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Celebrities like Kanye West and Daft Punk are obsessed with the funky and colorful SUPER oversized retro prescription glasses.  Super sunglasses were started back in 2007 and were one of the first on the fashion scene to create the vibrant colored acetate sunglasses that are so popular for summer 2009.  While cheap colored plastic frames are available for about $10 on a street corner, Super sunglasses pride themselves on their extremely high quality lenses made my Zeiss in Germany and their frames that are handmade in Italy.

When we are talking about retro eyeglasses, we normally are referring to those antique vintage styles, but the frames and lenses are made of newer materials with same classic look as retro glass. Retro eyeglasses may be traced back to the old era when the eyeglasses were just invented. People seldom connect the retro glass with the specific time period as retro eyeglasses go in cycles.

As retro glass is the new eyewear copying the old styles, most of the optical stores carry lines of retro eyeglasses to diversify the options for customers. An even easier destination is through internet shops to hunt for the favorite retro glass.

The most classic retro glass is the round frame or Windors. This is the retro eyeglasses once worn by India’s national hero Ghandi and John Lennon. The round frame retro eyeglasses are even worn by today’s people to express own personality and likings.

If fitted with proper lenses, retro glass is the full-function vision device just like other eyeglasses. Some opticians even produce bifocals and sunglasses out of the retro eyeglasses frames. Through the years over the long history, retro eyeglasses never fade out in the optical world

The editors at Italian music and fashion magazine, Daniel and Simon Beckerman, created the Super line in response to a lack of street culture expression in the high quality sunglasses made by designers like Gucci and D&G.  They wanted to create a fun and colorful line that their young friends would enjoy wearing, but would also provide adequate UV protection.

For most of the people, buying a pair of oversized retro prescription glasses is the same as buying clothes to richen the wardrobes. Retro glass commonly is not worn on the daily basis, and retro eyeglasses are only worn on special occasions, such as birthday party or Halloween parties.