New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 120 Sleek Silver Basquiat 1985 Japan Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Released in 1985, extremely rare and coveted. Its simple design of a line and two circles was considered a disruptive design at the time. After almost 40 years, the im series stil...
New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 118 Sleek Silver Basquiat 1985 Japan Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Released in 1985, extremely rare and coveted. Its simple design of a line and two circles was considered a disruptive design at the time. After almost 40 years, the im-118 series ...
New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 101 Black Matte Basquiat 1985 Japan Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Released in 1985, extremely rare and coveted. Its simple design of a line and two circles was considered a disruptive design at the time. After almost 40 years, the im-101 still r...
New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 102 Hinged Gold Matte 1985 Japan Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
This ultra rare pair of Issey Miyake gold matte frame displays a hinged system allowing the sides to become side cups when need it. After almost 40 years, the im series still rema...
New Vintage Ralph Lauren Classic Oval Black Reading Glasses RX 1990 Sunglasses
By Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Classic Ralph Lauren round matte tortoise frame ready for RX lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. FRONT : 13 CMS LENS...
New Vintage Ralph Lauren Classic Half Frame Black & Gold RX 1990 Sunglasses
By Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Classic Ralph Lauren gold and black frame ready for RX lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. FRONT : 13 CMS LENS WIDT...
New Vintage Valentino V568 Tortoise Mask Sunglasses 1980's Made in Italy
By Valentino Garavani
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Valentino mask style oversized frame. New never worn or displayed. This item could show minor sign of wear due to nearly 30 years of storage. Original Valentino ha...
New Vintage Valentino V584 Oversized Mask Sunglasses 1980's Made in Italy
By Valentino Garavani
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Valentino mask style oversized frame. New never worn or displayed. This item could show minor sign of wear due to nearly 30 years of storage. Original Valentino h...
New Cartier Ascot Vendome Gold 53mm Half Frame Sunglasses Elton John France
By Cartier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New 1983 Cartier Ascot Vendome Gold 53mm Half Frame with blue gradient (uv protection) lenses. Frame is with the front and sides in white and yellow gold heavy 18k plated accents. A...
Jean Paul Gaultier 56 9202 Shield Frame Collectors Item 1990's Japan Sunglasses
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Collectors Item!! Iconic Jean Paul Gaultier 56 8272 Silver Frame. Dark blue lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. Amazing design with strong yet intricate details. Design a...
New Vintage Fendi FS7039 Oval Black Silver 1990 Sunglasses Made in Italy
By Fendi
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Fendi silver oval frame with dark grey ( UV protection ) lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. this item may show minor sign of...
New Vintage Moschino By Persol M17 Gold Mirror Sunglasses Made in Italy
By Moschino
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Moschino medium size gold frame Spotless gold mirrored lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. This item may show minor sign of wear due to storage.
New Vintage Moschino By Persol MM3006 Oval Medium Gold 1990 Sunglasses Italy
By Moschino
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Moschino medium size adorned frame. Spotless brown lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. This item may show minor sign of wear due to storage.
Vintage Versace Mod S97 Silver Oval Frame Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Super 1990'S Gianni Versace Mod S97 Sleek Silver Frame. Solid Grey ( Uv Protection ) Lenses. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. This Pair Show Some Sign Of Wear Due To Storage, Made I...
New Vintage IDC Optical Rose Lenses Flip Top Sunglasses France 1990's
By IDC Optical
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage IDC Optical Rose Lenses Flip Top Frame holding pair of spotless pink lenses. Superb design and quality. New never worn or displayed. A true gem! Front On The Widest P...
New Vintage Karl Lagerfeld L4503 Matte Gold & Stripes Frame 1990's Sunglasses
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New, never worn Karl Lagerfeld matte gold with translucent stripes frame holding a spotless pair of solid brown lenses. Designed and produced in 1990's. New, never worn or display...
Vintage Versace Mod N55 Sleek Silver Frame Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Super 1990'S Gianni Versace Mod N 55 Sleek Silver Frame. Light Mirrored ( Uv Protection ) Lenses. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. This Pair Show Some Sign Of Wear Due To Storage, M...
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 7201 Cat Eye Frame Sunglasses 1990'S Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Jean Paul Gaultier Mother Of Pearl Like Front Cat Eye Frame And Silver Combination. A True Fashion Statement. This Item May Show Some Sign Of Wear Due To Almost 30 Years Of Stora...
