To ask when Timmy Mallett became such a style icon for middle aged women?

[PuttingOnTheKitsch]

Or Dennis Taylor for that matter.

I'm talking about the ludicrously OTT spectacle frames that seem to be de rigueur for women these days.

Men don't seem to be encouraged to hide their gasp aging face behind overly large spectacle frames. Why are women being conned into it? It looks daft!

Well, one year I had to buy frames from the male range to get the depth I needed. You’ve always been able to buy them. The bright colours are the fashion part.

Your glasses aren’t that good, you’re mixing up posters, 😂 case closed. You’re quoting me and then using the words of another poster. I had to do the same as another poster, I had to buy from the men’s range when letterbox glasses were fashion.

Side eye and not that deep.

We have our answer - you are 12.

They are far from recent. When M.C was wearing these i probably wasnt even born so there is no "past when large specs werent available" for me.

I suppose you can position yourself as one who is above and beyond fashion, if it pleases you to do so, but with respect, glasses are furniture for your face if you have to wear them permanently, as i do.
If i wanted to find the cheapest bog standard frames with no care about my presentation, I could, its not difficult and requires no care or attention.

What I want, is a pair that is suitable for my face size and shape, can accommodate large enough lenses to give me the best vision possible using varifocal lenses. Fashion has little to do with it but style probably does.

Vintage NHS specs have been about for donkeys, and check out the 924 model!
Well over 50 years old.

When I was in my 20s, nobody commented on my glasses. Or my 30s, or 40s.

When you get older, 40s plus, how dare you fuck off style norms, wear what you want, care less, dress for fun? The bile on here is unreal. If I'm a bit short and old and wearing bright clothes and have big varifocals SO I CAN SEE, fuck you. I shall merely flick my scarf, jangle my earrings, flip my brightly coloured old and podgy sized shirt sleeve, and ignore you. Life is too short and I still have adult children to embarrass, so i'm busy!

When I was 15, exactly 40 years ago, I thought that this was the most beautiful man I had ever seen, and I have liked big nerdy glasses ever since.
Now I’m 55 and need reading glasses and I like big ones. I have lots of colours, as well as black ones. Guess what? I like them and they suit me.
Am I going to stop wearing them because some people on here don’t like them? Not fucking likely.
Am I alternative or individual? No idea and don’t care. Bizarre that some can’t accept that people just like what they like.

I also like jumpsuits, dungarees and coloured DMs, so hopefully that’ll annoy a few people too and make them cringe themselves inside out.

These are my new ones, happy with them
I don't have a small face and the colour works with my colouring

No, the original comment about these silly specs being fashion was directed at you. I then followed on with a comment about another post.

The examples posted above aren't the 'Timmy Mallet' type specs the OP was referring to. The closest, I guess, is the middle out of Michael Caine, but they're still not the same, and of course, the huge, thick frames look very different on the average woman's face.

As for my glasses not being 'that good' - 🤓. They do what they're supposed to do with my vision. I don't think of specs as a fashion accessory. I've worn them since I was 5. They enable me to see, when without them I'm as blind as a bat. That's all that matters to me. I don't see specs as needing to enhance or to detract. They're a sight aid.

Do people really change their specs with changes in fashion?

' I like them and they suit me.
Am I going to stop wearing them because some people on here don’t like them? Not fucking likely.' Fine and dandy - no-one's expecting otherwise.

'The bile on here is unreal. If I'm a bit short and old and wearing bright clothes and have big varifocals SO I CAN SEE, fuck you'..... Speaking of bile.

Morrissey's glasses and the other photo are normal glasses. I presume the OP is referring to the big, coloured frames around now, Pru Leith and Nick Ferrari wear them. Some people love them, some people think they look ridiculous, who cares, wear what you want.

I like interesting glasses! Go into most of the high street opticians and it's a sea of brown, grey, gold.....boring as hell!!!

I'm not hiding my aging face, I just like bright glasses!!

If you don't, go and buy a boring pair. Simples.

YOU think they look slightly ridiculous.
YOU think they wear them because they need something to hide behind.

Maybe they look the bomb. Maybe their loved ones think they look the bomb. Maybe they feel they stand out rather than are hidden – in fact, their glasses being used as a descriptor somewhat suggests that this is the case.

Your post is very spiteful.

Would be useful to see some photos of "normal" women wearing these "silly" glasses.
If Pru Leith is the bar here, i think some of her frames are fabulous.

Clothing has the purpose of warmth or preventing nudity, shoes stop your feet getting cut up, bags help you transport goods, coats keep you dry and glasses help you see, so using them as a "sight aid" is about as groundbreaking as using a bra to keep your tits up.
It doesnt actually elevate you above any of the women that you're sneering at.

I do agree with Cark that you sound spiteful and I wonder if there is something more to this than just other womens choice of frames.

The irony in your post is overloaded.

I love Dame Prue and her glasses, every time i see her on something she's in different glasses.

My very first pair of glasses were a sort of burgundy colour and had little diamantés on the corners. I loved them. At 11 years old I thought I was so glam!

My glasses now are just plain black, small metal frames. I hate them but I can't be arsed to get a new pair as I only wear them first thing in the morning, before I put my contacts in,when I feed the cats.

If I wore them more I'd probably get a new pair and be more adventurous(like I am with sunglasses).

At the risk of upsetting many people on this thread, these are my glasses I love them.

Isn't socks with sandals just about comfort 🤔

I think it is for most people, yes, but there's a fashion-irony version that is definitely about making a statement.

I like them!
Im not brave enough for colour and tend to be monochromatic all the time so these are mine.
The aviators in the middle are my favourites and known affectionately as the Dahmers.
The grey square ones i wear most of the time, and the top black pair i wear when WFH.
Theyre a mix between driving and digital vari lenses.

Those should come with a trigger warning doodle!

I think they’re fabulous, actually… I love colourful specs!

Doodle, they're very nice. They are not the kind of frames the OP is talking about by a long chalk.

What makes you think they are hiding their faces?
They like them. Good for them.
Life is short.

Nasty and spiteful OP.

Mind your own beeswax.

These are not the type the OP means. She is talking about the massive square thick frames. Twice the size of these!

Bumping this, because despite being told that AIBU (and quite a few other insults), I look at this and I know I'm right.