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20 February 2012

"My Name is Michael Caine" (glasses to thrill)

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 

The recent trend towards retro, classic and vintage glasses has led to a plethora of online glasses suppliers offering frames purporting to match these hot themes.  Even the non-specialists are at it. Take a look on eBay and you will find people every week jumping on the band wagon and selling their old (but not that old) mangled NHS glasses as so called vintage or antique frames.  So how do you get the vintage or classic look without getting your fingers or your wallet burnt and ending up rewriting the emperor’s new clothes as the emperor’s new glasses!!?

When it comes to the use of the words “vintage”, “classic” and “antique” in respect of glasses, you will find that these words are being used increasingly loosely.   Unless you know what you are doing, or have a significant amount of time to learn to know what you are doing, trying to buy genuine vintage or antique frames can be extremely risky.

Probably the safest way to follow the trend is to buy new glasses inspired by the classics of by gone eras.  This way you get the look and style, but if you choose from the right online glasses supplier you will also get decent quality glasses complete with a manufacturer’s warranty for fair wear and tear.  If this is the type of thing you are looking for then the new Superdry glasses range is a great place to start.  With inspiration taken from timeless screen idols like Michael Caine and glasses frames named after Brando, Dean, (Buddy) Holly and the more recent (Johnny) Depp glasses this is a vintage inspired glasses range with a modern twist starting online from around £85 including single vision lenses. 

If the Superdry glasses range is a little pricey (and it really is so good that we recommend you go for it if you can) then, you may want to check out SpecsPost’s unbranded classic inspired frame range, these are all decent vintage inspired designs and offer an extremely good budget fashion option.  From just £29 including single vision lenses this can be a great way to get the current in look.  Johnny Depp style glasses, Ipcress Michael Caine style glasses, classic Michael Caine style glasses,  classic wayfarers and The Italian Job glasses all feature

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