When Glasses are Attractive: Navigating Glasses & Dating
If you’ve ever had doubts about the attractiveness of your spectacles, you’re not alone. Whether you’re swiping on dating apps, getting ready for your first date, or debating which profile photo to post, dating with glasses can be part of those early insecurities.
Rest assured, glasses can absolutely enhance your look. Just like your every style choice, it comes down to your fit, like matching your facial features, and your confidence when wearing them. They also help tell your unique story when dating.
Love & Glasses
If you’re a young adult taking the plunge into today’s modern dating pool, odds are very likely you will run into others with glasses.
One study found 60% of Gen Z adults need vision correction. This means 6 out of every 10 adults between the ages of 18 and 28 in the United States need glasses, and only 15% of those individuals have been fitted for contacts.
Not only do most young adults need glasses, but they’ve also likely never worn contacts.
What Makes Glasses Attractive
Choosing the right pair of glasses brings out your most attractive features and can allow you to shine when dating. They help to:
- Frame your face
- Highlight your eyes
- Add definition to softer features
- Make your style feel intentional
While framing your face, they can also signal you are a serious, thoughtful and professional individual. They can be used to bring out your best facial features to enhance your expressions in just the way you intend to when connecting with a meaningful love interest.
But, there is a caveat.
A study released by the Swiss Journal of Psychology found that when we encounter someone who wears glasses, we generally perceive them with lower attractiveness when compared to not wearing glasses.
The study also found one exception: When the individual wore rimless glasses, they appeared both trustworthy and as equally attractive as without glasses.
Rimless glasses allow very little to get in the way of your facial features. This glasses style is frameless, meaning your lenses are mounted directly onto the temples and bridge. They offer a minimalist aesthetic and compliment many face shapes as they draw very little attention away from your features.
But before you run to purchase your rimless glasses and take new selfies, let’s go a step deeper.
How Do Guys and Girls Differ?
When it comes to the perception of attractiveness, men and women tend to view each other a bit differently by first impressions.
Women's Take On Glasses
Women who are most interested in lasting partnerships look for approachability, thoughtfulness and maturity. This means men who want to attract a lasting partner can amplify their look with the serious qualities a pair of glasses brings.
Men’s Take on Glasses
When it comes to men’s opinions of women with glasses, there’s been a bit more back and forth in popular discourse. An expression taken from a Dorothy Parker poem, written all the way back in the 1930s, has gotten quite a bit of attention over the years: “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”
Bottom Line:
- Glasses have been shown to lower general attractiveness, with the exception of rimless glasses.
- Men who wear glasses can be perceived as mature and thoughtful, which are qualities women look for when dating.
- Women who wear glasses have been noted in last-century sayings for receiving less attention, which could actually be seen as an advantage for women looking for a serious partner when you stop to think about it.
How Glasses Reflect Age
While glasses reflect a level of maturity in your style, they can also be chosen to reflect youthful features.
When the shape of your glasses lift your best features, are in a color that brightens your complexion and fit proportionally to your face, you get all the benefits of a fashion-forward appearance to balance your look.
If you’re searching for glasses that will especially bring you a more youthful appearance, consider:
- Transparent frames, which are similar to rimless.
- Warm tones, like tortoiseshell and warm browns.
- Muted pastels to reflect a spring-time sense of joy.
The Most Attractive Glasses for You
When you wear glasses on a daily basis, this style can feel like a large part of your total look. Removing them when dating might feel in-authentic. Instead, choosing to wear glasses while dating shines a light on your most prized features, inside and out.
That’s why we offer so many styles to choose from for both men and women. Explore our Mens’ Eyeglasses and Women’s Eyeglasses collections to narrow down your most attractive fit, with no sacrifice to expressing your style or personality.
