how did glasses go from nerdy to cool?

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Eyeglasses as a Social Status Symbol by Jacob Kaplan (2023) https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38594019
Through the Looking Glasses by Travis Elborough (2021)
In the Blink of an Eye by Stefana Sabin (2021)
Fashion in Eyeglasses: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day by Richard Corson (1967)
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/spectacular-vision-the-symbolism-of-glasses-in-art?utm_source=chatgpt.com
On spectacles and magnifying glasses: the connoisseur in action by Valérie Kobi (2021) https://arthistoriography.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/kobi.pdf
Enough Rope by Dorothy Parker (1926)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/04/looking-tinder-date-dont-wear-glasses-make-sure-show-teeth/
Making a Spectacle by Jessica Glasscock (2021)
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGlassesGottaGo
The By-Product of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov (1956) https://www.spongymesophyll.com/Asimov_1956_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf
https://www.businessinsider.com/women-wearing-eyeglasses-japan-new-laws-turn-over-bans
Hitchcock’s Motifs by Michael Walker (2005)
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Strangers-On-A-Train-1950-12-16-Final-Draft.pdf
Better than Rubies: A History of Women's Education by Phyllis Stock (1978)
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight/article/download/24857/30812/58469
"Fashion Significances." Women's Wear Daily 63.101 (1941): 3.
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/07/484835077/what-did-nearsighted-humans-do-before-glasses
https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/blue-light-effects-on-your-eyes-sleep-and-health/2022/08
https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2023-ready-to-wear/miu-miu
https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2024/federal-data-reading-pleasure-all-signs-show-slump
https://thebookerprizes.com/media-centre/press-releases/international-booker-prize-and-valentino-form-new-cultural-partnership
https://www.miumiu.com/us/en/miumiu-club/special-projects/miu-miu-literary-club.html
https://www.luxurydaily.com/loewe-unveils-box-set-of-redesigned-literary-classics/
https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/prada-literary-salon-ottessa-moshfegh-carey-mulligan/

0:00 - intro
5:11 - glasses as intellectual
13:34 - glasses as ugly
22:20 - glasses as chic
35:57 - conclusion

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