Vintage Versace Mod 2007 Metallic Grey Frame Sunglasses 90's Made in Italy Y2K
By Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Gianni Versace Metallic Grey Frame With Medium Blue Lenses. New, Never Worn. It May Show So Minor Sign Of Wear Due To More Than 20 Years Of Storage. Made In Italy. Front. ...
Vintage Versace Mod 4007 Sleek Tortoise Frame Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Super 1990'S Gianni Versace Mod 4007 sleek tortoise Frame. Grey ( Uv Protection ) Lenses. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. This Pair Show Some Sign Of Wear Due To Storage, Made In I...
Vintage Versace Mod S96 Silver Matte Frame Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Versace, Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Super 1990'S Gianni Versace Mod S 96 Matte Silver Frame. Grey ( Uv Protection ) Lenses. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. This Pair Show Some Sign Of Wear Due To Storage, Made In Ita...
New Vintage Chanel 5009 Iridescent Frame Rose Lense Sunglasses Made In Italy Y2K
By Chanel
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Chanel 5009 Iridescent Frame Holding a pair of Medium rose Lenses New, Never worn. It May Show So Minor Sign Of Wear Due To more Than 20 Years Of Storage. Made in italy. Fr...
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 0174 Round Blue Lens 1990's Sunglasses Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 0174 Silver Details frame. Blue lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. Amazing design with strong yet intricate details. Design and produced i...
New Vintage Fendi FS243 Mask Black & Gold Large 1990 Sunglasses Made in Italy
By Fendi
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Fendi gold & black large frame with solid grey ( UV protection ) lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. this item may show minor...
New Vintage Fendi FS298 Mask Tortoise & Gold Large 1990 Sunglasses Made in Italy
By Fendi
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Fendi gold & tortoise large frame with solid grey ( UV protection ) lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. this item may show mi...
Vintage Gianni Versace 420 E Sleek Black Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Gianni Versace medium BLACK with gold accents frame with medium grey lenses. Comes with its original Gianni Versace case. This pair could show minor sign of wear due to stor...
New Vintage Von Furstenberg Gold Oval Frame 1990's Made in Italy Sunglasses
By Von Furstenberg
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Von Furstenberg Oval Black & gold Frame holding a pair of Melanina Attiva Lenses. The item Amy show minor sign of wear due to storage Made in 1990's Made in Italy Front ...
Mint Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 0174 Gold & Silver 1990's Sunglasses Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 0174 Gold and Silver Details frame. Dark grey lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. Amazing design with strong yet intricate details. This it...
New Jean Paul Gaultier Junior 57 0172 Rose Gold Sunglasses 1990 Made in Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Jean Paul Gaultier medium oval gold frame sunglasses. Light rose lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. Amazing design with strong yet intricate details. Design and prod...
New Vintage Mikli CM 88 562 Mask Tortoise Handmade in France Sunglasses 1990s
By Claude Montana Paris, Claude Montana
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Alain Mikli tortoise wide frame with brown lenses. Please consider that this item is nearly 40 years old so it could show minor sign of wear due to storage. Made in ...
New Vintage Rare Alain Mikli D308 Black Cat Eye France Sunglasses 1990'S
By Alain Mikli
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New 1990’S Alain Mikli Sleek Black Cat Eye Frame Sporting Medium Grey Lenses. This Item May Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To Storage A Real Sought After Piece. Hand Made In Fra...
New Vintage Matsuda 2846 Rx Gold Frame 1990'S Made In Japan Sunglasses
By Mitsuhiro Matsuda
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Cult Brand Matsuda Signed This Ultra Chic Pair Of rx Gold Frame, Superior Quality And Design New, Never Worn Or Displayed This Item May Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To Storage Mad...
New Vintage Christian Dior 2446 50 Mosaic Blue Optyl Sunglasses Made in Germany
By Christian Dior
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Christian Dior 2446 50 Translucent blue mosaic with silver inserts frame sporting spotless magenta gradient lenses. Produced and design in 1970's. A collector’s piece! N...
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 57 1271 Yellow Tortoise 90's Japan Sunglasses
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Junior Medium Frame In Yellow Tortoise Pattern Holding A Pair Of Blue Gradient Lenses Design And Produced In The 1900'S A Timeless And Iconic Piece. ...
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 9272 Gold Collectors Item 1990's Japan Sunglasses
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Collectors Item!! Iconic Jean Paul Gaultier 56 8272 gold frame with tortoise temples. Dark green lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. The very same model worn by Vanilla I...
