various sections for instance a main portion may be made by a material that will be particularly comfortable when disposed on a user 39 s neck such as a soft pad while outer ends of the neckband may be made from a polymer material that secures the retention bands to the neckband neckbands can also optionally be constructed from a material that is suitable for securement against a neck of a user such as various rubbers similarly various materials are suitable for use in retaining bands and elongated members such as cordage various flexible plastics and polymers coated or uncoated wire etc fig5 a b illustrate an alternate embodiment retaining bands 501 are connected to neckband 502 at attachment sleeves 503 retention devices 504 are attached to the ends of retaining bands 501 fig6 illustrates an alternate embodiment in which retaining bands 601 and 602 are formed from one strand of material and 603 and 604 are formed from another strand of material the strands of material being bound together at neckband 605 retention devices for use in grasping the temples of eyeglasses may be any suitable retention device such as grommets crimps rubber tubing string ties elastic material etc fig7 a f are illustrations of various types of retention devices for use with various embodiments for instance fig7 b illustrates a cross section of a continuous member depicted in perspective view in 7 a fig7 c depicts a retention device that is larger than its accompanying retaining band allowing a smaller retaining band to be used while.