The reading glasses have been the must-have articles for fashion guys in summer. As to the invention of sunglasses, there are many different versions. It is easy to understand that all of the countries want to be the cradleland of the sunglass now that it is so popular now. But there can be only one mother country, and which can it be?

Now, there are at least three countries claiming that they invented eyeglasses firstly. 500 years ago, a Spanish missionary mentioned in his book that he had brought eyeglasses from China to Spain. While, there is no real object as evidence. Another version has it that the Eskimo had used a kind of woody goggles 500 years ago, which were actually a long piece of board with two finedrawings on it. Obviously, this kind of article can not be seen as sunglasses.

It is convincible that modern sunglasses were invented by European. The image of Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. general of air force, with a corncob pipe in his mouth and a pair of AO dark glasses, has been deeply rooted among the people At the same time, more and more Hollywood stars became crazy about this style of sunglasses. Thus eyewear have come into fashion widely among broad masses and in this way the pilot style glasses have become a forever classic.

In 1950s, Elvis Aron Presley’s music was conquering the world. His iconic ducktail hair style, together with his dressing up wearing a pair of goose egg style dark glasses connected with a piece of downward-pointing triagle iron, was being imitated by an army of young people. In 1960s, a vigorous movement of music culture led by the Beatles swept the entire world, and at the same time buried the Presley Dynasty completely.

The small round glasses with thin metal frame which were usually worn by John Lennon and sunglasses in the same style also affected the trend of sunglasses appearance in that age. Eyeglasses were becoming rounder and rounder, plumper and plumper; their design also became more and more courageous.

While in 1970s, the exterior of glasses developed back to the angular style little by little. Plastic sunglasses with slick broadside and round corners were more and more popular. The lenses came with gradual changing colors as well. The famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was wearing a pair of this kind of eyeglasses at that time.

Till 1980s, the rectangle style of clear edges and corners developed to its peak. Karl Lagerfeld, the designer who took over the Chanel in 1983 was one of the representatives. This kind of sunglasses which seemed to be square was accompanied with him all the year. His image with the sunglasses had been applied to the brand design. The Karl Lagerfeld Teddy Bear and Karl Lagerfeld Bag were the best examples.

In 1990s, there were more and more trend indexes. Both prolate sunglasses with gradual changing color lenses, goggles and ski goggles were once the coolest fashionable accessories. Even the antiquated rimless sunglasses were no longer the patent of grandparents. Various rimless prescription eyeglasses with embedded objects, gold, wood, gem or leather, all can be the trend.