What kind of glasses is Ronnie Kray wearing?
In the trailer [Youtube.com] for the upcoming ganster movie Legend, we see Ronnie Kray (cast by Tom Hardy) wearing the following glasses:
Are these glasses accurate for the timespan (1950 - 1960)?
Are such glasses still made today, leaving aside the Rayban Clubmasters, that are similar, but quite different in detail?
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The glasses are generally referred to as "Half-rim glasses", "Brow-line glasses" (or more colloquially "Eyebrow glasses"). They were indeed appropriate to the period. You can see Ronnie Kray wearing them in the photo below from the early 1960s.
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What glasses does Ronnie Kray wear?
Ronnie Kray wears a pair of browline optical glasses, which have become synonymous with the Kray's style.What disability did Ronnie Kray have?
Found legally insane due to his paranoid schizophrenia, Ronnie was placed in the Broadmoor Hospital. He remained there until he died of a heart attack on 17 March 1995 at the age of 61 at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire and his funeral was held at St Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green on 29th March 1995.Who made the Krays suits?
Chief Executive Stuart Rose has struck a deal with one of Ronnie's tailors to create designs for the chain's upmarket Autograph range. Mark Powell, who used to visit the killer in prison for fittings, usually sells his bespoke suits for \xa31,600 from his premises in London's Soho.Legend - Chi erano i fratelli Kray ?
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Answer 2
The glasses Tom Hardy wears in the film are French Amor Browline Glasses. I have a pair of these myself and they are exactly the same as the ones in the film 'Legend'.
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