This Week's Look

Make a Spectacle of Yourself

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I scored an impeccable pair of vintage Missoni sunglasses this week, but first I had to wade through an online sea of new old stock/dead stock (vintage, never used), gently used and vintage knock-off sunglasses on eBay and etsy.

As you can imagine, there’s a lot of junk out there.

To save you the pain of replicating my exhaustive search, below I have assembled a collection of some of the more interesting, original vintage sunnies I found on eBay and etsy this week. Click on each image below to view the entire listing.

Vintage (new old stock) Miss Dior sunglasses on eBay. Starting bid $99.

Vintage (60s dead stock) mid-century, electric orange sunglasses with super thick plastic frames. $67.50 on etsy.

Vintage (used) 70s Christian Dior oversized square sunglasses with shades of butterscotch to dark taupe. $188 on etsy.

Vintage (dead stock) 70s funky mint sunglasses made in Germany. $59.99 om etsy.

Vintage (new old stock, never used) brown aviators on etsy. $6.75.

Vintage (deadstock) 60s mod, navy blue square framed sunnies on etsy. $67.50.

Vintage (used) tiger striped amber blockers with smokey gradient lens and side panels. Made in Italy. $16 on etsy.

Vintage (used) Diane von Furstenburg tan, black and orange sunglasses on eBay. $150.

Vintage (used) 70s sunglasses made in France with unique, geometric arms. $44.40 on etsy.

Vintage (barely used) 70s Ski Optics Japan red, white and blue sunglasses/ski glasses. $30 on etsy.

Vintage (used) mirrored sunnies, made in France. $9.99 on etsy.

Vintage (used) gold plastic aviators with green plastic lenses. $7 on etsy.

Vintage (new old stock) Christian Dior sunglasses from the 70s. $225 on etsy.

Vintage (dead stock) brown sunglasses with glass lenses and metal arms and bridge. $9.98 on etsy.

Vintage (new old stock) 70s nose guard sunglasses by Bollé on eBay. $299.

Vintage (used) 70’s frosted sunglasses with lightweight metal frame and light brown tinted glass lenses. $8 on etsy.

Vintage (dead stock) 70s Emilio Pucci amber shades on etsy. $189.

Vintage (used) 60s pastel yellow sunglasses on etsy. Very mod. $35.

Vintage 70s round sunglasses with clear frames and blue lenses on eBay. $99.

Vintage (appear unworn) 70s Valentino sunglasses on eBay. $89.

Vintage 70s ski aviators with red metal frame on eBay. $7.99.

Vintage (new old stock) 70s Playgirl butterfly sunglasses on eBay. Buy it Now for $69 or make an offer.

Written by Verdell

July 22, 2011 at 1:22 pm

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  1. Thanks for sharing these finds! Those sunglasses were so cute! My favorite was definitely the 70s glasses made in France with the geometric arms–so unique 🙂

    Aliza

    theumbrellabloggers

    July 22, 2011 at 2:53 pm


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