Monday, May 22, 2006

Pierced Eyeglasses

pierced eyeglassesJames Sooy has developed a new pair of eyeglasses that mounts into the bridge of your nose, via piercing.

Dubbed, "Pierced Glasses", they offer people who are already cool about body piercings with a practical use for their love of body art.

He's working on bringing it to the consumer market. Read an interview with Sooy.

You think pierced glasses are are too extreme? James perhaps summed it best...

"Paying ... to have someone cut your eyes and shoot a laser in them (just so you don't have to wear glasses) seems extreme to me..."

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

i like piercings hahaha

Anonymous said...

This product is really disgusting!!

What if you forget that it is attached to your nose and accidentally snatch it quickly.

OUCH!!

Anonymous said...

shootings lasers is extreme.. on the other hand mutilation your body for this crap is not extreme at all... "NOW I CAN WEAR GLASSES ON THE SHOWER"

davidinberkeley said...

In a sculpture class a couple of years ago somebody did a "shindogou" (Japanese "un-useless" invention) of glasses that screw into your head, almost exactly like this. Like all shindogou it was meant as a joke.

Now here's this. What does it say about us that minds are being bent to such purposes?

Anonymous said...

Just another facet of attention seeking syndrome....

Meredith said...

This has been around for a couple of years, though...a Strange Product to be sure, but not exactly New!

Vesta said...

WHAT THE F**K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Corrective eye surgery would be a much better option in my opinion. What are these people thinking? I have body piercings of my own, 3 to be exact, so yes I like the idea of body art, but I think this is ridiculous. Send them to the loony bin, maybe some one can aknowledge their piercing eye glasses there.

Anonymous said...

uhhh what about sleeping, showering, swimming,

Anonymous said...

maybe i could pierce a pen to my finger, or even a toothbrush to my lip and ear,

Anonymous said...

maybe i could pierce a pen to my finger, or even a toothbrush to my lip and ear,

Anonymous said...

maybe i could pierce a pen to my finger, or even a toothbrush to my lip and ear,

Anonymous said...

this is so stuped, how can you have sex with this eyeclasses on theyll only fog up and you wont see who your having sex with.

Anonymous said...

hey this is a novel way to make a piercing into something usefull although very prone to tearing out. obviously the glass would be easily removed for sleeping and what not and to see someone with their lense just floating would be starteling to some. i like to see things that startle me with there unrealness. i have had lasik though and would trade it for this. cool idea like those people with stretched out earlobes should put small speaker in those holes, i bet it would sound good.

Anonymous said...

Someone seriously thought this was a good idea?? You're kidding right?

Anonymous said...

I think this is a really neat idea. I have 15 body piercings, and they almost always bring up conversation. Imagine what kind of converstation I could start with this...

Nina said...

i think these are awsome, i havnt had many piercings in the past (just lobes, 1 ear cartilage and an eyebrow that ive sinve taken out) but after seeing these i went out and got the bridge piercing so it would be healed by the time they are available.
Great idea

Anonymous said...

Ahaaaa. Lovely. =]]
I wish someone around here would do that.

Kudos for being original

Anonymous said...

they look sweet
an awesome idea for any piercing fan

Anonymous said...

'this is so stuped, how can you have sex with this eyeclasses on theyll only fog up and you wont see who your having sex with.'

no YOU are 'stuped'

you take the glasses out, duh.

Anonymous said...

from what i understand they are held on by magnets in the actual piercing hardware .. not screwed in or anything.

Anonymous said...

i have my bridge pierced, but am perfectly happy with contact lenses
i read on a website that the lenses are attached to the barbell with magnets, so they could be easilly taken off
pretty cool haha

eyeglasses phoenix said...

That is really cool stuff. With the current trends towards the acceptability of facial piercings in emerging young business professionals it might actually be a viable product as well.

Anonymous said...

i think this is a really cool idea. not necessarily something i'd want to do myself, not being particular into piercings, but something i'd definitely be into if i did have piercings. too cool.e

Anonymous said...

alright, the people who find this "disgusting and 'stuped'" obviously are thinking of it in a rather ignorant pattern. Obviously these wouldn't be "screwed" into the bridge of your nose... perhaps you should use a little common sense (and far better grammar usage). Secondly, you may find this ridiculous, that's the beauty of freedom of thought and speech, but I personally find it pretty neat. I'd love to have one, except for the fact that as much as I love piercings, I don't know how I feel about getting my bridge pierced. (although it would give me a pretty neat excuse to get it done)

graywolf68 said...

