This is just a poor article. The author mentions armchair psychology at one point, and for me that is probably the best way to sum it up. I've worn glasses for

This is just a poor article. The author mentions armchair psychology at one point, and for me that is probably the best way to sum it up. I've worn glasses for the last 12 years (full time for 10 of them) ever since my eye sight deteriorated at the age of 15. But to compare glasses to a wheel chair, for most glasses wearers, is just absurd. When I go into get new glasses the main thing I do is see how they look like on my head. The lenses are a commodity; how the frame looks on my face (and the lens is fitted to the frame) is what I care about. It is no surprise that they have become fashion accessories, especially now you can get glasses in dozens of designer brand names.