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Full disclosure: We have faked an eye exam before. Okay, several times. Who can blame us? We love glasses. It's a tad early in our fashion career to start wearing sunglasses indoors, and we need an excuse to wear frames all day, every day.

It's good to know that we're not the only ones who feel this way. "Women wear rings and bracelets, what do they need those for?" says Moss Lipow, eyewear designer, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, and author of the newly released Eyewear: A Visual History. "Frames are an expression of style." Lipow's book begins in the 11th century and traces eyewear's position in the fashion market, identifying how perceptions of eyewear have shifted from a practical necessity marking physical decay to a coveted accessory and luxury item.

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