Hipster Emergent Eyeglasses – My Secret

December 9, 2009 By 22 Comments

In Dan Brown fashion, Andrew Jones has broken the code regarding the hipster, black-framed, emergent spectacles, tracing it back to Karl Barth.

Well, I’ve got a secret.  I buy my glasses for $39.  That’s right.  $39.  At that price, you can get a couple pairs for yourself, and you, too, can be emergent!

Click below to get some for yourself.
Hottest Style Glasses, Frames and Lenses for $39!

Somehow, I think that Rob Bell pays more for his.  :-)

Filed Under: random 22 Comments
  • http://ypguybrit.wordpress.com Brit Windel

    The rob bell comment made me laugh. thanks for sharing that ‘site’! im needing some new ones my left ear piece is held together in the screw by a tooth comb…pretty hip but a pain as it doesn’t give tension to hold the frames on my head…to much info sorry…have a great day tony

  • http://outsidetheautisticasylum.blogspot.com Ted Seeber

    Heck, that wouldn’t even pay for grinding my perscription!

  • http://tonyj.net tony

    Ted, that pays for the whole dealio. Frames, lenses, and a case!

  • http://www.soapboxrevival.com Billy

    I’m actually in the market for a new pair and style, the decision has now been made. Sweet

  • http://weepingphilosopher.wordpress.com Luke Wright

    hahaha this is amazing!

  • Scott

    I think Andrew stole that from Todd Hiestand’s blog found here: http://www.toddhiestand.com/karl-barth-meets-the-emerging-church/12/

  • http://www.toddhiestand.com Todd Hiestand

    Tony, I got my cool hipster glasses from the same place. Thanks for blowing our cover…

  • http://www.courtneyperry.com Courtney

    HA! I can’t remember for sure, but I think that on non-contact-wearing days Nadia Bolz-Weber falls into the same hipster emergent glasses category. Am I right, or does it just feel as though she should?

  • Ryan

    Scott, he didn’t steal anything; if you read the link, Andrew is clearly playing off Todd’s article, and clearly gives credit to the originator of the idea.

  • http://fredshope.blogspot.com Fred

    Mine cost $5. Of course they’re just readers from Dollar General. :)

  • http://padrewarren.net Warren

    Don’t forget my favorite Karl……Rahner. He was also sportin’ some wicked nice frames.

  • http://www.courtneyperry.com Courtney

    Jay Bakker–definitely in.

  • Scott

    Ryan- I didn’t mean “steal” in a pejorative manner. It should have read “borrowed” or some other synonym. My apologies for any confusion or finger-pointing.

  • carla jo

    Does it count if I wear plastic hipster frames because they don’t break when one of my kids accidentally knocks them off my face? I gave up on metal frames long before I gave up on modernity.

  • Greg

    I went and got Lasik done a few years ago. Now my chances at being a cool emergent guy are forever blown!

  • Sean LeRoy

    …yeah, but which frames exactly did you buy?… =)

  • Dan Hauge

    Just cause they’re cheap doesn’t make them any less hip :) .

    In fact, the very frugality just adds to the anti-establishment hipster cred. You’re hopelessly hip, Tony.

  • Patrick O

    “and you, too, can be emergent!”

    Only if they come with an iphone.

  • http://treehousemonastic.com Steven Burleson

    Man, I wish I had known about this 39 dollar glasses site before I spent 8 times that much for mine! Geez…

  • http://willdeuel.wordpress.com Will

    Where’s the link? I don’t see it!

  • http://lamont-uphill.blogspot.com/ Tara Eastman

    Thanks for the info Tony – I need eye exams for the whole family soon!

  • http://www.wantfacebooklikes.com/ Errol Zajc

    site crammed as quick given that your own house hahah