The actress does wear glasses in real life, as do many of the actors. Actually, there is a clip here in another thread of the very first episode of Days, and Julie's hair (a flip) was very much like Adrienne's at the gala. As Mtnmom noted above, they DID emulate the hairdo's of that time.
Now we may not like the look now, but at the time, everyone did. It was a THEME gala. They could have gone with the period of late 1800s when the home was built, but chose to go with the 60s, which is when the Martins purchased the home. Also thought it would be easier for ALL the townspeople to do, rather than the 1890s.