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Specs appeal: why are ‘slutty little glasses’ suddenly everywhere?
Barely-there, wire-frame glasses are comfortable, unisex and a design classic – and all over the high street
Will O’Connor,retail merchandising director at EssilorLuxottica (which owns Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Persol) describes them as “barely there” specs, and puts their popularity down to comfort, being unisex “and cultural icons such as John Lennon”, who wore smaller frames. Commentator and streamer Hasan Piker is known for his political videos, including streaming from the Democratic National Convention last year, but has reached a new audience via fan edits of him often going viral on TikTok wearing Japanese wire-frame glasses. “I selected the more thin wire frames as it matched my leather jackets and waxed canvas bags – almost like 1930s adventurer attire,” says Gaston, who wears low-cost pairs from Zenni.
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