Tinder users asked to take a swipe at spectacles

Optical Express (OE) has conducted a simple, but interesting social experiment to rate the relative attractiveness of people wearing glasses when dating.

To try out the theory, the multiple took two attractive models and then placed them on dating app Tinder. It placed them in three UK cities with identical photographs, except for the specs, to see whether they would receive more interest with or without glasses.

When not wearing spectacles, each received around 10% more matches than with glasses. However, in Glasgow, that result was reversed, with the glasses profile pictures winning 8% more dates. London was the most selective, with women selecting the male model, Max, four times as often without specs than with. The female model Gee proved more popular overall than her male counterpart.