ARE YOU THE COOLEST GLASSES OF 2017?

If anyone knows about glasses, it's me. When I was five years old, it hit me and I scored a solid plus four. Or five. In any case, it was quite something. Just like the lenses. And plus magnified, so my already not-so-small eyes seemed to be jumping out of their sockets. Moreover, I had the rare talent of choosing the absolute, but really the absolute ugliest glasses from the collection (if you're looking for nice glasses, just take a look here for some inspiration).

Times have changed. So much so that even people without prescription are eyeing glasses. Just because it's an accessory that upgrades your look. A touch of sex, a hint of intelligence, a shot of fashion; it's all in a pair of glasses. People can really rock their glasses. Like like this one. I myself am also in favor of bold frames. If you're going to choose glasses, then show them off.

To celebrate the glasses and especially the glasses wearers, Specsavers chooses the glasses wearer of the year. And if that’s not enough, we (yes, I’m also on the jury, together with Anouk Smulders, last year's winner (Mike Lakeman) and Saskia de Schepper (a glasses-wearing influencer)) will also choose the most attractive glasses-wearing family in the Netherlands. Sign up. Or give your lovely, bespectacled friend a nudge our way.

Why should you participate? Are you really asking that? Well, for the fame of course and the honor. But also for the prizes. Depending on the category (glasses wearer or glasses-wearing family) you can win a travel voucher worth €1500 or €1000 and of course, you’ll receive vouchers to choose a new pair of glasses. With this prize, you certainly have to live up to your name. Noblesse oblige, that’s how it is.

How do you sign up? Click here and the rest will follow naturally.