Item: Palin creates stir with designer glasses/Bruce Horovitz, USA Today

More Info: The nation's eyes aren't just on Gov. Sarah Palin — they're on her glasses. It's been awhile since the optical business has been as charged by celebrity specs as it has by the rimless pair the vice presidential nominee wears most of the time. If she wins, it could rock the vision-care market, which totals $26.6 billion a year, says tracker Jobson Optical Research. It's already shaking up the company that makes them. We keep getting calls from dealers who want to stock the exact shape and style that she's wearing," says Amy Hahn, vice president at Italee, the U.S. distributor of the frames designed by Kazuo Kawasaki, a Japanese industrial designer. The Palin frame — minus the lenses — starts at a suggested $375. Depending on the type of lenses, the total package can run to $700.

Dorothy Parker: "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."

Question: Do you think that glasses make people look more attractive or less attractive?

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