{"id":130,"date":"2023-06-30T14:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.185.130.28\/?p=130"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:23:55","slug":"spectacular-spectacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular Spectacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@abhishektripathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abhishek Tripathi<\/a><br \/>\n@author, blog paisawapas<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Thus, it started:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/russo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/russo.jpg\" alt=\"Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/russo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/russo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theodore Roosevelt, credits: biography.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>History goes back to 1200&#8217;s in Italy. Since then- Scholars, scientists, &#8216;madmen&#8217;, physically weak people have been wearing them until 1900&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?title=Theodore_Roosevelt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> made them popular after he was clicked in many photographs wearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/search\/deals?query=sunglasses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specs<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"paisa-790560127\" class=\"paisa-content paisa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4h8j21D\" aria-label=\"blog banner app popup copy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/img.paisawapas\/images\/2025\/03\/06184200\/blog-banner-app-popup-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fits everyone:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fits-to-everyone1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fits-to-everyone1.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of a group of people wearing spectacles. Spectacles are easy to adjust and wear. From kids to adult and old age people, everyone can wear that.\" width=\"480\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fits-to-everyone1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fits-to-everyone1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fits to everyone, credit: www.dreamstime.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutvision.com\/conditions\/myopia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myopic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionexpress.com\/eye-health\/eye-conditions\/myopia-hypermetropia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypermetropic<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutvision.com\/conditions\/astigmatism.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> astigmatism<\/a> and any other sort of eye defect, from polar to non-polar to sunglasses , <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photochromic_lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photochromic<\/a> and lens combined. You have all combinations possible today. Simply by varying geometry of the glass in controlled quantities. Well, that is not so simple. It took a whole bunch of scientists to figure that one out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>As a fashion:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/megan-fox-with-spectacles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/megan-fox-with-spectacles.jpg\" alt=\"stunning megan fox with spectacles and coffee running out from a cafe\" width=\"667\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/megan-fox-with-spectacles.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/megan-fox-with-spectacles-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MeganFox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan fox<\/a> with spectacles. credits: pinterest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not very long ago, perhaps the time I got glasses, nearly 7 years ago, spectacles were not very trendy or considered to be a &#8216;good&#8217; sign of health. (In India). Since some time, I&#8217;d say, Quite sometime, they have become a fashion trend. With celebrities promoting &#8216;types and styles&#8217; of glasses and frames, and increasing branding and online retailing, it has become a necessity &#8211; more than just fashion. Duck down your specs and stare from the top, classy &#8211; ain&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Yes! Smarty!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yes-smarty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yes-smarty.jpg\" alt=\"Correlation between myopia and IQ level. Also spectacles can be add on to your personality \" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yes-smarty.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yes-smarty-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spectacles can add charm to your personality, credits: Youtube.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, a strong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/12\/20\/science\/study-links-intelligence-and-myopia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correlation <\/a>has been established between myopia and IQ. People with myopia were found to have more average IQ than people without. [1] Interesting, hmm? Say it or not, spectacles indeed have become much more than they were ever supposed to be.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/google-glass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/google-glass.jpg\" alt=\"Google glasses, looking towards the future.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/google-glass.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/google-glass-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google glass- the third eye. credit: www.marieclaire.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Glass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">google glass<\/a> becoming reality, there is no limit. Many science fiction movies show unprecedented uses of contact lenses and glasses: as scanners, when integrated with AI. Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>published by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.paisawapas.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by &#8211; Abhishek Tripathi @author, blog paisawapas Thus, it started: &nbsp; History goes back to 1200&#8217;s in Italy. Since then- Scholars, scientists, &#8216;madmen&#8217;, physically weak people have been wearing them until 1900&#8217;s Theodore Roosevelt made them popular after he was clicked in many photographs wearing specs. &nbsp; Fits everyone: Myopic, hypermetropic, astigmatism and any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spectacular spectacles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spectacles were uncommon and uncannily were considered for Scholars, scientists, &#039;madmen&#039;, until 1900&#039;s when US President, Theodore Roosevelt made them popular.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spectacular spectacles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spectacles were uncommon and uncannily were considered for Scholars, scientists, &#039;madmen&#039;, until 1900&#039;s when US President, Theodore Roosevelt made them popular.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PaisaWapas Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paisawapas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-30T09:25:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-03T07:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/featured-image_specs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"348\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gagan Bakshi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@paisawapas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@paisawapas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gagan Bakshi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spectacular spectacles","description":"Spectacles were uncommon and uncannily were considered for Scholars, scientists, 'madmen', until 1900's when US President, Theodore Roosevelt made them popular.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spectacular spectacles","og_description":"Spectacles were uncommon and uncannily were considered for Scholars, scientists, 'madmen', until 1900's when US President, Theodore Roosevelt made them popular.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/","og_site_name":"PaisaWapas Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paisawapas","article_published_time":"2023-06-30T09:25:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-03T07:23:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":850,"height":348,"url":"http:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/featured-image_specs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Gagan Bakshi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@paisawapas","twitter_site":"@paisawapas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gagan Bakshi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/"},"author":{"name":"Gagan Bakshi","@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94a75a4a3cd4945559a6d160159e4969"},"headline":"Spectacular Spectacles","datePublished":"2023-06-30T09:25:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-03T07:23:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/"},"wordCount":346,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/spectacular-spectacles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/featured-image_specs.jpg","articleSection":["Fashion &amp; 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