Leight likes the way comedienne Tina Fey looks in her glasses, ditto Katy Perry, Lisa Loeb, Damien Hirst and Philip Johnson.

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" Your glasses should, according to Leight, be comfortable: "They should not lay on your cheeks or the bridge of your nose, or pinch behind the ears.

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Larry Leight, the creative director at the designer eyewear company Oliver Peoples, noticed for the first time a certain set wearing lensless frames on a recent trip overseas.

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These days, as Leight points out, you can buy photochromic lenses, which have some degree of protection but allow people to actually see your eyes (think Jack Nicholson).

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"A lot of actors and actresses do this because they say they have to wear something in the bright light of awards shows, " says Leight, shrugging his shoulders with what looks to be a degree of healthy skepticism.

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