subject: The Development Of Sunglasses Being A Note Of Fashion [print this page] The sunglasses have been the must-have articles for fashion guys in summer. As to the invention of sunglasses, there are many different versions. It is easy to understand that all of the countries want to be the cradleland of the sunglass now that it is so popular now. But there can be only one mother country, and which can it be?
There have been at least three countries who have claimed that they first invented glasses. 500 years ago, a Spanish missionary mentioned in his book that he had brought eyeglasses from China to Spain. While, there is no real object as evidence. Another version goes like that: 500 year ago, Eskimo used a kind of goggles that were made of wood. Actually, there were two seams on a long plank, which surely can't be viewed as sunglasses.
A believable saying is that the modern sunglass was invented by Europeans. The image of Douglas MacArthur, the American General of the Air Force, with a corncob pipe in his mouth and a pair of AO black sunglasses, has been deeply rooted in people's heart. At the same time, more and more Hollywood stars became crazy about this style of sunglasses. Thus eyeglasses have come into fashion widely among broad masses and in this way the pilot style glasses have become a forever classic.
In the 1950s, Elvis Aron Presley's music was spreading all over the world. His iconic ducktail hair style, as well as his dressing up of wearing sunglasses in goose egg style with a piece of downward-pointing triangle iron, was being imitated by a crowd of young people. In 1960s, a vigorous movement of music culture led by the Beatles swept the entire world, and at the same time buried the Presley Dynasty completely.
The small round glasses with thin metal frame which were usually worn by John Lennon and sunglasses in the same style also affected the trend of sunglasses appearance in that age. Glasses were becoming more and more round, plump, and their designs were more and more courageous.
In 1970s, the outlook of sunglasses gradually turned to be angled. Slippy broadside and round angular plastic dark glasses were more and more popular, and guadual change of colors appeared in the spectacle lens. The famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent weared such a pair of glasses in those days.
When it came to 1980s, it was the time for the square frame eyeglasses with obvious coners. The designer Karl Lagerfeld who took over Chanel in 1983 and always weared such a pair of slightly squared dark glasses, was a representative. The image of his wearing dark glasses had early been applied to brand designing, and Karl Lagerfeld, Teddy Bear and Karl Lagerfeld Bag were the best examples.
In 1990s, there were more and more trend indexes. Both prolate sunglasses with gradual changing color lenses, goggles and ski goggles were once the coolest fashionable accessories. And the old borderless sunglasses are no longer grandparents' monopoly. All kinds of borderless glasses inlaid and coupled with gold, raw wood or gems, leather, can all be a fashion.
The Development Of Sunglasses Being A Note Of Fashion
