| Many of the sunglasses trends from the past decade | | | | black to purple. |
| have leaned toward retro - although not always ironic. | | | | On a similar note, the last time oversized sunglasses |
| Both standard and designer brands have brought out | | | | were popular was the early '80s and, twenty years |
| styles that were popular twenty years ago, including | | | | later, appeared on the market. Nearly every designer |
| wayfarer, oversized, and aviator sunglasses. But, | | | | brand catered toward females has at least one style |
| makers of these designer sunglasses didn't simply | | | | for oversized sunglasses. But, whereas designs from |
| tread out old styles. Instead, they updated old designs | | | | the '80s focused on basic black or tortoise frames and |
| for the new millennium and, in some cases, even made | | | | dark lenses, modern oversized sunglasses experiment |
| more masculine styles feminine. Often, many of the | | | | with colors. Frames can be red, pink, or blue, while |
| styles of sunglasses seen in department stores are | | | | lenses can be as equally light or bright a color. |
| the same as those seen in vintage clothing shops, but | | | | Additionally, many of these styles have included |
| with updated colors and frames. | | | | frames or lenses embellished with rhinestones. |
| Before the '00s, aviator sunglasses were common | | | | The second half of the decade saw wayfarer |
| fixtures in '80s films like Top Gun and Cobra. However, | | | | sunglasses appear again. Although wayfarer styles |
| such a style at the time was often seen as masculine. | | | | lasted into the '90s, they were replaced by |
| But, while the '90s saw wraparound styles become | | | | wraparound shades by 1995. In the present, wayfarer |
| popular, the '00s saw the aviator style come back, but, | | | | designer sunglasses by Ray Ban and other |
| this time, the shades have been more gender neutral - | | | | manufacturers are still unisex, and, like many |
| and even feminine. Designer aviator sunglasses have | | | | modern-but-retro designs, use many color options for |
| used colored plastic frames and traditional metal ones, | | | | both frames and lenses. |
| as well as faded lenses in various colors ranging from | | | | |