The great icon of sunglasses fashion.

In 1927, together with the first sound films (talkies) began a new era of cinema, which was then dubbed the Golden Age of Hollywood (The Golden Age of Hollywood lasted until the end of 1950). And although it is in the thirties years accounts the heyday of Hollywood industry for the production of film stars, the most vivid symbols of the era, in our opinion, was two of them: Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. Theirs remembered not only as an outstanding actress, but as the great fashion icons of the time. Their hair, makeup, models, sunglasses, costumes instantly became a role model.

Greta Garbo - one of the most stylish and mysterious women a centure. It was she who coined the "trench", still presented in the fashionable wardrobe, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, which did not disregard for much of his long life (Greta Garbo died in 1990 at the age of 85 years).  Since the beginning of his film career in his native Sweden and up to 36 years of age she was wearing sunglasses, to conquer the world. But since then, as at the peak of popularity suddenly and without any apparent reason, she left the cinema, she tried to hide behind from own popularity behind the dark lenses of sunglasses. Yet in vain: sunglasses became only part of the legend of her ... "Garbo hid her face. But her divine face can not be hidden behind a dark lens of shades and a high collar" - wrote the French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin (Albarello, A. For your eyes, only? Eyewear from A to Z / Alessandra Albarello, Francesca Joppolo. Modena : Logos, 2007. P. 77.). In contrast to the Scandinavian Mata Hari, who sincerely wished with the help of sunglasses go unnoticed, many public people followed suit, with opposite intentions: to attract attention. And welcome, I must say, it was effective.

Sunglasses played important role in the life of another star era - Marlene Dietrich too. "You are man with whom I have the most long-term relationships, and with whom I bound up forever" (Albarello, A. For your eyes, only? Eyewear from A to Z. P. 56.) - to whom, do you think, these words were addressed by Marlene? No, not to her boyfriend. They repeated it often to Robert Pinton - her optician, whose shop was located in the 16th, the most respectable, district of Paris. Apparently, you had to be something special to "bind" to a even Dietrich. Indeed, Robert Pinton was not just an optometrist, but also a designer of exclusive sunglasses. "He was working with precious materials such as gold and tortoise shell, and kept a very close relationship with its customers" - says his son, Dominic, who walked in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, and now also creates designer sunglasses. We found the photograph, where Marlene was captured in the thrown over top of a man's suit coat, a hat and sunglasses with round light openings from Robert Pinton, which benefits to supplement the created by Marlin image.
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