Windsor glasses
Type of eyeglasses
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Windsor glasses (also known as Gandhi glasses, John Lennon glasses, sometimes round granny glasses; the tinted style is known as teashades)[1] are a type of eyeglasses characterised by circular or nearly circular eyerims and a thin metal frame.
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The Windsor style was produced in Britain by the 1840s. Traditional Windsor glasses have round frames, a saddle bridge over the nose, and temples extending from the midpoint of the frames.[2]
Notable wearers
Notable people associated with Windsor glasses include John Lennon, who first wore them on the set of How I Won the War in September 1966.[3] A pair of Lennon's Windsor glasses was auctioned for $56,800 in 2020.[4]
Other notable people who wore this style include Mahatma Gandhi. The National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi holds the spectacles that Gandhi last wore.[5]
Theodore Roosevelt, Groucho Marx, and the fictional character Harry Potter also sometimes wore Windsor glasses, although they are better remembered for their rimless pince-nez, Groucho glasses, and horn-rimmed glasses, respectively.[better source needed]
Ozzy Osbourne wore blue-tinted teashade glasses as a tribute to John Lennon.[6]
