From 13th century Franciscan monks to Beyonce in Black is King,
Making a Spectacle charts the fascinating ascension of eyeglasses,
from an unsightly but useful tool to fashion's must-have accessory.
The power of glasses to convey a range of vivid messages about
their wearers have made them into a billion-dollar business that
appeals to cool kids and rock stars and those who want to be like
them, but the fashionable history of eyeglasses was fraught with
anxiety and drama. At the beginning of the 20th century, the
assessment in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar was that spectacles were
"invariably disfiguring." Invisibility was the best option, and
glasses were only to be put on once the lights at the opera went
dark. While variations of that glasses-shaming sentiment appeared
at regular intervals over the next 100 years or so, eyeglasses
continued to evolve into an endless array of shapes, colors,
purposes, and personalities. Once sunglasses took off in the 1930s,
the magazine editorial made glasses a conspicuous part of the
fashion narrative. Eyeglasses went to the ski slopes, the stables,
the beach, the Havana hotel. Plastic innovations made a
candy-colored rainbow of cat-eyes and "starlet" styles possible.
Suddenly, everyone had the opportunity to look like Jackie O on
vacation in Capri. Making a Spectacle traces contemporary high
fashion frames back to their origins: the military aviator, the
glam cat eye, the nerdly Oxford, the high-tech shield, the fanciful
butterfly, the lowly rimless, and other styles all make an
appearance. Featuring interviews with influential designers,
makers, and purveyors of glasses including Adam Selman, Kerin Rose
Gold, and l.a. Eyeworks, Making a Spectacle also takes a look at
today's most cutting edge eyewear, showing the reader the latest
and most innovative ways to see and be seen.
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