Sarah Palin's Designer Eyeglasses Creating an Eyewear Trend
Celebrity Eyewear Fashion Frenzy
According to an article in USA Today, the VP of Italee (the US distributor of the eyeglass frames) said that her company is getting calls from dealers who want to stock the exact shape and style that Sarah Palin was wearing. The manufacturer is stepping up to produce enough of new lightweight, titanium, rimless rectangular frames to meet the growing demand.
The designer eyeglass frame Palin was wearing starts at a suggested $375.00, without the lenses. Getting the exact frame and shape right away might be hard because Palin's frame was customized to fit her. She chose from about 300 frames before picking the 704 series Kawasaki frame in the 34 gray color, but the strong rectangular shape was custom cut just for her.
Older versions of this Kawasaki frame have been worn by celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and David Letterman, but these celebs didn't generate a fashion frenzy like Sarah Palin has done by wearing them.
I just don't get it. Don't get me wrong, I think Sarah Palin is an excellent running mate for John McCain and will make an outstanding Vice President. But to run out and try to buy the same eyeglasses just to make some sort of fashion statement is silly in my opinion. But then again, I never have been one to be fashion forward or trendy. I'm not putting people down if they want to get in on the trend, or that there is anything wrong with wanting to buy eyeglasses like Sarah Palin's, I just don't understand the frenzy.
I'm sure a lot of eyeglass frame retailers will be jumping for joy if the McCain Palin ticket wins the election because then the demand for the Kawasaki frame will most likely continue to skyrocket for quite a while!
Sources:
www.usatoday.com
www.latimes.com
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57 Comments
Post a CommentI enjoyed the article. I think Sarah Palin is so very attractive. Alas, the glasses won't make others look exactly like her.
Yikes, quite an expensive trend for your normal eyeglass wearer. I'm sure the Chinese will be making faux pairs in no time.
Where can I find those glasses? I really like them
It'll be big business for the eye glass companies, that's for sure LOL. It is odd though, how someone new on the scene can create such a fashion stir. Excellent article...I enjoyed reading :)
I'll always prefer my contacts to glasses!
Sheesh, the gal has nice glasses. Maybe people just like the glasses. Why read so much into it?
Oh brother. I can't believe people want to copy her glasses. Are we a country of followers, or what? Well-written and informational as always!
Yes great glasses, too bad she can't see reality through them! Great article
When I first saw Sarah Palin I thought she looked like on of those models on the posters at the optical store. Sure enough, David Letterman stole my joke (he can read minds, you know) and said something to that effect on his monologue.
Just in case anyone tries to play spot the typo in my last post: "a bag of feathers" -- I had a different analogy and forgot to change the an to a...I wish we could edit comments!