Elphaba Glasses: The Round Frame, Built to Take Your Prescription
Frequently Asked Questions About Elphaba Glasses
Are Elphaba glasses real prescription glasses?
The ones on this page are. Most search results for this term are costume props with acrylic lenses and no lens groove, which an optical lab can't work with.Every frame here is a standard optical frame and takes single vision,progressive, bifocal, reading, blue light or tinted lenses.
What shape are Elphaba's glasses?
Oversized round. The film version adds an asymmetric line curving over one lens;the stage version uses a slimmer wire round. Both are circles — the difference is rim weight and scale.
Are Elphaba's glasses green?
The frames aren't. The green association comes from the character and from the Emerald City,where — in Baum's original novel — visitors are made to wear green spectacles. If you want that reference, an emerald-tinted lens is closer to it than a green frame.
Can I get these with no prescription, just for a costume?
Yes. Choose the non-prescription lens option at checkout. Same frames, same price on the frame, clear or tinted lenses.
Will they work with progressive lenses?
Many of them will. Progressive lenses need vertical space below the pupil, and round frames differ widely — check the frame height published on each product page, or filter this page by Progressive to see only frames we've already cleared for it.