80s glasses - bring the bling

We’re more than a little in love with vintage 80s glasses and couldn’t be happier they’re having a moment. For good reason too.. 80s glasses frames paved the way for current styles and contemporary shapes.

Oversized frames were big in the 1980s with their bold style, colours and silhouettes and bolder still styles emerged throughout the decade in the form of funky shapes and materials - we dare you not to fall in love.

Electric Dreams

The perfect 80s glasses of electric dreams… jewel colours, neons, funky details and exagerated silhouettes. Not for the fainthearted, think Prince and Demi Moore in 80s cult classic St Elmo’s Fire.

Gold 80s glasses

Consumerism was at its peak in the 1980s and flaunting your bling was obligatory. Gold glasses are decadent, flattering and timeless - and like humans, they only get better with age.

80s colour pop

Found more abundantly in the oversized 80s round glasses frames, but brights, clashing patterns and bold palettes can find there way onto any 1980s glasses frame. Fun, fabulous spirit lifting design.

80s rap

In the 1980s, the golden age of hip hop, 80s rap was making its mark thanks to talent like Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash and Mary J Blige who all sported cooler than cool glasses and sunglasses at the height of their fame. Like Cazal, German made 80s iconic pieces beloved by the music industry - get famous.

80s power dresser

Power suits, power lunch, power dresser - the 80s were all about getting down to business. Channeling Melanie Griffith in Working Girl and working it office style, oversized glasses complimented oversized powersuits with obligatory shoulder pads (always a smile when I remove these from an 80s vintage shirt). The 80s were about making it big.

Glasses Chains

Whimsy chain photographed for No Reply Magazine

Not just for secretaries and rappers - chains were big in the 80s and they’re back with a vengeance. 80s chains can be chunky and oversized or delicate and detailed, but lots of gold and bling is mandetory. We love glasses chains - they’re beautiful, practical and your glasses are always where you left them. Check out our latest vintage glasses chains and make like the 80s.

Another beloved era in eyewear history - take a peep at our original 80s vintage glasses and help yourself to the best of the eighties.

Jo