Cat eye glasses: the trend
Far from being a stand-alone trend, the resurgence of cat eye glasses and cat eye sunglasses is rooted firmly in the revival of '50s and early '60s fashion. Some designers featured them prominently in Fall - Prada, notably - and since then a plethora of alternatives have surfaced.
The trend towards '50s sunglasses continued on the spring 2011 runways: from the extreme retro frames at Giles Deacon and Jeremy Scott through to subtle cat eye shapes at the likes of Paul Smith, Tommy Hilfiger, and Twenty8Twelve.