Mother and daughter 134

End of an era.... The large frames suddenly disappeared from the optician's shops in 1989 and they were replaced by considerably smaller frames. This shock wave is well illustrated by Esther and Miriam, not only in their frame choice but also in the expression on their faces. Imagine a mother accompanying her daughter to the optician with his shop full of new retro frames. The daughter looks in the mirror through her new glasses, in sheer amazement, while her mother - who has lived through many changes in eyewear styles - looks both amused and encouraging to her daughter. "It's only the new fashion, dear. Don't worry about it, the new glasses look great on you. But I will not part with my big glasses straightaway". Compliments to both models for their great posing!

Esther is posing in one of the finest glasses from the 1990's, made by Morie. The glasses were acquired in Germany where opticians kept a wider array of frames than their Dutch colleagues. The glasses were bought by a German lady in her mid forties who took the big step and got her first glasses with progressive lenses. The Morie glasses can be seen in my photo shoot with Gita (087) in 2010 on my first weblog. My partner Nel also tried them during her (and my) very first photo shoot in the autumn of 2008. The lenses in the Morie glasses are minus three, less than a third of Nel's own prescription, so she could not see anything. But Nel insisted that I should make some pictures - she really liked these "crazy" glasses and she was anxious to see how she looked in them.
Miriam is wearing a stylish pair of glasses from the late 1980's with a much higher prescription than her daughter (minus nine). The inscription on the glasses reads "Argenta Golden Gate". Like the Morie glasses, they were acquired in Germany. The Argenta glasses were featured in three previous photo shoots, with Conny (001), Farishta (506, second photo shoot) and Nel (278). It's nice to see these glasses back in circulation after a lapse of almost three years.