Buying a Monocle - Page 3

No discussion would be complete without reference to Proust's metaphoric observations
of monocles in a social context in Swann's Way and other parts of his great novel:


http://intexto.org/opus/en/proust/recherche/011

http://underbelly-buce.blogspot.com/2009/12/prousts-monocles-and-other-manmachine.html

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Piggy from Some Like it Hot

In college I sat some lectures by Richard Howard. He used a monocle when giving readings, and he had the gravitas and presence to pull it off. Most don't.

What do you guys think of wearing two monocles at once, one for each eye?

I think it would make you look like a pretentious douchebag.

 

Agreed. So stick with just one, and you will be fine.

Wow that is pure genius do you know a left handed monocle maker? I only have a rights in my monocle collection!

I'm not a physicist, but I think if you were wearing two monocles, occasional telescopic sight would be a possibility if you momentarily gave up depth perception.

I'm assuming steady arms and hands, the kind that one might have before then first and after the fifth martini.

maybe if you wore two monocles, but both stacked over the same eye, those issues may be alleviated

That's what I'm thinking, but I worry about chromatic aberration.

I once knew a well known shoe fitter that wore one.

I am glad this thread has been bumped because I realize I never answered FLMM's qustion. I apologize. Of course, I would be glad to answer, FLMM, if you are still interested.

I aspire to require a monocle one day.... one day

Isn't that what inspired the Marquis de Pince Nez?
Too bad. You're a century and a half late.

well, the modern version of this thread is, is it sprezzatura if I wear just one contact lens and go around squinting through one eye?