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 58 7203 Oval Silver Sunglasses 1990's Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier, Jena Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 58 7203. Amazing Design With Strong Yet Intricate Details. Design And Produced In The 1990'S. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. A True Fashion Statement. Thi...
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 58 0011 Silver & Blue Sunglasses 1990's Japan
By Jena Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 58 0011. Amazing Design With Strong Yet Intricate Details. Design And Produced In The 1990'S. New, Never Worn Or Displayed. A True Fashion Statement. Thi...
New Vintage Matsuda 14110 Rx Blue Metallic Frame 1990'S Made In Japan Sunglasses
By Mitsuhiro Matsuda
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Cult Brand Matsuda Signed This Ultra Chic Pair Of Rx Blue Metallic Frame, Superior Quality And Design New, Never Worn Or Displayed This Item May Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To Stor...
New Vintage Gianni Versace 394 Sleek Black Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy
By Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Gianni Versace Medium Black With Gold Accents Frame With Medium Grey Lenses. This pair could show minor sign of wear due to storage. Made in italy. Measurements Front...
New Vintage Chanel 5009 Iridescent Frame Blue Lense Sunglasses Made In Italy Y2K
By Chanel
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Chanel 5009 Iridescent Frame Holding a pair of Medium Blue Lenses New, Never worn. It May Show So Minor Sign Of Wear Due To more Than 20 Years Of Storage. Made in italy. Fr...
Vintage Versace Mod 2033 Rimless Pink Sunglasses 90's Made in Italy Y2K
By Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Gianni Versace Rimless frame Holding a Medium Grey Mono lense and Pink Temples New, Never worn. It May Show So Minor Sign Of Wear Due To more Than 20 Years Of Storage. Made i...
New Vintage Matsuda 10611 Matte Gold Side Cups 1990's Made in Japan Sunglasses
By Mitsuhiro Matsuda
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Cult brand Matsuda signed this ultra chic pair of rectangular gold matte frame with intricate detailed side cups sunglasses. Spotless medium brown lenses. Superior quality and des...
Vintage Gianni Versace Mod 2091B Half Frame Shield Sunglasses 90's Italy Y2K
By Gianni Versace
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Gianni Versace Half Frame Shield Silver and Dark Purple frame with Medium Grey lenses. New, Never worn. It May Show So Minor Sign Of Wear Due To more Than 20 Years Of Storag...
New Vintage Gucci 2653 Amethyst Lenses Half Frame Sunglasses 90's Italy Y2K
By Gucci
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Gucci Gold Half Frame with Gradient Amethyst Medium Lenses. New never worn or displayed. This item could show minor sign of wear due to nearly 30 years of storage. Made ...
New Vintage Gucci 2653/S Gold Half Frame Sunglasses 1990's Italy Y2K
By Gucci
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Gucci Gold Half Frame with Medium Pink Lenses. New never worn or displayed. This item could show minor sign of wear due to nearly 30 years of storage. Made in Italy. Fr...
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 9172 Steam Punk Side Lens 1990 Sunglasses Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 56 9172 flat lenses with side cups detailed frame. Flat smoke grey lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. The lenses have minor sign of wear. ...
New Jean Paul Gaultier 55 7161 Half Frame Sunglasses 1990's Made in Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Jean Paul Gaultier medium half frame sunglasses. Spotless smoke grey lenses that complete a ready to wear JPG look. Amazing design with strong yet intricate details. Design and ...
Vintage Christian Dior VIKTIM 2 Wrap Mask Black & Silver Sunglasses 2000'S Y2K
By Christian Dior
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Vintage Christian Dior wrap around frame sporting medium grey lenses. Made in Austria. This piece show minor sign of wear due to storage. Front : 15.5 cms Lens Height : 3.5 c...
New Jean Paul Gaultier 58 0071 Translucent Yellow Keyhole 90's Japan Sunglasses
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Jean Paul Gaultier 58 0071 Yellow Translucent frame with round keyhole accent on the mirror lenses, to read ( or to simply, spy ) Amazing design with strong yet intricate det...
New Vintage Matsuda 2809 Old Silver Collector Item 1990 Made in Japan Sunglasses
By Mitsuhiro Matsuda
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Cult brand Matsuda signed this ultra rare piece. Removable side cups for an absolute new look. The very same model worn by Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2. Superio...
New Jean Paul Gaultier 57 0071 Yellow Tortoise RX Sunglasses 90's Japan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Jean Paul Gaultier 57 0071 medium yellow tortoise frame. Amazing design with strong and elaborated details. Made in the 1990's. New, never worn or displayed. a true fashion s...
