Yes - maybe a pair of “arms” of some sort that could hook over top the ears could produce the desired effect.
The design is kind of cool, but perhaps having metal pierced and hidden in the nose and then using a strong magnet to have the glasses connect…that way, in a fight or car wreck or whatever, the glass part would just fall off.
Many years ago, a German friend of mine paid a fortune for some really neat glasses that had practically invisible side frames that I think were really thin (think a single piece of angle hair pasta) pieces of plexiglass or something similar. You had to stand inches away to see the side pieces and the overall look was similar to the glasses the guy in modeling in the OP’s look (and a lot safer, but pricey).
I think the guy was considering having his next prototype use magnets to connect the lenses to the barbell (the same sort of magnets used to stick sunglasses over regular glasses).
Also, a bridge piercing does not go through bone. Some people aren’t anatomically suited for it (not enough flesh over the bone), though.
I love the idea, the pierce-nez. It’s a perfect name for it.
Get it set up with magnetic attachment, so they can be easily removed for cleaning (most important) and figure out how to ensure stability, and I would consider this a marketable product. People who go for your more extreme piercings in general would be more amenable to this sort of “out there” product.
I can’t believe that people actually sit around and dream shit like this up.
well, it looks cool, and it would stop the damned glasses from sliding DOWN MY NOSE, if anything would, but I can’t help but think that my old loops-over-the-ears glasses would be much better at keeping them on my face in case of sudden acceleration. It wouldn’t take much for those two halves of the glasses to separate from my face – a sudden sneeze, a fall. Forget about a traffic bump – you don’t need an accident. A fender-bender would do it, I think.
That’s without factoring in the piercing aspect. I think that if I want to do without glasses that bad, I’ll just learn to wear contacts.
I was just opening my mouth to say CONTACT LENSES! Then read the last line of your post. 
How much effort do you think it would take to put a piece of metal or magnet inside the flesh of the bridge of the nose, let it heal over, and then use magnets to hold the lenses on? Then, I could wear these at work without the silly no facial piercings rule, and I would have flexibility by being able to wear regular glasses without still having a silly-looking piercing in my nose.
I merely meant that glasses you can rip off are more handsome.
I wonder if “Ipuu’nimi” is a better name than “perce-nez”.
To all the people who have mentioned using magnets, or who are worried about sudden force tearing at the glasses, he’s a step ahead of you. If you read his FAQ, you’ll see that they do use magnets now. The pictures are just from the earliest prototypes.
I’ve wanted these since I first heard about this guy over a year ago. And yes, they use magnets.
It also clearly states that the piercing does not go through the bone or cartilage.
This is very cool. A piercing seems like a much less drastic procedure than LASIK. And I haven’t had much luck with contact lenses so far. I’d seriously consider it if/when it becomes commercially available. And I think it would be possible to wear sunglasses over these glasses, which means I won’t need to buy prescription sunglasses.
My only concern is how the piercing looks when the glasses aren’t attached to it. (I’d assume even the magnetic version will protrude out of the skin?)
Count me in amongst those who think these are awesome! Although I’d have to give up my plastic “geek chique” frames, so I dunno . . .
Problem is, the pressure of the magnets would block circulation and kill the flesh. No cite offhand, but kids have been hospitalized from using magnets in a similar manner (e.g., on either side of the pinnae) to do fake piercings.
Aesthetically, I think that the stye looks kind of schnazzy (and I’m not a particularly big fan of piercings). Practically, though, I have my doubts. I like to take my glasses off when I’m just sitting at the computer, or reading a book, or doing other close work, and every so often, of course, they need to be cleaned. It seems to me that even with the magnetic version, this would be a bit more awkward than with conventional designs.
On the other hand, the lack of an earpiece would mean that they wouldn’t interfere with tucking a pencil above one’s ear, a problem I often encounter with my glasses.
Criminy, what’s next? Earrings that require piercing?
Magnetic implants are still in the prototype phase (link may not be safe for work, has pictures of surgically removing a small magnet from a finger). Even if they didn’t break down, the pressure between the magnet and the piece of metal outside (or vice versa) would cause the flesh between the two pieces to break down and die.
I think you’d at least want a bridge between the two lenses, and a frame, so a lens couldn’t break off and go right into your eye so easily. It still doesn’t seem like a good idea to me though.
Incidentally, I’m looking at the Myopia Manual and it says that tiny lenses like that are bad because unfocused light comes around them and blurs the focused image. I might start a thread about that book and about the progression of myopia.
Of course they might be reading glasses, but that’s a lot of trouble for just reading glasses.
Now you’re just talking crazy.
What I would hate is not being able to lower my glasses ever so slightly and peer over the top of the lenses in a condescending manner.