Daphne 007

When Daphne saw these pink glasses by Pro Design lying

on the table she decided to give them a try. It's always nice

to look at the world through pink glasses. Unfortunately, the

lighting conditions in the garden and the alley were far from

ideal so we ended up in the hall for this portrait. The Rx of the

glasses is not unlike that of the ochre Dior - in short, some

diopters below the model's own prescription. The glasses were

first used during my photo shoot with Carla (first weblog) who

has an astygmatism not unlike Daphne's.

Daphne 006

Glasses: Pro Design, late 1980's

[L: -1.50; c-1.50 v / R: -2.00; c-1.50 o]

Daphne 005

Daphne has a prescription with rather strong cylinders

(-2.50 / -2.00) which often limits the options when choosing

glasses for a photo shoot. A good way to expand the options

is to use glasses with a considerable Rx difference between

the lenses. These "Gladys" glasses by Neostyle are a good

example. The left lens has the proper spherical strength but

only a weak cylinder while the right lens has a Rx equivalent

to the sum of the spherical and cylindrical strength. Each lens

on its own creates a blur but the brain is able to combine

both images into an overall result that comes close to the

proper prescription. The difference in strength between both

lenses is over two diopters. The "Gladys" glasses were also

used during my photo shoots with Clarine (first weblog) and

Karen who opened the present weblog. Here Daphne joins

their ranks and it's nice to see and compare the effects of the

glasses on the three models. The brown colour of the frame

blends well with the model's hair colour and the wall in the

background.

Daphne 004

Neostyle first came under my attention in the early 1970's

when they advertized with some great new frames. Their

models posed moody in cat eye glasses (illustrating that the

cat eye era was a thing of the past) and joyful in the new

big frames. However, the material and the shape of these

"Gladys" glasses suggests that Neostyle was already active

during the late 1960's. The frame shows the transition from

the small, solid frames of the mid 1960's into the big frames

that started emerging in the late 1960's. It took another five

years before the giant frames appeared and one could see

both the older and new styles in the streets of Amsterdam

around 1970. I bought these "Gladys" glasses at the famous

"Waterlooplein" flea market in Amsterdam during the 1980's.

Daphne 003

Glasses: Neostyle (Gladys), late 1960's

[L: -2.50; c-1.00 v / R: -5.25]

Daphne 002

Daphne posing in early 1980's glasses by the famous

Christian Dior. Their "ochre phase" started around 1977

and lasted until the mid 1980's. During this period their

frame design changed from very solid to more refined.

These glasses can also be seen in my photo shoot with

Carla on my first weblog. The ochre frames suit brunettes

and blondes alike. 

Daphne 001

Glasses: Christian Dior, early 1980's

[L: -0.25; c-0.75 v / R: -1.50; c-1.00 v]

Photo shoot: January 15th, 2012

Rx model is L: -2.50; c-2.50 v / R: -3.50; c-2.00 v]