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December 17, 2012

Fifteen Pairs of New and Stylish Spectacles

By Amelia Diamond

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There are two types of people in this world: those of us who rely on our contacts to make it from the bedroom to the kitchen without smashing our faces into the wall, and those blessed with perfect sight — or surgery that provides it. The two tribes used to be divided like a modern-day Montagues versus Capulets, but thanks to a resurgence in the popularity of “vanity frames” (we’re squinting at you, Jenna Lyons), both houses have come together in union. Anyone can wear glasses now! With or without a prescription! And no one will judge you, because glasses make everyone look just a little bit more intelligent. Channel Johnny Depp in a pair of Super’s Panama frames, or get Anne Hathaway’s bespectacled red-carpet moment in tartan Warby Parker. Stars, they’re just like us: blind, or possibly not blind. Just people in search of a yet another accessory.

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Balenciaga, $280.37 at Farfetch
Prism London Frames, $360 at Opening Ceremony
Barton Perreira, $325 at Opening Ceremony
Cutler and Gross, $470 at NET-A-PORTER
Céline, $279 at Farfetch
Elizabeth and James Centinela glasses, $180 at Shopbop
Mykita Earl glasses, $504 at Contacts and Specs
Oscar Magnuson, $305 at Farfetch
Linda Farrow Luxe, $500 at NET-A-PORTER
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Super Panama glasses, $207 at Shopbop
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Kate Spade Marianne Reading Glasses, $68 at Nordstrom
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