Posted on 09/04/2008 6:22:29 PM PDT by Libloather
What Women Want -- Palin's Glasses
Opticians Report Surge In Requests For Palin's Frames
Bob Hansen, NBC 7/39 Consumer Reporter
UPDATED: 5:52 pm PDT September 4, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is not just rocking the political world -- she's creating quite a frenzy for opticians with her signature frames.
Doug D'Amico said he's rushing to order Palin's glasses. The Encinitas optician told NBC 7/39 he's getting calls from women who want to buy the same glasses worn by Palin during her convention speech Wednesday night.
"It's fun," D'Amico says. "While we stay away from politics, the glasses make a strong professional statement."
The plan is to get the glasses in the store sometime Friday.
D'Amico's office, Europtics, is located at the Lumberyard Shopping Mall in North County, but it's not the only store getting calls.
Reports coming in across the country say that eyewear companies haven't seen interest in a pair of glasses like this in years. According to USA Today, the U.S. distributor of the frames keeps getting calls from dealers who want to stock the exact shape and style Gov. Palin is wearing.
**SNIP**
The Palin frame runs around $400 without lenses. D'Amico said the price with lenses sells for between $600 and $800.
"It will increase business," says D'Amico, "but it will also increase awareness of how you can show power and authority and still feel good in glasses."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...
Men don’t make passes at women who wear...aahh forget it.
Pssst, ladies. It's not the glasses.
I noticed them! They are great b/c they fade away, and they don’t block the view of her eyes.
i wondered about that.
she has such a wonderful smile!
I knew it! I told Mrs. Chandler that we should sell Sarah glasses.
any inquiries on pants suits or ear enlargers....?
It ain't the glasses...
Some think of them as fashion accessories and have a lot of 'em. LOL!
Predictably, the last few days the lefties made fun of Palin’s glasses and hair style, trying to turn her into another Katherine Harris. She is just so out of it, don’t you know.
This morning I predicted hundreds of women would be at their salons today asking for Sarah’s hair style.
This article closes the deal on her glasses.
People (especially woman) love her!
What did Hillary ever inspire? Big butted pant suits?
Oh, my I’m enjoying this. Anyone heard anything about Hillary lately? I bet she’s in a fetal position by now.
That’s “her LOVELY eyes”, maggot! (Just kidding.)
Ok I am now convinced that you could dress that lady in a gunny sack and she’d look good !
I don’t know if Sarah needs corrective lenses for anything but reading, but hose glasses were very classy.
US women voters turned off by Palin's pick: poll
Cognitive dissonance at its best.
Piper's Saliva brand hair care products. :-)
that clip is one of the cutest things I have seen in a long time. Also them passing cute little Trig around during the evening was wonderful
That is the face of love on that little girl.
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