Iconic Eyes - Sunglasses

We look back at vintage eyewear - frames on faces of people that still inspire us today.

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DAVID KIND Eyewear

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Rio De Janeiro

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

DAVID KIND on Instagram: ““I’ll be right here. Until they drag me off the line. I’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over…”

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Marilyn Monroe Frases

Marilyn Monroe sunglasses!!!

Marilyn Monroe with Arthur Miller. Obvious couple.

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The Future Is Unwritten

The Impossible Cool

joe strummer

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Joe Strummer

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The Doors Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free." Jim Morrison // James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, and poet best remembered as the lead singer of the Doors. Morrison was a highly influential figure for 60's music.

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"All I have to do is what's right for me." Marianne Faithfull // Marianne Faithfull is one of the Sixties' greatest fashion icons and the original rock chic. Ellie Woodward examines the life and style of Marianne Faithfull. Once every so often along comes a genuine style icon – someone with such originality, such flare that they capture the attention of millions.

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“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” // #TBT #BBKing Riley B. King, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. #eyewear #sunglasses #look #smile #classic #icon #legend #music #glasses #quote #throwback #history #davidkind

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"When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful." Jane Birkin // English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France. She is also known for her relationship and musical partnership with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. Jane is an icon for women's style and fashion and all things french in the 60's and 70's.

"Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people." Sade Adu // Sade, a Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer. Sade gained worldwide fame in the 90's as the lead vocalist of the English band Sade. Sade reflected a signature style of fashion in the Nineties.

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The Complete History Of The Paul Newman Daytona [Part 5 of 8]

"Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why." Paul Newman // Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional race car driver and team owner, environmentalist, activist, and philanthropist.

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"We look at each other in the eye, and it's no use." Jean Seberg in the 1960 Godard film, Breathless. // Jean Seberg was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Breathless. She was also know for her iconic style and women's fashion takes cues from her hair and clothing style.

"Without obsession, life is nothing." John Waters // Filmmaker, director and writer John Waters, sometimes called the "King of Bad Taste" or the "Pope of Trash," has built a reputation for shocking his audiences. Waters is know for cult classic films such as Polyester, Hairspray and Cry-Baby. Valencia, Tumblr, John Waters Movies, John Waters, Running Nike, Crazy Man, Bad Taste, Pictures Of People, Work Of Art

"Without obsession, life is nothing." John Waters // Filmmaker, director and writer John Waters, sometimes called the "King of Bad Taste" or the "Pope of Trash," has built a reputation for shocking his audiences. Waters is know for cult classic films such as Polyester, Hairspray and Cry-Baby.

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Gene Wilder Young Frankenstein

The late and great Gene Wilder in the unforgettable Young Frankenstein. You will be missed, Gene. // "I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while." Gene Wilder, 1933-2016.

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Black And White Photograph

Black and white portrait of a young Steve McQueen in mirrored aviator sunglasses. Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American actor. Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona, developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s.

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"That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life." Francis Ford Coppola // Francis Ford Coppola is an iconic American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was considered to be the central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.