Comments on: Old-fashioned eyeglass frames

Question: Old-fashioned eyeglass frames

sharksandwich — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:54:00 -0800

I have been looking for years for a pair of eyeglass frames like the ones Harry Caray used to wear, or the type Larry David's TV father wears. You know, the thick black boxy "television sets" that seem to be worn by older types in the entertainment business. I've come up empty handed, even after asking several eyeframe dealers. I suppose I could just fly down to Boca Raton and ask a wearer in person, but does anyone have a a name or manufacturer or style for these type of classes?

By: taumeson

taumeson — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:05:47 -0800

if you're REALLY looking for something distinctive, get some birth control glasses (in fact, these might even been the same thing that you're looking for):

thanks "matt", whoever you are, for letting me use that pic. okay, well, you didn't, but thanks for not getting mad at me.

here's some cool vintage eyewear i found while looking for the BCGs.

anyway, back to your thread...i'm not sure how to get these, if they are what you're looking for. you might be able to ask at an eyeglass places where you can get military issue eyewear.

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:20:41 -0800

By thick, I mean like these...

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:52:24 -0800

your best bet is going to be purchasing the frames at a thrift shop and then having a lensmaker put your prescription in (i've been told by some friends this is "just as expensive" because they mark up the lenses if you don't buy the frames from them, and others that it's "way cheaper" because the frames are usually the more expensive part of a pair of glasses).

i seriously doubt you are going to find frames-maker producing these new, but who knows? fashion cycles.

By: taumeson

taumeson — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:52:32 -0800

oh man. those are even worse. sorry, can't help you. :)

By: TimeFactor

TimeFactor — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:55:06 -0800

Cazal's?(warning, flash abomination)(This is the style I mean In the mid '80's in NYC anyone who was anyone had a pair of big Cazal's. People would get mugged for them.
Here's a particularly hideous pair on Ebay - imagine them in black.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:48:42 -0800

These guys might have them. (they say call to see, maybe?)
Also an auction lot here.

I do wonder if there is a name or a designer that this style was specific to.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:52:05 -0800

I've heard them called Swiftys, after Swifty Lazar.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:22:45 -0800

I've heard 'em called RPGs, for Rape Prevention Glasses.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:26:41 -0800

I for one would not mind at all having these become fashionable. My eyes love huge lenses.