mysuru the 2019 mandya lok sabha constituency elections will be much remembered for its highpitched campaigning and ugly mudslinging but it was interesting from a fashion perspective too the cateye spectacles frame sported by sumalatha ambareesh independent triggered much interest among womenactorturnedpolitician sumalatha was officially backed by the bjp but assiduously wooed by major parties and various organisations like karnataka rajya raitha sangha dalit sangarsha samiti which is a first for mandya politics she was also actively followed by women of all ages college girls to working professionals who tracked her style statementsshree cauvery opticals owner p deepak said trendy spectacles first made a mark in kannada movie kirik party in which sanvi the character played by rashmika wore blackframe glasses the round black frame was a huge hit now the cateye frame has been made popular by sumalatha its a throwback to the 60s and 70s he saidthe frame became so popular that her namesake and independent candidate sumalatha wife of b siddegowda from srirangapatna taluk wore a similar frame for the photograph to be put on evms in the hope of garnering a few votesafter the frame became popular the spectacles market in the region has been flooded with similar designs from made in china products available for between rs 350 and rs 400 to those of popular brands which cost up to rs 8000 people mostly prefer those in the rs 1500 to rs 2000 range which are of good quality and trendy too deepak said