Eyewear

Eyeglasses

Browline Glasses
Most common in the 1950's

Bug-eye Glasses
Have very large lenses.

Cats eye
Cat eye glasses are a shape of women's and sometimes men's eye wear. They have an up sweep at the outer edges where the arms join the frame front.

GI glasses
Are eyeglasses issued by the American military to its service members. they were officially designated as regulation prescription glasses, or RPGs. This was commonly said to mean "rut prevention glasses."

Half framed
Have a rim that guns along the top of the glasses but the bottom of the glasses or uncovered.

Horned Rim Glasses
They are characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to metal frames, which appear less pronounced.

Lensless glasses
Worn by people to give the appearance of glasses.

Monocle
a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

Pince nez
a style of glasses, popular in the 19th century, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. Teddy Roosevelt glasses.

Rimless glasses
Have no rims around the glasses. the nose piece and ear pieces connect to the lenses.

Sun Glasses

Aviator / Pilot
They are characterized by dark, often reflective lenses having an area two or three times the area of the eyeball, and very thin metal frames with double or triple bridge and bayonet earpieces or flexible cable temples that hook behind the ears. Think Top Gun.

Browline
Browline sunglasses have a thick top frame that runs across your brow and extra-thin rims around the bottom half of the lens. Colonel Sanders was an early browline fan.

Butterfly

Cats eye
Cat eye glasses are a shape of women's and sometimes men's eyewear. They have an upsweep at the outer edges where the arms join the frame front.

Flip-down Sunglasses
Can be attached to a normal pair of glasses and flipped down when needed or up when not.

Oval
Have oval lenses.

Rectangular
Have rectangular lenses.

Rimless
Have no rims around the glasses. the nose piece and ear pieces connect to the lenses.

Round
The lenses are always round and the frames can be small or large, skinny or thick, and metal or plastic. Think John Lennon or Lora Croft.

Semi-rimless
Have a rim that guns along the top of the glasses but the bottom of the glasses or uncovered.

Shield
Have one large lens that covers both eyes.

Square
Or more square in design

Wayfarer
Sunglasses that have seen a rise and fall in popularity over the years. Most commonly seen in eighties movies.

Wrap
Eye glasses curve around the users face.

Sunglasses Lens Colors

Amber
Black
Blue
Green
Mirrored
Orange
Pink
Purple
Yellow

Goggles

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

Aviation
Worn when flying in open cockpit aircraft such as biplanes. Think Amelia Earhart.

Cold Weather Goggles
Goggles with double lenses to prevent them from fogging up. Typically worn by skiers and snow boarders.

Laboratory
Clear safety goggles that fit over the eyes snugly to prevent chemical splashes from hitting the eyes.

Motorcycle
Worn by motorcyclist to protect the eyes from wind, dust, and bugs.

Snow Goggles
Goggles worn by Eskimos to protect from sunlight reflecting off of the snow.

Sports goggles
Goggles worn during sports to protect the eyes.

Swimming Goggles
Goggles worn by many competitive swimmers and scuba divers these goggles prevent water from irritating the eyes and allow the wearer to see underwater.

Wielding Goggles
Shield the eyes during arc wielding.

Other

Eye Patch
An opaque patch worn so as to cover one eye in order to protect or conceal it.

Glass Eye
An artificial eye, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing eye.