# Help ID old glasses **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478 "2008-03-15T18:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NunOfTheAbove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@NunOfTheAbove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NunOfTheAbove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/1 "2008-03-15T18:13:52Z")
Anyone have any idea what type/style of sunglasses Marcello Mastroianni wore in 8 1/2? Google has failed me on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/2 "2008-03-15T19:19:41Z")
The answer eludes me but here’s a [poster for the film](http://cgi.ebay.com/8-1-2-FOR-MP-B-Poster-Marcello-Mastroianni-Anouk-Aimee_W0QQitemZ120225121819QQihZ002QQcategoryZ60337QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting). The page is slow to load. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/3 "2008-03-15T19:29:47Z")
Hornrims? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/4 "2008-03-15T19:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] Hornrims? [/QUOTE] That’s what I’d call them. [The glasses on the right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Horn-rimmed_and_browline_glasses.JPG) are similar to the ones in the poster. ---
**Author:** ![NunOfTheAbove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@NunOfTheAbove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NunOfTheAbove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/5 "2008-03-15T23:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] That’s what I’d call them. [The glasses on the right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Horn-rimmed_and_browline_glasses.JPG) are similar to the ones in the poster. [/QUOTE] Not his real glasses, the sunglasses. [![](http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1096-1/%7B399771F0-603A-4D1C-AF06-75B80BA634F8%7DImg100.jpg) ](http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1096-1/%7B399771F0-603A-4D1C-AF06-75B80BA634F8%7DImg100.jpg) Thanks though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/6 "2008-03-15T23:42:50Z")
They’re kind of similar to [these](http://shop.vendio.com/eng68/item/851413538/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/7 "2008-03-16T00:12:12Z")
On the IMDB message board for that movie, someone suggested that they are Persol 2833S although the ones you linked to look very straight in front, and the Persol glasses have a slight angle to them. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-old-glasses/441478/8 "2008-03-16T00:37:12Z")
They are called “Producer Glasses” Here’s what they look like [Pic 1](http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8879/dcp6882ib0.jpg) [Pic 2](http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dcp6883iq4.jpg) [Pic 3](http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2613/dcp6884ij7.jpg)