New Vintage Issey Miyake MEN Oversized Mask Wrap Around 1990's Japan Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
This ultra rare pair of Issey Miyake Man black matte frame After almost 40 years, Issey Miyake designed and produced in the 1980's still remains one of the most iconic pieces of e...
New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 105 Silver Matte Basquiat IM Series 1985 Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Released in 1985, extremely rare and coveted. Silver matte accented frame with flat iridescent grey lenses. New, never worn or displayed. Minimus wear from storage. Made in Jap...
New Vintage Issey Miyake IM 111 Rose Silver Basquiat IM Series 1985 Sunglasses
By Issey Miyake
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Released in 1985, extremely rare and coveted. Its simple design of a line and two circles was considered a disruptive design at the time. After almost 40 years, the im series stil...
New Vintage Valentino 543 Black Sleek Mask Sunglasses 1980's Made in Italy
By Valentino Garavani
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Valentino mask style frame. New never worn or displayed. This item could show minor sign of wear due to nearly 30 years of storage. Made in Italy. FRONT : 13 CMS L...
New Vintage Tiffany T619 Cat Eye Oval Rose Plated Gold 1990 Sunglasses France
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Tiffany gold plated cat eyes frame. Spotless brown gradient lenses. Made in Italy. Produced and design in 1990's. This item may show minor sign of wear due to storage.
New Vintage Gucci GG 1194/N/S Rose Screen Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy Y2K
By Gucci
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Gucci Screen Y2K Rose Mono Lens Sunglasses. New Never Worn Or Displayed. This Item Show Minor Sign Of Wear On The Lenses Due To Nearly 30 Years Of Storage. Made In Ital...
New Vintage Gucci GG 1194/N/S Blue Screen Sunglasses 1990's Made in Italy Y2K
By Gucci
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Gucci Screen Y2K Blue Mono Lens Sunglasses. New Never Worn Or Displayed. This Item Show Minor Sign Of Wear On The Lenses Due To Nearly 30 Years Of Storage. Made In Ital...
New Vintage Tiffany T 396 Oval Gold Plated Blue Lenses 90'S Sunglasses Italy
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Tiffany Silver & Gold Plated Frame. Amazing Craftsmanship And Quality. Check The Pics Please. This Item May Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To Three Decades Of Storage. N...
New Vintage Tiffany T 387 Oval Gold Plated Green Lenses 90'S Sunglasses Italy
Located in Baleares, Baleares
New Vintage Tiffany Silver & Gold Plated Frame. Amazing Craftsmanship And Quality. Check The Pics Please. This Item May Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To Three Decades Of Storage. New, ...
For fashion lovers, the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers, who never wear the same thing twice. And because fast fashion didn’t yet exist, the design associated with 1990s fashion — vintage '90s handbags, clothing and accessories — has a quality appreciated by the millennial generation: authenticity.
If there was one concept unifying fashion in the 1990s, it was the lean silhouette. “Fashion is a game of proportion,” Alexander Fury wrote in the New York Times in 2016. “Narrow-shouldered and narrow-hipped, the ’90s were skinny.”
If it takes a practiced eye to identify that single concept, that’s because in truth, ’90s fashion was many things to many people. After the 1980s era of strong-shouldered working women, glossy aerobicized bodies and Madonna, fashion branched out.
The industry gained momentum from big-money relaunches of the great Paris houses Dior, Givenchy and Balenciaga, rescued at long last from the constraints of licensing. Japan and Belgium gave fashion new avant-garde ideas to play with. From America came denim, minimalism, '90s grunge fashion and hip-hop. From Italy came sex appeal. And Prada.
For the colorful corsets of her 1990 Portrait collection, audacious British designer Dame Vivienne Westwood drew on 18th-century oil paintings — her models donned the pearl choker necklaces that have become a social media star and a favorite of influencers and fashion lovers all over the world. For a jacket-and-shorts suit from her Fall/Winter 1996–97 Storm in a Teacup line, the designer used the extreme asymmetry of a tartan mash-up to confront, according to Westwood, “the horror of uniformity and minimalism.”
“The ethos of the time was, you could have style, you could be into all kinds of cool stuff. It wasn’t about money, it wasn’t about status,” says Katy Rodriguez, cofounder of Resurrection. In contrast, “our last 10 years have seen the domination of nonstop luxury, money and status.”
