Unusual glasses from the past

Unusual glasses from the past

Categories: Fashion

Sunglasses are a typical fashion accessory of the 20th century. Although colored glasses were used to protect the eyes from the bright rays of the sun in antiquity, and tinted lenses were quite common in the 19th century, no one thought of them as a fashion accessory.

In the 1950s, sunglasses were still used primarily as protection against bright sunlight, while driving and skiing. Only representatives of the fashion avant-garde could wear them as a decorative accessory on their heads, even on a cloudy day.

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Unusual glasses from the past

Unusual glasses from the past

1. In an effort to create glasses that meet the spirit of the era, designers have developed the most incredible models.

Unusual glasses from the past

2. The first in terms of innovation in those years was the French couturier of Italian origin, Pierre Cardin, whose experiments with forms sometimes had the most unexpected results.

Unusual glasses from the past

3. By themselves, his glasses were very interesting, but in relation to the face, for the most part, they were little complementary.

Unusual glasses from the past

4. However, Cardin did not get tired of repeating that the clothes (I think that "clothes" for the eyes), which he prefers to create, are clothes for life that has not yet come, clothes for tomorrow.

Unusual glasses from the past

5. Those who were critical of fashion innovation (the core of this target audience were mainly men involved in managerial activities at various levels) in the 1970s continued to be faithful to tradition and preferred glasses in dark, heavy frames, predominantly rectangular in shape. , which continued to remain one of the most popular in the seventies.

Unusual glasses from the past

6. Despite the fact that the fashion of the 1970s is generally democratic in nature, the general love of consumers for brands was born, by the way, also in this decade.

Unusual glasses from the past

7. And it flourished in a riotous color in the 1980s. It was at this time that a large number of collections of frames and sunglasses appeared, bearing the names of famous couturiers, fashion houses, and jewelry brands.

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Keywords: 60s | Glasses | Past | Retro

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