If you’re looking for a new pair of glasses to change up your style, a pair of horn rimmed glasses will help you get what you need to look fashionable and confident for years to come. Horn rimmed frames are usually made of a dark brown material, often crafted with swirls and patterns of other colors for visual interest. It is recommended that people with high prescription choose the prescription horn rimmed glasses because the frames are thicker and more suitable to hold the high-prescription lens.
What are horn rimmed glasses?
Indeed, "horn rimmed" seems like a strange name for a pair of glasses. Is it because the glasses are actually made of horns? Once upon a time, yes. Horn rimmed frames were originally made from real horns, tortoiseshell, or ivory. The name is partly based on these origins. However, it is also a reference to the "horn" look that is characteristic of the style.
Fortunately, making glasses from these controversial materials was short-lived. For most of their existence, horn rimmed glasses have been made of plastic designed to mimic the corners and outer shell, making them more eco-friendly and cruelty-free. These types of frames are not only defined by their materials, but also by their style. For horn rimmed glasses, the most popular adaptation is the Ray-Ban Clubmaster, a pair of horn rimmed glasses with browline frames and wide temples designed in 1947.
Why horn rimmed glasses become popular?
Horn rimmed glasses first became very popular when a comedian, Harold Lloyd, wore them in a 1917 movie called “Over The Fence.” Before the late 1910s and 1920s, rimless glasses were very popular because they helped reduce the prominence of the glasses. But in the 1920s, horn rimmed glasses became more popular, and people began wearing these prominent, stylish horn rimmed frames as a fashion statement.
They became less popular after the Great Depression as sturdier metal frames grew in prominence. However, in the 1940s and 1950s, the new style of horn rimmed frames that combined a browline frame with a metal frame was introduced, and horn rimmed glasses became popular again. After this, horn rimmed glasses became different in different decades. Today, horn rimmed glasses are popular in many different styles and are likely to stay fashionable for years to come.
Why wear prescription horn rimmed glasses?
Prescription horn rimmed glasses not only enable you to show off your sophisticated, intellectual side in style but also provide clear vision and comfortable wearing. Among the most popular variations, hipster prescription horn rimmed glasses are thicker, so people with high prescription more consider this style. This retro eyewear style of horn rimmed glasses has proven timeless. Horn rimmed frames may feel too serious to wear at parties. Still, they’re the pair of professional glasses that can be worn at networking events, business meetings, or during any event where you want to show off your chic, brainy side.
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