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‘We Are Going to Make ‘Bald’ Very Fashionable, Very Soon’: Interviewing the Guy Who Made Those Viral Overhead Snake Glasses

Good news for the hairless: The internet’s favorite reptilian concept shades are now in production.

By Adam Christopher Smith

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We’ve overheard the bald people talking. And what they’re all saying to each other, in their little covens, is this: As soon as hair loss gets cured, being bald will become the most fashionable thing in the world.  

This may be why everyone seems so into those Snake Eyewear images that you might have seen doing the rounds on X and Instagram. When it comes to being cool and also totally hairless, what better role model is there than a reptile?

With evil green lenses held in place by silver metallic snakes, these conceptual glasses look like something Bruce Willis might have worn in The Fifth Element, which is apt as he’s the face (and hairline) of these think pieces I keep getting served about baldmaxxing.

Maybe my algorithm has analyzed my hairline and knows what’s coming for me :(

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An artist calling himself GuiFou is behind the retrofuturist accessory. They actually date back to a couple of years ago, when he posted a set of concept pictures on his Instagram. His grid is full of similar designs featuring skulls, spider webs, and three-headed dogs.

For reasons best known to the collective online hive mind, the Snake Eyewear images went viral a few weeks ago,........

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