Cat eye glasses. Coke bottle lenses. Heart-shaped frames. No matter what kind of eyewear you rocked in the '60s and '70s, one thing was certain: You most definitely looked rad. Case in point? This collection of vintage snaps depicting our parents and grandparents looking cooler than we could ever imagine.
From Michael Caine's line of signature frames to a couple hitting the Taj Mahal in style, here are 29 insane pictures of what glasses and sunglasses looked like in the 1960s and 1970s.
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“My dad in the mid to late 70s I believe.”
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“Roy Orbison wearing his famous prescription sunglasses, 1966.”
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“Late 1970s (I presume): A glasses-wearing Harrison Ford, a coy Carrie Fisher and a shy Mark Hamill yuk it up.”
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“Circa 1954. James Dean needed glasses in real life. His clip-on sunglasses still made him look cool.”
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“My mom happened to be the only one in her yearbook to wear sunglasses. '75.”
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“My grandparents in front of the Taj Mahal, ca. 1960s. Look at those sunglasses!”
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“My mom in elementary school, mid 1960’s- love the glasses!”
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“My mom. Early 60s, Calgary, AB.”
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“Lightnin' Hopkins rockin' some Roy Orbison sunglasses (1960s).”
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“My great-grandma on her 60th birthday, June 28, 1970. Totally rocking the hot pink cat eye sunglasses.”
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“George Harrison and Pattie Boyd owning those sunglasses in the 60’s”
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“Jeff Goldblum on a family vacation in Miami, early 60s.”
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“Futuristic sunglasses in the 1960s (Joel Meyerowitz).”
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“My mom, don’t you love those glasses? (1960s).”
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Michael Caine rocks a pair of sunglasses, date unknown.
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“Miles Davis in fur, scarf, and superfly eyewear, ca. 1970s.”
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“They just don't make glasses like they used to" feat. my grandparents in the 70’s.”
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“Miles Davis has cool glasses [early 1970s].”
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“That’s a whole lot of ‘70s in one pic.”
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“Carrie Fisher with glasses. Late 70s/Early 80s (not sure exactly). Favorite picture of her.”
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“My mother holding a kitten in the early 70’s.”
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“A 1960s Midwestern moment.”
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“Stephen Hawking in the 1960's. This picture gives me Harry Potter vibes.”
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“My grandparents in the ‘60s.”
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“Steve Marriott of Humble Pie and Small Faces, late 1960s.”
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“Michael Caine, circa 1970s.”
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“My dad and his Buddy Holly glasses, circa 1965.”
