I really want some glasses like the ones Nightlife has. or... maybe not.
this guy on my floor has these frames that scream "old school German man" that I really dig. They're similar to those black plastic frames that a lot of people have that I have wanted since I was a little kid and they were still lame, except they're... kind of taller? They are vertically bigger.
kind of like these but less rounded.
When I was a toddler I remember my dad owning a pair of glasses like that. They were made of fake tortoiseshell.
Personally, I can't stand how angular glasses frames have become. Black plastic rims being back in style is alright, but what I'd really like to see would be that style, only with perfectly circular lenses, like Harry Truman's glasses. I had a pair similar to that (with metal frames, alas) when I was a kid, but eventually I outgrew them and my mom made me stop wearing them because they were cutting off blood circulation to my brain. By that time, of course, the powers that be had decided that round lenses were "out," and the best I could find anywhere were a pair in that oblong egg-shape that I think is exclusive to glasses frames. I have borne a grudge against the glasses industry ever since. Just say no to corporate eyewear, people!
Of course, I haven't worn glasses in a non-hung-over state since I was fourteen, so it's kind of moot now, but if they brought back the Truman glasses I might just buy a pair anyway, just to make a statement. Those things were bitchin'.