MENS SORTY SUNGLASSES OF 1960S MOVIE
MENS SORTY SUNGLASSES OF 1960S TV

Sunglasses continued as an important fashion accessory and the trend of large white sunglasses continued to be strong. Sunwear became important on Runways and white sunglasses in all shapes and types consistently showed up on catwalks.

MENS SORTY SUNGLASSES OF 1960S TV

Sunglass became an important look for TV shows, such as Miami Vice. Terminator, Risky Business and Blues Brothers in the movies. The sizes kept getting bigger and bigger… for celebrities to hide behind? Vogue Magazine claimed that large sunglasses were the ‘new cosmetic.’ 1970’s Emmanuel Kahn Sunglassesġ980’s brought about ‘cult looks’.

Emmanuel Kahn, Christian Dior, Paloma Picasso, Pierre Cardin, Oleg Cassini, Givenchy, Gloria Vanderbilt to name a few. Courreges Eyewear White Eskimo 1965īy the 1970’s clothing designers were putting their name and logo on eyewear. Space age fashion continued to grow with Andre Courreges White Aleut Sunglasses. Granny glasses in both metal and plastic started to make an appearance. ‘Who’s behind those Foster Grants?” This famous picture of Audrey Hepburn wearing Oliver Goldsmith white sunglasses only increased the star quality of white sunwear. Polaroid introduced the C’Bon brand and Foster Grant launched their infamous campaign with Celebrities. Jackie Kennedy led the way with large wraps adding even more mystique to sunwear. and white sunglasses were a consistent trend with women. Large sizes and shapes and multi-colors were the look. Sunglasses continued to grow in the 1960’s. 1950 White Rain Ad using White Sunglasses 1959 Harpers Bazaar Sunglass companies produced more models in bolder shapes and looks. The 1950’s brought about more styling in sunglasses. Vogue August 1939 1 946 Harpers Bazaar McCalls 1946Įyewear companies such as RayBan, Tura and Columbia started to advertise eyewear and sunwear. Most of the shapes were round until the 1950’s when the harlequin or cat-eye look became popular. When you look at Vintage Ads from travel posters to bras, white sunglasses became an eye-catching feature. You can see white sunglasses in Elle, Vogue, McCalls and Harpers Bazaar throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s.

sunglasses became glamorous.įrom that point, fashion magazines and ads started to feature white sunglass.

MENS SORTY SUNGLASSES OF 1960S MOVIE

Celebrities such as Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis started wearing sunglasses on movie sets and voila. That coupled with Polaroid Sun in 1936 lead to the rise of Sunglasses as a fashion accessory.

The first mass produced sunglasses were from Foster Grant in the late 1920’s. With National Sunglass Day coming up, we thought we would give you a brief pictorial of white fashionable sunglasses throughout history.

Mens sorty sunglasses of 1960s