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Nowadays, there is an increasingly larger demand for fashion eyewear. Eyeglasses tell a story about the person wearing them and that story changes on a daily basis. Thanks to trendy eyewear a new story can be told everyday.

There was a time not very long ago when wearing a pair of reading glasses was a sign of weakness. Wearing a pair of glasses for any purpose was looked at as less than beautiful and anyone who wore them was self-conscious and felt inferior in some way. Those thoughts have almost completely disappeared thanks to a new mind-set about glasses. The advancements that have been made in the eyewear industry are incredible. Fashionable reading glasses are now the rage and eyewear companies are creating a plethora of reading glasses, sunglasses and all purpose glasses that make a difference not only in appearance, but in self-awareness, confidence and well being.

Trendy eyewear styles include semi-rimless reading glasses, brow-bar glasses, rimless eyewear and the full rimmed look. Each eyeglass look creates an aura that can only be explained as personal fashion. Individual personalities are defined and redefined by eyeglasses. The scholar, as well as the surfer within all of us comes out in a pair of eyeglasses. Stylish reading glasses attract attention and the eyeglass market has taken advantage of that fact by producing diamond embedded sunglasses, as well as other unique designs that make a person look like the wealthiest person in town.

The horn-rimmed frame went out of fashion in the 1990s but is back again, along with reading glasses and sunglasses that represent the punk, indie, gothic and hipster fashion trends. Counter culture, as well as geek culture are defined by prescription reading glasses as well as fun, funky and rimless sunglasses. Alternate lifestyles rely on cool reading glasses to project an image, as well as serve a purpose.

Horned rimmed glasses became fashionable in the US in the early 20th century, thanks to the actor Harold Lloyd who wore them in all his movies. Lloyd set the trend for eyeglass fashion around 1917 and it has continue to evolve into a fashion statement for musicians, actors and everyone who wanted to change their appearance or to help them see. Buddy Holly made square rim eyeglasses popular in the 1950s and in the 1970s, John Lennon reading glasses created a look that is still fashionable today.

In short, the new dimension of trendy eyewear lies in its close touch with dynamic elements in the latest fashion. Thus, it has infinite glamour.