submit your photo because then maybe I can create a range of specs, all suited to the cliche of the job title … so planners get ‘glasses of intelligence’, creatives get ‘glasses of creative genius’ and suits get ‘blindfolds’. Or something. Anyway, if you could humour me and send in pics of your glasses, that would be great. Ta.
* Results may vary. A lot.
