This photograph of myself looks like it would capture the absolute essence of me, in all its candidness. But truth be told, it's actually carefully planned out, from a night when my friend Steven and I went out on the town (and to town) with a Polaroid camera. It was more like, "hey, Steven! I'm going to turn my head this way and you're going to snap and I'm going to look super indie all over the interwebs."
(Take 2)
The glasses aren't even real.
Have you ever had a friend who tended to sigh, "oh, I wish I had bad vision like ol' four-eyes over there," (JUST KIDDING!) to which you'd always reply, "well, go get some fake glasses, then, they sell them, I swear"?
That friend is me. And I took your advice. The glasses are a cheapie pair of clearance awesomeness. I wear them all the time, except for when I'm like, what am I doing walking around in fake glasses all the time? And then I hide them for a month.
I even wear them around my house, like it would fool my family, who are proud of me for keeping the optometrist bill low. I feel like it justifies my sitting around in pajamas all the time. (Being stylish in public takes a lot out of you!) It's like, "look at how comfortable I am in my busy lifestyle, and how un-self conscious! I am wearing my faux glasses today because I didn't have time to put in my imaginary contacts! Better go languish by the fire with a copy of Kierkegaard and regroup!"
American Apparel sells fake glasses, and I really like them, even if it's commodifying vintage in a way when a store with a very specific image markets these glasses as geeky-chic... I mean, I love American Apparel. I really do... but I'm also all self-aware and postmodern this week and have been repeating my history teacher's mantra, "everything is a text, everything is a text," well mostly, and postmodernly, because it sounds cool, and even things like glasses are texts but god knows I'd need real glasses to explain why to you.
What I'm trying to say is, I'm wearing a sweatshirt today, and I feel like the glasses merit the slacker fashionista look. And I'm very comfortable. And what I'm also trying to say is that glasses are really cool, but FAKE GLASSES ARE COOL TOO! They are just like sunglasses with clear lenses that you can wear indoors. Now stop making fun of me.
So anyway, I hope you guys have a good Friday, and if you wear glasses, this is not meant to offend you, rather than to celebrate you, because I am seriously very jealous and that is why I wear fake ones. And I'm a bit put off because all my friends are running on less sleep than I am, for better reasons, and not making sense either, and it's really fun.
Have you ever had a friend who tended to sigh, "oh, I wish I had bad vision like ol' four-eyes over there," (JUST KIDDING!) to which you'd always reply, "well, go get some fake glasses, then, they sell them, I swear"?
That friend is me. And I took your advice. The glasses are a cheapie pair of clearance awesomeness. I wear them all the time, except for when I'm like, what am I doing walking around in fake glasses all the time? And then I hide them for a month.
I even wear them around my house, like it would fool my family, who are proud of me for keeping the optometrist bill low. I feel like it justifies my sitting around in pajamas all the time. (Being stylish in public takes a lot out of you!) It's like, "look at how comfortable I am in my busy lifestyle, and how un-self conscious! I am wearing my faux glasses today because I didn't have time to put in my imaginary contacts! Better go languish by the fire with a copy of Kierkegaard and regroup!"
American Apparel sells fake glasses, and I really like them, even if it's commodifying vintage in a way when a store with a very specific image markets these glasses as geeky-chic... I mean, I love American Apparel. I really do... but I'm also all self-aware and postmodern this week and have been repeating my history teacher's mantra, "everything is a text, everything is a text," well mostly, and postmodernly, because it sounds cool, and even things like glasses are texts but god knows I'd need real glasses to explain why to you.
What I'm trying to say is, I'm wearing a sweatshirt today, and I feel like the glasses merit the slacker fashionista look. And I'm very comfortable. And what I'm also trying to say is that glasses are really cool, but FAKE GLASSES ARE COOL TOO! They are just like sunglasses with clear lenses that you can wear indoors. Now stop making fun of me.
So anyway, I hope you guys have a good Friday, and if you wear glasses, this is not meant to offend you, rather than to celebrate you, because I am seriously very jealous and that is why I wear fake ones. And I'm a bit put off because all my friends are running on less sleep than I am, for better reasons, and not making sense either, and it's really fun.
17 comments:
i love fake glasses! i've got one pair, but I definitely plan to buy more. they're so mysterious!
p.s. tagged you on my blog :]
omg, hilarious! i bought fake pairs in college with my friend penny and we would wear them all over. we loved!
now i actually do have bad vision and need glasses. it isn't as fun.
I'm near-sighted and have to wear glasses.
I like them, I just wish I could afford a bunch of them to switch now and then.
I'd rather wear fake glasses so I could buy more. They're less expensive.
And I like yours.
My sister really likes glasses, she gets eye exams all the time in hopes that she'll have bad enough eyesight for a pair. And I actually have a pair which I don't wear!
i am one of those people who really does have glasses but the only set back is they are black and don't go with every outfit. Maybe, i will put in my contacts and buy a pair of fakes to go with my outfits. thanks 4 the idea!
I was wondering if you wanted to trade links?
I wear real glasses.
And you know...
sometimes I put contact lenses on and wear fake glasses.
Because my real glasses are rather nerdy, and one of my friends always makes fun of me because that. Maybe I should get real glasses in style of fake glasses, but then again, they'd be expensive and I'm sure this fake glass-trend will go away and really I'm just ahead of the curve or something.
Fake glasses are pretty awesome. But you are so lucky to have perfect vision. It's a pain in the ass to wake up in the morning and see the world as a blurry mess. I wish I had 20/20 vision!
Loving the glasses and the whole nerd chic look, I NEED to find a pair..
haha true confessions ;)
I wish I had to wear fake glasses, I mean, is not comfortable at all when you have to wear them all the time! but in the other hand, I like them because sometimes you look very cute with them, and when not, you always can use the contact lenses.
Hahaha, that's great. All my friends love to steal my glasses (real ones) and take pictures of themselves. I actually gave one of my friends fake ones for her birthday one time because she was always stealing mine.
oh but I love the planned candid-ness of it all! I'm thankful for my 20-20 vision, but there are so many cool lenses out there, sometimes I just wish I could have an excuse to shop them!
I'm practically blind (well not literally but my visions in the 300s range), but I see Urban Outfitters has a whole rack dedicated to fake glasses frames, which is rather comforting.
I also love wearing glasses!! But I need them hah. I always knew I had a problem with my vision, but as a kid I wouldn't say anything to my parents because I absolutely refused to wear glasses....But then I grew up and started wearing them.
Anyway, the ones you have suit you very well!!
I wear glasses so I cant think of doing the fake pairs as I am glad not to be wearing them when I dont!!
Your glasses are great!
It's cool to see people liking glasses. I've been a four-eyes all my life and have always been embarrassed, even to the point that I wear frameless glasses right now. Perhaps a change is in order.
AH! I secretly love my big fake nerdy glasses, too. I have a pair that look nearly identical to the AA ones that you posted--I picked them up for 6bux at a store in Wicker Park. I wear them with big sweaters. Somehow they make me feel like a young Gloria Steinem (even though I don't think she wore glasses).
But then again... they also make me think of the hipsterville douchebags with their dumb ironic mustaches and AA v-neck t's and they make me want to put them down. Then I realize that I'm a girl and it's still cute and fun for me to have these. thank god.
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