Echoes of the past: Lorgnettes make a comeback

As Optician entered a new calendar year half a century ago the cultural swing of the mid-sixties was in full flow with most glasses seemingly half full.

A Financial Times article about how best to enjoy wine had caught the news editor’s eye, while the resurgence of a fashion trend took the GOC into now familiar territory.

The regulator would need to clamp down on jewellers selling lorgnettes as the accessory was making a comeback, and considered an optical appliance.

Fifty years contact lenses present the main regulatory challenge with a new strategy being rolled out this year, but the resurgence of vintage items requires a look into the history books as well as new legislation as time moves by.