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Japanese girls get anime eyes
Filed under: Teens, Weird But True
Jerry Lee Lewis sang the words," There ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl to make me act so funny, make me spend my money..." In Japan, young girls are taking that to heart and putting special contact lenses in their eyes to make them appear larger. Available in a rainbow of colors, these lenses differ from ordinary tinted lenses in that they have an extra-wide outer ring that makes the iris of the eye appear much larger.
Of course, this big-eyed look wasn't inspired by Lewis' Chantilly Lace, but by Japanese anime cartoons, which feature characters with abnormally large eyes. And why would a young girl want to look like an anime cartoon? Because with their big eyes and tiny faces, they are adorable. And what young girl doesn't want to look adorable?
I will admit that I was initially creeped out by these photos of girls with anime eyes. But then I remembered that summer when I myself wore contact lenses tinted a most unnatural shade of turquoise blue. I thought I was all kinds of hot in those brightly colored lenses, but in reality I was probably looking a little creepy myself. I suspect it is just a matter of time before this trend makes its way to a young girl - or boy - near you.
Of course, this big-eyed look wasn't inspired by Lewis' Chantilly Lace, but by Japanese anime cartoons, which feature characters with abnormally large eyes. And why would a young girl want to look like an anime cartoon? Because with their big eyes and tiny faces, they are adorable. And what young girl doesn't want to look adorable?
I will admit that I was initially creeped out by these photos of girls with anime eyes. But then I remembered that summer when I myself wore contact lenses tinted a most unnatural shade of turquoise blue. I thought I was all kinds of hot in those brightly colored lenses, but in reality I was probably looking a little creepy myself. I suspect it is just a matter of time before this trend makes its way to a young girl - or boy - near you.
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8-12-2008 @ 5:22PM
Heather said...They are rather eye catching....sorry had to.
I don't really think they look all that bad. It isn't making them huge or anything, just slightly larger. I can see more along the lines of models using them.
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8-12-2008 @ 5:22PM
Jenni said...I don't know that it's the contacts that creep me out so much as the creepy look on their faces. When the faces doesn't have that creepy-deer-in-the-head-lights look I don't htink I would notice the difference much.
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8-12-2008 @ 6:41PM
Matt said...Just a FYI.. Jerry Lee Lewis did not sing that song.. the Big Bopper did.
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8-12-2008 @ 9:03PM
Me said...That song is actually by the Big Bopper. Jerry Lee did his own creepy cover of it years later.
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8-12-2008 @ 6:44PM
Matt said...I stand corrected.. both artists recorded that song.
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