I like and want a set of eyeglasses like this but think a bit of refinement is needed IE the piercing should utilize small magnets on the ends of the bridge piercing for the glasses to be attached to the face instead of needing a screw driver to put them on and off thus minimizing the danger of having the glasses snag on something and causing injury plus making sleeping showering swimming and cleaning of the glasses easier.

Anonymous said...

Judging by most of the comments left, people don't seem to realize that peircings are removable and changable. You don't always have to have the glasses in. And it may not be for everybody. Not everybody likes peircings.


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split-vertebrea said...

That is a genius idea! I would totally pierce the bridge of my nose just to get those glasses (I already have fourteen piercings).

There should be a lot more people that think outside of the box.

CheeseStix said...

So by my guess, people just post their profanity and crude comments without taking the time to research. The glasses ARE held on by magnets. So that if they get hit, or snatched, or anything else, they can come off without causing damage. And this is a far CHEAPER, SAFER, and more fun method than corrective surgery, by far. (please note when saying things like "safer", Im well aware of the risks, having well over 25 piercings myself, many of which would disgust you FAR more than this. :D )

Anonymous said...

thats cool as hell! i wish i had to wear glasses now! they should do this for shades!
everyone who thinks its so "extreme" and say it's just for attention... you all are just afraid of uniqueness and difference.
and duh... like all piercings... you can take them OUT for showers and sleeping. they're not freaking screwed to your head.

nuitdevotremort said...

Some of you comment as though they are perminant! Like any piercing they can be taken out! As for those of you that think they might be ripped out, the eyeglass part is held on by a powerful magnet. I think as long as you don't work with your head inside of MRI machines, you'll be fine...

Also, ever seen how lasik eye surgery is done?!?!? NO WAY FOR ME! Look it up, it involves slicing the film of your eyeball off and re-attaching it!

And finally, even though it says he wants to get them on the market, it's obviously not meant to become a mainstream form of eye-wear. It would be less expensive than it is now to apprehend and also interesting.

Hey, just think, you won't missplace them now! lol

Anonymous said...

theres such things as contacts you know lol

James said...

Hey i love peircings and i really want to know where i can get these from if anyone knows please email me on mouthyteenager@hotmail.co.uk

Nick said...

I think this is an awesome idea. Me being in the body modification business it would not only be interesting but also useful for people such as tattoo artist that need glasses that don't slide off your nose when tatting. I say kudos and everyone else that thinks this is a "stuped" idea should go back to school and realize we are in the 21st century this isn't the half of what is still to come.

Anonymous said...

ewww that is just disgusting to pierce your glasses to your nose thought it would be kinda kool to tell ur friends "Hey guys, now that my glasses are pierced to my face I can take a shower with these on and sleep with them on." and your Friends will be like " Yeah, that's great. Really weird, but great. NOT!" Having your glasses pierced to your face like that is just wrong, but other people have different oppioins and people candp whatever they want to do.

Anonymous said...

I dont have any piercings and I think its a brilliant idea. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I think its a brilliant idea.

Anonymous said...

These would be a fantastic idea. Granted, I have 17 body piercings so I'm a little biased but still, wonderful. I have started wearing contacts recently but would happily switch back to glasses if they were like this.

Anonymous said...

where can i get a pair i already have my bridge pierced and i wanted to do that but i didnt know they make it..

Anonymous said...

This is sick, i have a bridge and i would wear these! Aha nice idea! it is body mutilation you faggots!

Anonymous said...

this is awesome. i have a bridge piercing, and hey i also wear glasses. this way maybe itll be less obvious in the job setting that i have a metal bar through my nose...

www.moodyOnes.net said...

Those look like a pain in the arse. If your at all active they would constantly be getting bumped. Not to mention trying to keep them clean, what a pain to have to fiddle with something just to get the dust wiped off. Hey here's a better idea why not just embed a spike in the eyebrow so we can hang the lens like a picture frame. Geeeezez -R3volv3R

TheDoctor said...

@R3volv3R

Have you ever heard of rare-earth magnets? I'd think someone who's bipolar world have more pressing concerns than making ignorant comments on this topic.

Anonymous said...

Although i think this is a wonderful, creative idea... unfortunately i feel the weight of the glasses would cause the bridge piercing to reject.... depending on how often you wore your glasses
great idea... just might not work..

Anonymous said...

what if your prescription changes?

Anonymous said...

what a great idea? do they just screw off? obviously they come off your face somehow, cool i want a pair you should think about doing sunglasses I would try teaming up with tribal in L.A. this is up there alley

Anonymous said...

What happens if you get them snagged on something? What happens if someone snatches them from your face? THey should be break away...

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