Nowadays, new styles and trends are popping up like mushrooms in the sunglasses fashion scene, making it a real headache for people to decide what’s hot and what’s not. Fashion magazines keep coming up with new ideas to attract eyeballs and we as the consumers fall victim to the constant seeking of that trendy look. Just when we think we have it all, the next issue of Vogue comes out and tells you that it’s time to switch looks. Keeping up with what’s in vogue is ridiculously hard, or is it? The fact is if you really dig into those fashion publications and articles that tell you what to put on next, you will find that at least in the sunglasses arena, some classic sunglasses just never fade away. They have been around since the 40s or 50s and, based on what’s going on with them at the moment, and they will definitely be around in at least the foreseeable future. Being inspiration for almost every new style that’s coming out, these classic sunglasses will never be the wrong way to go if you wish to stay in the fashion and don’t really have that whole lot of time to read every issue of Vogue. Here, we list some of the most universally considered classic sunglasses for men and women so that you, our readers, won’t have to take the trouble and time to find out yourself.
One of the universally recognized and most frequently seen classic sunglasses for men is aviator sunglasses. Originally introduced for the U.S. Air force, these shades are characterized with their thin wired frames and their teardrop dripping shapes. These shades were born in the 40s, but were popularized in the 70s and 80s by a couple of pop culture events including the 1986 action flick Top Gun. And ever since then, aviators have been dominating the men’s sunglasses scene for decades. Although the details of the frames may have changed over time, the typical aviator look has prevailed the test of time and lasted to this very day. When it comes to men’s classic sunglasses, no other comes to mind before aviators.
Another style that’s been favored among both the male and female population is the Ray Ban Wayfarers. You may argue that’s more of a brand name rather than a style. But the truth they have been popular that they might as well be considered as a style. Look at any celebrity in Hollywood, and it’s hard to find one who’s never sported a pair of these. Their cute looks and compatibility with practically anything in your wardrobe are probably what’s keeping them ever more popular season by season.
When we goes from the unisex to the female territory, one style of classic sunglasses that has to be mentioned is oversized sunglasses. Although not strictly constrained to women, these shades that typically cover most of your face are truthfully much more popular among women. First made popular in the 60s by the classy former first lady Jackie Onassis Kennedy, these classic sunglasses for women became the defining style of the later part of the 20th century, and as we can see today, have continued to shape the sunglasses industry in the first decade of the new century and possibly a long time to come in the future.
