Horn-rimmed glasses

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Horn-rimmed glasses are a type of eyeglasses with frames traditionally made from horn or tortoiseshell. Since the twentieth century, most frames of this style have been made from plastics designed to imitate those materials. Horn-rimmed glasses are usually associated with thick, prominent rims, in contrast to thinner metal, wire or rimless eyeglass frames. Horn-rimmed glasses were one of the first styles of eyeglasses to become a popular fashion item, after comedian Harold Lloyd began wearing a round pair in his films. The glasses have enjoyed various periods of popularity throughout the 20th century, being considered especially fashionable in the 1920s–1930s and in the 1950s–1960s in particular, while ceding to rimless and wire framed glasses during the 1970s and 1990s–2000s. Michael Caine's first appearance as Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File in 1965 featured his signature look of thick horn-rimmed glasses which made him a style icon of the 1960s. The style has brought a resurgence of...

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