[Avodah] Is One Allowed to Wear Eyeglasses on Shabbos?

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://tinyurl.com/3jcuvum

In order to be permissibly worn outside on Shabbos, an item must be 
classified as a garment or an ornament. Ornaments, however, are 
sometimes rabbinically forbidden due to the concern you might take it 
off to show someone or that it might fall off and you will lift and 
carry it. Do eyeglasses fall in either of these categories?

The Rema (Orach Chaim 301:14), quoting the Beis Yosef, forbids 
wearing an ornamental glasses case because the glasses inside the 
case are not part of the ornament. This ruling raises the question 
why the wearing of glasses was not addressed. Is this because it is 
obviously allowed as a garment or ornament, or forbidden as a 
utensil? The Chayei Adam (56:3) forbids "wearing glasses on the nose" 
because they may fall and you may carry them. Clearly, he considers 
them to be an ornament subject to that consideration.

See the above URL for more on this issue.
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