1950s Eyeglasses

The other dimension

There's a warning on the plastic packet these 3-D glasses come in. It says not to wear them as sunglasses or outside the cinema. It's a pity, really, because they cut it pretty well as a fashion accessory.

But you only have to put them on to discover they're much more. Take children's flick Coraline, for instance — the glasses have transformed the screen into a floor-to-roof-sized Magic Eye canvas. The perception that you could walk into the film without bumping the glass is uncanny on first view. The on-screen action feels like it's within arm's reach rather than 30 rows away, too.

Of course, 3-D isn't only making its mark in the cinema. TV companies are already flaunting prototypes for 3-D-enabled TVs, pumping serious coin into research and development and extolling the virtues of the technology — Samsung commercially released a 3-D TV in Australia last year. But are consumers really going to hook up 3-D TVs at home, or are we witnessing another fad — reminiscent of the 3-D flops of the 1950s and '80s — in the making?

Source: WA today

Branded Male: Fashion plays Hockney

At last I've managed to get back to you with a post about men's fashion week here in Paris. I attended only a handful of shows, but for me what happens on the runway is probably the least interesting element of these events. I relish the ambiance at the start of a show, which always reminds me of the beginning of a bullfight. It's a carnival of arrivals, greetings, seating, fidgeting, loud conversations and waving of invitations in front of perspiring faces. Circling PR people with walkie talkies dart nervous glances around the room and direct stragglers to their places. Compared to this lengthy and complex social interplay, the actual event is short, sharp and brutal. Even the clothes are more interesting off-piste than on. The runway is a glimpse of the future. But you can get a very accurate idea of current male fashions by looking at the journalists covering the shows. They dress to be seen and snapped by armies of trailing bloggerazzi. This season, taupe jackets, heavy 1950s eyeglasses, waistcoats and bow ties were all in evidence. And when they weren't wearing shorts, they wore their trousers at half-mast, showing a stratum of sock or an escarpment of bare ankle. in Brazil.

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The other dimension

WA today - Oct 07, 2009

But are consumers really going to hook up 3-D TVs at home, or are we witnessing another fad — reminiscent of the 3-D flops of the 1950s and '80s — in the and more »

Outpouring of spirit returns homecoming parade to mountain

Times Daily - Oct 10, 2009

Decades Day is a particular favorite, Dalrymple said, who wore a hot pink poodle skirt as homage to the 1950s. "We all want students to get into the school

Will Anyone Watch 3-D TV?

TIME - Sep 25, 2009

The early 1950s were flooded with 3-D movies, and the technology has made an occasional comeback ever since. (The highest-grossing 3-D film, oddly, and more »

Around and about

Omaha World-Herald - Oct 10, 2009

Round, wire-rimmed eyeglasses served as napkin holders; sun rays and ribbons beamed from spherical flower displays in the table centerpieces.

How about a 3D screen instead of the glasses?

Times and Transcript - Sep 24, 2009

That scene would be like a throwback to the CIA brainwashing classes of the 1950s and '60s. We've all seen those old films with everyone wearing sunglasses

100 Bad Dates: #39

RVANews - Sep 28, 2009

A waitress in cat-eye glasses? How authentic! Where were the roller skates? The kids piled in a phone booth? The segregated bathrooms?

Robert Prozzo, Jr

Antiques and Arts Weekly - Sep 27, 2009

Torquay; Very Large dollhouse; Deering Snow Scoop; Metzler & Ortloff Figures; Copper Boiler; Desk Antiques; Early Eyeglasses; Lead Toys; Matchbox Toys;