It used to be that children would visit their optometrist with dread and worried that they would be told they needed glasses. It was also the old cliché in movies and television shows that the girl or boy with the glasses was smart, unpopular or an ugly duckling. However, with today’s advances in styles and designer frames, wearing glasses is not uncommon and has also become quite fashionable. If you wear glasses, you can now allow your eyewear to be your best accessory. With the new styles and fun approach to wearing glasses with confidence and a sense of personality, they will showcase your individuality.

From Contacts to Glasses 

Today, people not only see wearing glasses as something to correct their vision but also as a way of expressing themselves and their uniqueness. With so many choices available, you are no longer restricted by the types of frames you have to wear. There are hundreds of affordable eyewear choices available that will assist you in seeing clearly and looking fabulous. 

A person holds eyeglasses in one hand and a blue and white contact lens case marked "L" and "R" in the other, wearing jeans and a white shirt.

Contact lenses were once the go-to eyewear choice. However, now people are tossing aside their high-maintenance contacts and opting for easy-to-wear glasses that allow them to choose features such as transitional or progressive lenses. There are a few reasons for this:

  • Falling asleep in your contacts may have negative consequences, and you’re unlikely to fall asleep at night wearing your glasses.
  • Glasses come on and off easily, while contacts sometimes require multiple attempts to fit on your eye correctly.
  • There are no extra costs. Once you buy a pair of glasses, you’re set until you need a new prescription or break them. Contacts need to be re-purchased regularly. 

And that’s not including the benefits of style and fashion that the right pair of glasses can bring to your outfit!

This isn’t to say that people are foregoing contacts entirely—they’re still a very popular choice among people who need their vision corrected—but they’re no longer the default that allows people to hide their need for corrective eyewear. Now, people feel free to flaunt their glasses like they would a new bag or pair of shoes!

Style and Personality

From the clothes you wear to your hairstyle, a sense of style defines who you are and lets people get a peek at your personality. Eyewear now allows you to choose frames that help define you and your sense of style. With affordable pricing, you can now choose to have more than one pair of glasses, allowing you to change your frames to suit your mood or match your outfit.

With a wide variety of options, you can easily change from small, artsy wired frames to minimalistic plastic frames or perhaps even the ever-trending large plastic-framed glasses, which are very popular with younger individuals.

A pair of black-rimmed glasses with blue light-reflecting lenses rests on top of a closed brown notebook with a ribbon bookmark.

The Rise of Non-Prescription Glasses 

Non-prescription glasses have risen in popularity over the last few years, lowering the stigma and sense of discomfort for prescription wearers. Blue light glasses have become increasingly popular with office workers with otherwise perfect vision to reduce eye strain and fatigue, and more people who need reading glasses for specific occasions have embraced the accessory as part of their daily attire. Some people have even taken to wearing plastic lenses as purely a fashion accessory!

All of these uses help emphasize the use of glasses as a fashion-forward part of your wardrobe, letting newly prescribed glasses owners feel more confident in their need to wear glasses.

A model walks down the runway wearing a stylish, dress with glasses, as the audience watches on both sides.

Straight from the Runway to Your Home

When it would’ve once been an uncommon sight, it is now on nearly every high-fashion runway! While runway models used to be encouraged to have the same look, uniqueness is now prioritized and celebrated—and that includes models who need glasses. Even when a model doesn’t need glasses, some designers have been incorporating them into the finished looks! Having runway models wearing beautiful glasses is a long way from the old days of worrying about negative reactions when you found you needed to wear them.

At Laurier Optical, we know that eyewear is your best accessory. Not only does it provide you with an increased sense of style, but it also has important functionality to increase your quality of life! If you want to change up your look or book an appointment with an optician, contact us today, and our expert team will be happy to help.