Vintage 1990s Chanel bags, for example, are among the most prized of the brand’s offerings — at Newfound Luxury, proprietor L. Kiyana Macon has "clients who only buy ’90s Chanel because they recognize that it is the best quality.”
Things were different in the ’90s, and the difference is reflected in the clothes. Pull up any recent “How to Do the 1990s” fashion article (or look at photos of current supermodels Gigi, Kendall and Bella), and you’ll see iconic '90s outfits — knee socks, cardigans, fanny packs, fishnet stockings, slip dresses, flannel shirts and combat boots.
Rodriguez has recently noticed something similar happening. Before COVID, customers searched 1990s stock “for very sexy Galliano, Dior, Cavalli — that kind of thing,” she explains, noting that just a few months ago, “people were posting [on social media] the poshest things they could.” Now, in the age of shutdown, “that would just look out of touch.”
Instead, people are looking for “things that are cool but also easy and comfortable, not necessarily super-luxe,” Rodriguez continues. They’re “heading back to the more avant-garde, anti-fashion designers, like Helmut Lang, [Martin] Margiela and [Ann] Demeulemeester.”
Late designer Franco Moschino shocked and titillated the ’80s fashion elite with his whimsical, irreverent parodies of bourgeois finery. Whether emblazoning a sober blazer with smiley faces or embellishing a skirt suit with cutlery, Moschino rendered high style with a hearty wink. He famously said, “If you can’t be elegant, at least be extravagant” — words that, with all due respect to Susan Sontag, epitomize the essence of camp.
Vintage Moschino pants, jackets and other '90s Moschino garments remain so bold and fresh today that even the house's former creative director, Jeremy Scott, drew on the brand's past and the pop culture of the decade for his debut collection in 2014.
Find vintage 90s dresses, skirts, sweaters and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs — shop Thierry Mugler, Miuccia Prada, Jean Paul Gaultier and more today.
A pair of vintage designer sunglasses can be a game-changing finishing touch to your ensemble.
No matter your age or general fashion sensibility, wearing sunglasses may already be part of your regular outdoor routine owing to their practicality. Most sunglasses protect the eyes from harmful UV (ultraviolet) rays — and not merely on sunny days. Glasses that utilize color-enhancing lenses, which feature specific coatings or filter tints, can limit the amount of light coming through, while polarized lenses substantially reduce glare.
So while their usefulness is well known, let’s face it, a good pair of sunglasses can be stylish too.
People have been making a statement with iconic eyewear for a while — sunglasses garnered popularity with the Hollywood set in the early 1900s, when it wasn’t uncommon for a hip actress to be photographed in a pair of her sharpest shades.
Today, we’re still talking about the sunglasses that Audrey Hepburn — the original trendsetter — donned in the opening scene of 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. She emerges from the flagship store of the legendary luxury house referenced in the film’s title in a pair of glamorous dark tortoiseshell frames designed by London eyewear firm Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses. The brand was a keeper for Hepburn — in 1967, she famously wore a pair of Goldsmith’s Yuhu wraparound frames in the poster for Stanley Donen’s film Two for the Road.
Indeed, celebrities have long held sway in the sunglasses realm — perhaps you’ve opted for vintage Ray-Ban sunglasses because you’re enamored with Marilyn Monroe’s celebrated Wayfarers or you’ve taken to classic Aviators because actor Jon Hamm wore them in the nostalgic TV smash hit Mad Men. Good frames are a surefire way to take your style to the next level.
When shopping for the right pair of sunglasses, consider the color and shape of the frames (as well as the shape of your face), how dark or light the lenses are — or tint, if you’re leaning toward a chic gradient lens. Take your time, spring for more than one pair because different moods call for different shades and, while you’re at it, make sure you know how to spot a pair of fake Ray-Ban sunglasses before you make that purchase.
On 1stDibs, our collection of vintage designer sunglasses features classics from Gucci, Cartier, Chanel and other brands as well as a wide range that can be sorted by color — find sleek black sunglasses, brown pairs and a whole lot of other eye-catching options, whether it’s sunny outside or not.
This simple move can jazz up any outfit without bringing on the heat.
Sunglasses were a constant for Bob Dylan in real life and in the film.
The actress and style icon wore the 1960s frames while shooting on location in the French Riviera.
Of the million-plus items on 1stdibs, some seem to have transcended time, looking as fresh today as when they were first produced. The pieces highlighted on our new Iconic Designs page stand out for longevity, functionality and quality of design and manufacture — just the tonic for the present unsettled moment.