Eyeglasses innovations thirtieth

However, the 1930s are interesting to us not only a eyeglasses and round frames, is going through of today, by the way, the real boom in popularity. At this time appeared on the market and a new stylish eyeglasses, which, like their predecessors, were completely rounded at the bottom and a flat, nearly oval at the top, so that their upper limit is below the eyebrows. Upholders of eyeglasses with big round light openings that decision seemed far more successful with both aesthetic and practical point of view: the contact of prescription lenses with an eyebrows caused contamination of the latter, which could even lead to a deterioration of sight.

In 1932 a new form of eyeglasses, one of the names which can be translated from German as "Eyeglasses, providing a complete overview", was released by the Carl Zeiss company and first patented by them. In addition to the form of light openings these eyeglasses differ by a number of advantages: temples were attached to the frame is not in the middle, as it were, a little below the upper rim, which does not impede the lateral review; temples, designed taking into account the anatomy of the ears have become more comfortable; to replace the nose bridge, made in the form of a saddle, tightly fit to the nose and often causes pain, came mobile nose pad, fixed with metal threads. Nose pads, that still are used to fix most metal frames, represented of a pincushion type, rounded plate covered with a flesh-colored celluloid. Without exaggeration we can say that the emergence of "frames, providing a complete overview," was not only a significant milestone in the history of Carl Zeiss, was selecting the development and manufacture of eyeglass frames in a separate area of its activities, but also heralded a new era of fashion eyewear. (Today the manufacturer of glasses and prescription lens Zeiss is a German company Ferdinand Menrad Group)

As an aside, I would like to note that to the accessories in the thirties, has received considerable attention. In an era of economic crisis, it was the least expensive item of expenditure for those who wish to get a newness in its appearance. With the improvement of the appearance of the eyeglasses frames have also begun to acquire the character of the decoration. In the early decades of the Americas to Europe came the fashion for gold-colored eyeglasses, perfectly harmonizing with the color of the skin. For the first time this color has appeared in an assortment of frames by Bausch & Lomb - one of the major newsmakers in the industry of those days where it is marked as Arista Natural Gold. Soon, delicate golden eyeglasses can be purchased from European manufacturers. So, for example, already in 1931 they were present in the fashion line eyeglasses with prescription lens by the German company Menrad.
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