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Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YSL Brown and Black Square Sunglasses
Vintage YSL Brown and Black Square Sunglasses

Vintage YSL Brown and Black Square Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

light brown gradient lens, silver tone YSL logo on the sides. Signed Yves Saint Laurent Paris 541. Made

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful And Stylish Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 1980’S Bug Eyed Sunglasses. Spotless Pair Of

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage new Yves Saint Laurent 1980’s Oversized sunglasses in black with

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 7759 YSL Oversized 1980 France Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 7759 YSL Oversized 1980 France Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 7759 YSL Oversized 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful And Stylish Ysl Oversized Frame Sunglasses. This Pair Show Minor Sign Of Wear Due To

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Marrakech 9 1980 France Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Marrakech 9 1980 France Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Marrakech 9 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish YSL frame sunglasses. This pair show minor sign of wear due to storage on

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL " Vanessa " Pearl Grey Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL " Vanessa " Pearl Grey Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL " Vanessa " Pearl Grey Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage new Yves Saint Laurent 1970’s " Vanessa " Spotless pair of medium

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Mask Shield 1970 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Mask Shield 1970 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Mask Shield 1970 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage new Yves Saint Laurent 1970’s Oversized sunglasses in a translucent

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 8129 1980 Made in France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 8129 1980 Made in France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 8129 1980 Made in France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish YSL sunglasses. White aviator frame holding a pair of double gradient lenses

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

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Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 146mm Lens Width: 60mm Frame Height: 55mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 146mm Lens Width: 60mm Frame Height: 55mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 146mm Lens Width: 60mm Frame Height: 55mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Frame Width: 135mm Lens Width: 50mm Frame Height: 41mm Arm Length: 105mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 7951 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage new Yves Saint Laurent 1980’s Oversized sunglasses in black with

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Blue EUTERPE Sunglasses 60/13 140mm
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Blue EUTERPE Sunglasses 60/13 140mm

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Blue EUTERPE Sunglasses 60/13 140mm

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

. A true collectible piece, these sunglasses embody vintage YSL elegance - bold, luxurious, and

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

YSL Sunglasses
YSL Sunglasses

YSL Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

These fabulous vintage YSL Sunglasses are a must have for your endless wardrobe! Perfect for anyone

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1960s Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YSL oversized sunglasses, c1980ss
Vintage YSL oversized sunglasses, c1980ss

Vintage YSL oversized sunglasses, c1980ss

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in NEWARK, GB

A gorgeous pair of vintage YSL oversized sunglasses. Oversized sunnies with off round large lenses

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Late 20th Century French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Oversized  1980 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Oversized  1980 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Oversized 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish YSL sunglasses. This pair show minor sign of wear due to storage, Please

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Giraffe 1980 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Giraffe 1980 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Giraffe 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage new Yves Saint Laurent 1980’s Oversized sunglasses with a giraffe

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Mocca YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Mocca YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses

New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Mocca YSL Bug Eye 1980 France Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Baleares, Baleares

Beautiful and stylish vintage Yves Saint Laurent 1980’s bug eyed mocha sunglasses. Spotless pair

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Sunglasses
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Sunglasses

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent sunglasses. Vintage 1990s oval YSL sunglasses, vintage Yves St Laurent

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Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Blue Sunglasses
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Blue Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Blue Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Blue Sunglasses Measurements: Height: 2.48 inches (6.3 cm

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Oversized Sunglasses
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Oversized Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Oversized Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Oversized Sunglasses Measurements: Height: 2.36 inches (6

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Illusion Oversized Sunglasses
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Illusion Oversized Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Illusion Oversized Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Illusion Oversized Sunglasses Measurements: Height: 2.36

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Blue Marbled Oversized Sunglasses
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Blue Marbled Oversized Sunglasses

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Blue Marbled Oversized Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Blue Marbled Oversized Sunglasses Measurements: Height: 2.44 inches

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1970s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Ysl Striped Sunglasses
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Ysl Striped Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Ysl Striped Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

Black/White Stripes Frame Width: 148mm Lens Width: 58mm Frame Height: 52mm Arm Length: 118mm

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1990s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent Tortoise Shell Vintage Sunglasses
Yves Saint Laurent Tortoise Shell Vintage Sunglasses

Yves Saint Laurent Tortoise Shell Vintage Sunglasses

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Yves Saint Laurent tortoise shell vintage sunglasses with gold YSL logo on the arms. Made In Italy

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1980s French Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

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By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in San Diego, CA

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GUCCI by Tom Ford Long Black Leather Trench Coat, late 1990s

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By Gucci, Tom Ford

Located in Munich, DE

"If it wasn't by Tom Ford, is it even Gucci?" or as Vogue Runway wrote so aptly: "The now infamous Tom Ford look – what he later called “sexy, sensual, fuck-me clothes" – oozed power...

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1990s Italian Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

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By Moschino

Located in Concord, NC

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New Tom Ford's Final Collection for Yves Saint Laurent 2004 YSL Heels Sz 37.5

New Tom Ford's Final Collection for Yves Saint Laurent 2004 YSL Heels Sz 37.5

By Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Conroe, TX

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By Hermès

Located in Miami, FL

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Located in Geneva, CH

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By Valentino

Located in Toronto, Ontario

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1990s Italian Vintage Ysl Sunglasses

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By Thierry Mugler

Located in Amsterdam, NL

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By Vivienne Westwood

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Vintage Ysl Sunglasses For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are many options to choose from in our collection of vintage ysl sunglasses. If you’re looking for Gray vintage ysl sunglasses and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in Black, Orange and more. If you’re looking for accessories from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find some that date back to the 20th Century while other versions may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Finding accessories for sale for women should be easy, but there are 29 pieces available to browse for men as well as unisex, too.

How Much are Vintage Ysl Sunglasses?

The prices for vintage ysl sunglasses start at $275 and top out at $600 with these items, on average, selling for $449.

Yves Saint Laurent for sale on 1stDibs

French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.

Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.

By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.

Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.

Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.

After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.

His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.

With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.

“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.

Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Sunglasses for You

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.