Cat eye glasses

Cat eye glasses
Emerald Green women's cat eye glasses, c. 1958
TypeEyewear
Woman wearing cat eye glasses in the 1960s
Dr. Otto Wichterle wearing a male version of cat eye glasses

Cat eye glasses (sometimes called "cat eyes" or "cat glasses") are a shape of eyewear. The form is closely related to the browline style, differentiated by having an upsweep at the outer edges where the temples or arms join the frame front. Cat-eye glasses were popular in the 1950s and 1960s among women and are often associated with the beehive hairstyle and other looks of the period. They preceded the large bug-eye glasses of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.