Love is blind, right? And when it comes to loving their shades, they are the blindest of them all… from cinema darlings to fashion fairies and big boys from the sixties, here are some of the most charming icons to have turned eyewear into a cult.
Jean Luc Godard: Through the lens of the French
Movie director Godard made way to all the bookish guys with a-secret-bad-boy-wanna-be-infatuation to stand up and look cool. The tortoiseshell rectangular frames were always Godard’s favourite choice of eyewear. Slightly flaring out near the temples, the design brings a touch of roughness and vintage elegance. An all time classic style that will always look nouveaux. Click the look
Jackie O: An affair of the shades
The O in Jackie O stands for oversized. Either round or square, the oversized shades were the only eccentricity Jackie O could afford to her signature look. The seventies wore them with big hats or head bands, the eighties pimped them in flashy colours and the nineties called them retro. Click the look
John Lennon: Life through round coloured glasses
This is a case of good old lorgnettes gone hippie. John Lennon did not only put a V to peace, but he practically took the most primary design of glasses and tried to give lens a shade when he appeared in his legendary yellow colored circle glasses. The round sunglasses are amongst the few evergreen designs to be favored today mostly by eccentrics. Click the look
Audrey Hepburn: Flair for eyewear
The moment Holly Golightly took off her glasses to glance at Paul in Breakfast at Tiffany’s was the beginning of purr in the history of eyewear. Women meowed, men trilled. Finally some feline looking glasses with an extra rim at the outer corners to feed the need for feminine eyewear par excellence! Click the look
Andy Warhol: An eye for the specs
Round, aviators, oversized, he wore them all with grace. Dapper in style, Warhol was particularly fond of the trapezoidal frame of the wayfarers. Classic silhouettes for an avant garde king. Pop save the king! Click the look