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Many of us fashionistas discovered a long time ago that the global fashion wardrobe works in mysterious ways. Time after time the once-forgotten styles jump back into our closets – often with added jazzy details. This realisation got my glasses senses tingling… Let’s climb into my GD time machine (conveniently tucked under my desk) and make our way back through the years to see how often particular trends have returned, and how they have evolved over the years! Hold on tight here we go…

1940-1950: Cat-eye-inspired styles

One of my favourite blonde bombshells Marilyn Monroe and a quirky Katy Perry

1960-1970: Classic Wayfarers

Lady of class Audrey Hepburn set the style in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the lady of craze Lady Gaga continues it

1980-1990: The pilot Aviators

Tom Cruise started the craze in the 1980’s hit film Top Gun and the ever-intriguing Megan Fox keeps it current – proving you don’t need to fly a plane to rock this look

1990-2000: The Clubmaster

Mr Orange set off the clubmaster look in Reservoir Dogs and gorgeous blood-sucker Robert Pattinson shows us how it’s done right now

Here at Glasses Direct we always love to hear from our customers and Kathleen Marshall has kindly taken the time to thank us in a poem! After giving her a call to let her know how impressed we all were, she gave me her permission to publish this great piece of work on our blog…  Check out Kathleen’s poem below.

We would love to hear from any of our customers, so if you would like to send us a different kind of ‘thank you’ feel free to post it up!

Our perception of glasses has moved on so much over the years. Whereas glasses used to be seen as geeky and unfashionable, you now see people who don’t even need to wear glasses lining up for a pair of frames to match the latest craze! Check out these blue funky specs from our on-trend GD Collection in The Guardian’s ‘Something For The weekend’. Apart from the fact that these Cosmopolitan frames are actually Mai Tai frames, it’s a pretty great article!

We would love to see your bold and beautiful specs, so feel free to post your pics up on our GD Facebook page. We can’t wait to see them!

With 65% of the British public feeling ‘ripped off’ at their opticians and almost half admitting they’ve actually postponed their eye test because of the costs involved with buying new glasses, we at Glasses Direct felt it was our responsibility to help clarify the rather baffling optical world.

We have created a guide called ‘seeing clearly’ to help you make clear, informed choices when it comes to shopping for your glasses. We teamed up with Plain English Campaign (an independent group fighting for plain English in public communication) and received their Crystal Mark to show that this guide is as clear as it can be.

For clear information on what your prescription means, what you should expect during and after an eye test, how to find the best glasses for you and much more, check out our seeing clearly guide here. You will also find a downloadable pocket guide to take with you in your pocket or handbag at your next visit so that you’re armed with all the knowledge you need!

Have a listen to our latest radio coverage here:

And take a look at some of the other great coverage below in the Times, Metro, Sunday Mirror, the Scotsman and Daily Express.