The Vintage View

This feline-inspired style really started to take off in the 1950s as the stars of the day took to wearing this glamourous shape on the big screen. However, if we want to go right to the beginning of the cat eye story we need to learn a little about a legend named Altina Schinasi. 

Check out our guide to glasses measurements and get wise about your size. No more buying frames that don't fit you just great vintage frames!

In this blog post, we focus in on the MadMen of the eyewear industry and the pick out some of our favourite vintage eyewear adverts from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Vintage Gucci, Dior and ViennaLine all make an appearance in this retrospective on vintage advertising.

Searching for a new pair of vintage glasses online can be hard. To know if the frames you fall in love with are going to love you back even harder. We put together this guide to buying vintage glasses frames online so that you can avoid the pains of unrequited love! Here is everything you need to know to find your perfect vintage glasses frame online. 

Whilst most people think of the 80s as an endless run of bad fashion choices, think legwarmers, headbands and sweaters draped over the shoulders!! Arguably for Dior the 1980s was their best ever decade.