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04 June 2012

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I just got new glasses for the first time in over 5 years - not that much of a prescription change, but I did decide on larger lenses, inadvertently changing my style from something close to "The Scholar" to something close to "The Outlaw". Hmmm...

post by: oneswellfoop at: 09:11 | 17 comments

I'm kinda a mix between "The Hipster" and "The Scholar". Close enough.

posted by sperose 04 June | 09:16

Tech slave, yea.

posted by octothorpe 04 June | 09:26

I, too, am a mix between "Hipster" and "Scholar", at least as far as my work frames are concerned. The frames on my desk at home are pure "Hipster".

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 June | 09:29

My big ass glasses probably say 'hipster' except of course, I don't have the rest of the hipster accessories, so to the world, they likely say, 'nerd'. I got such big glasses, because I had gotten a terrible too-short haircut, and bought the glasses to distract people from my hair.

posted by typewriter 04 June | 09:44

Tech slave is about the closest.

posted by arse_hat 04 June | 10:31

I'm none of those styles, mine are narrow but curved with a copper-coloured frame.

posted by Senyar 04 June | 10:36

I'd be a scholar, but a dollar store kind of scholar :p

posted by rollick 04 June | 11:36

heh Rollick, Me too! I got mine at from the drugstore rack two for one.

posted by MonkeyButter 04 June | 11:49

I don't see my monocle pictured there.

posted by Eideteker 04 June | 12:18

That would be the Peanut Eid.

posted by arse_hat 04 June | 12:32

My daily glasses are Tech slave/Scholar and my sunglasses are Hipster I guess. As much as I would love to have The Librarian, I do not at all look good in cat eyes.

posted by bluesapphires 04 June | 16:29

Somewhere between tech slave and scholar, in that my current glasses are very much the tech slave style and my previous ones (a style I'll go back to for my next pair) are exactly like the scholar style.

posted by dg 04 June | 16:53

Here's what they say:

1. I hate contact lenses.

2 I hate bifocals and trifocals. I'd rather be switching out between prescription sunglasses, reading, and distance glasses.

3. I am very partial to subtle black and white patterns with teeny amounts of glitter/silver.

posted by bearwife 04 June | 17:15

Mine also say "I hate contact lenses." And, too, they say "Wow, it's 2003 and Tina Fey makes those frames look really good. I want me some of those." And finally, they newest pair says "Hmmm, I need to use up my vision care savings plan benefit and I want to look like I work in an ad agency."

posted by Miko 04 June | 18:06

My sunglasses say "artist," and my regular glasses aren't on the chart. (But a couple of friends have said they're very "Le Corbusier," only smaller and wire-rimmed.)

posted by BoringPostcards 04 June | 20:43

Mine are shaped like Senyar's but I would call those "scholar". Previous pairs were more like "artist" and I'll probably go back to them.

posted by deborah 04 June | 23:10

I'm in between the Librarian and the Scholar. My last frames were closer to Librarian. I already have my next pair of frames (for when these wear out) and they are in between Miko's Ad Agency and Euro Chic, I think.

posted by halonine 05 June | 11:00

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