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7 Jun 2006 |
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A look at the origin of tinted eyeglasses
When Dorothy Parker memorably quipped "men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" she was presumably only talking about glasses of the prescription kind. Surely she couldn't have been talking about sunglasses which, so many a Hollywood starlet or fashion icon has proved since, have their very own distinctive iconic and sexual allure.
Reporter Anna McNamee is joined by the fashion writer and historian, Caroline Cox and Edwina Ehrman, a curator at the Museum of London, to learn more about the origin of tinted eyeglasses.Museum of LondonDisclaimer
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