Designer glasses have come into their own in recent years with names like Gucci, Hugo Boss, Prada, Tommy Hilfiger or YSL being seen in most opticians’ windows.What exactly qualifies glasses to bear the label “designer”?Perhaps it’s the provenance of the name itself and a long association with the world of couture and the fashion industry.
Prada glasses are highly esteemed by opticians and fashionistas alike, but this iconic Italian brand established its fashion credentials over several decades through producing leather goods and expanding into haute couture and vintage style clothing and accessories.Perhaps to gain the appellation “designer” it’s not a case of who made them, but rather who wears them? Celebrity and the modern media can arguably take a pair of cheap glasses and smother them in celebrity kudos that will elevate them to the status of “designer” overnight. Read the rest of this entry »