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Tortoise Shell Glasses: Our Top 5 Elegant & Timeless Frames

Written By Kara Keigan

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Although they have been around for centuries, tortoise shell glasses are a timeless classic, modernized by recent shapes and colorways, and flattering to all face shapes, ages, and genders.

Though once a luxury material made from real tortoise shells, the modern acetate counterpart still offers the same dose of effortlessness and style with added durability. Its long history was utilized in everything from furniture to the first styles of fashionable glasses, starting with the Ancient Greeks.

70s Glasses Guide: Top Picks for Retro Frames

Written By Kara Keigan

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As the weather starts getting cooler, you may want to embrace a season of new trends. This season is rife with inspiration, but it isn’t exactly new. Retro-inspired trends have started creeping into our wardrobes. From flare jeans to knee-high boots to leather button-front skirts, it’s clear what decade we are getting our fashion inspiration from this fall. And it isn’t stopping there! Retro 70s glasses provide a great accessory for this season.

Many of these bold 70s glasses aren’t for the faint of heart. Fun-loving statement frames are here to help you stand out from the crowd. Instead of demure cat-eye shapes or translucent frames, we’re reaching for oversized square frames, new takes on aviator styles, and yellow-tinted lenses.

The 70s were the years that officially began to consider glasses as fashion accessories rather than just a necessary addition to help you see. The decade was rich in experiments of all kinds that led to modern eyewear and current trends.

That’s why you can flip through a 70s graduation book, admire the eccentric styles, and want to try them on for a cool new/old look. The years were filled with extravagant shapes, different materials, and rich earthy colors. Here are three retro 70s glasses styles to try out to embrace the peace and love era for all its worth.

Cat Eye Frames: How to Style These Timeless Glasses

Written By Kara Keigan

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Cat eye frames were born in the 1930s (though they had yet to labeled as such). Altina Schinasi, the inventor of the popular frame, explains in her documentary Altina how she first came to the idea.

Image source: Parade

Schinasi had noticed how boring all glasses were as if most frames hadn’t improved from the time of Benjamin Franklin. She asked herself, “What would look good on a face?” Her answer: a Harlequin mask. And so the “Harlequin glasses” were born.

Vintage Frames: 5 Old-School Glasses Still On-Trend Today

Written By Shorey Andrews

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Vintage frames have become trendy again! And as trends evolve, we often forget where they came from in the first place. Eyeglasses started to take shape in Europe around the 12th century and have certainly come a long way since.

In the beginning, eyewear was a practical and necessary means for those who had trouble reading. In the 1930s, people who wore glasses were often subjected to social embarrassment. It wasn’t until the late ‘60s that eyewear found its proper place in the fashion world, with stylish designs beginning to take shape.

Let’s have a look at how some of today’s most popular frames have stood the test of time.

Horn-Rimmed Vintage Frames

Horn-rimmed vintage frames are a common choice for glasses-wearers of all ages, but that wasn’t always the case. When they first came on the scene in the ‘20s, they quickly lost their appeal due to their lack of durability. Instead, metal frames became a more economical choice during the Depression. The evolution and subsequent popularity of horn-rimmed frames grew with the expansion of metal browlines in the ‘50s and oversized designs by the 2000s.