Grazyna 034

Grazyna posing in one of the most beautiful glasses from my collection, made by Christian Olivier in the 1980's. The lenses are so called "Formlenti", an invention made in the 1970's to improve on the traditional myodisc lenses with a circular bowl. Here the central part of the lens follows the shape of the frame. The surrounding carrier lens looks like a nice decoration rather than "the only option left" to prevent that the lenses become too thick. High index lenses were already available when these glasses were made so there was no need to choose Formlenti. I'm convinced that the first owner of these (no doubt, quite expensive) glasses made a deliberate choice.