The eyewear styles of the comeback. AW24 trends

Around this time of the year, we start receiving again new eyewear frames. These are the proposals that each brand has created for autumn/winter 2024 (AW24). Generally, the styles overlap with those of spring/summer; there is continuity until the new spring campaign. It is curious how the new frames, now that we have gathered them on the shelves of El Graduat, coincide in style between brands that do not look alike at all. Famous trends spread, even between independent eyewear brands.

Participating in fashions blindly is a dubious practice. However, many of these designs are new and relevant contributions or directly recover classic shapes that, in our opinion, are important. Therefore, while we were setting up shelves and displays of frames, we distilled the trends. And here we make you a summary, with models that we have currently in the store.

Oversized squared glasses

A trend that we have taken up from previous seasons is to flee from more rounded shapes towards more squared or rectangular shapes. This journey towards parallelograms takes the form of oversized, almost disproportionate squared glasses. It is a trend that was already prevalent in the late sixties and early seventies, and which is being revived this autumn.

The formulations are multiple: narrow bridge, straight brow, wide bridge, hexagonal, square, rectangular, etc. However, they are all disproportionate and normally give decisive importance to the black color. Almost in a vintage style.

At El Graduat you can find quite a few models of this trend in prescription frames and sunglasses. Above all, we recommend the new Kaleos frames with an incredible variety of colors and also the classic versions of Bob Sdrunk with hand-worked Italian acetates. Some examples:

Titanium and Rimless

Titanium was a revolutionary material that changed the manufacture of frames in the nineties. From Denmark, van Lindberg made the world of optics explode, providing discreet, light, perfect glasses that do not interfere between the face of the person and visual correction. Nordic minimalism found its most essential expression in titanium frames. It is a chemical element (Ti) that can be reduced to produce a silver metal. It has great hardness and resistance, while retaining flexibility and lightness. It is also a material resistant to corrosion, since it does not interact with human tissues.

The result: when you wear frames like this, it is difficult to go back to acetates. They have been coming back strongly for a couple of years now, after saturating the market at the end of the 20th century. Mainly Lunor and Modo glasses stand out for knowing how to use this material in very elegant and slender proposals, graceful in each proposal. In the opticians' shop you can find a great selection, to look at and to move around.

Transparent and gradients

We continue with a trend that you will have heard of in recent years: transparent glasses. They are really a "fashion" with a reason for being. They are very discreet and graceful glasses that give prominence to the features of the wearer. Let's not kid ourselves, transparent glasses are rarely transparent and neutral. They all incorporate some kind of coloring, even if it is difficult to perceive, by the way. Whether it is grey, champagne, pink, you see, the tone matters and helps to find a union between the frames and the face.

Gradient glasses incorporate precisely this element of transparent glasses: they add a touch of color in the upper part that is removed and lightened in the lower part, to leave prominence on the face. It is a way of avoiding the full and solid colors, much more striking of Italian glasses. In this sense, the frames of American brands know how to navigate through these colors with great solvency. At the optician's you can choose from our RAEN glasses, a wide variety of types and colours.

Straight and strong brow

Here we are also dealing with another revision of a type of frame originating in the seventies. In this case, the upper brow of the glasses takes the lead role in the entire frame. The glasses start from the straight brow to become double-bridge, aviator glasses, or new creations with acetate. This style had disappeared from the map a few years ago and deserves our attention. It is a classic design, traditionally associated with very masculine aesthetics (Bausch and Lomb created the aviator and wayfarer glasses as orders for the United States Army and the military/police character still carries it; Bausch and Lomb years later would become RayBan). However, we have more and more clients who dare to wear straight browframes or even double bridges, with very flattering and always iconoclastic results. El Graduat never misses. Specially, from Kaleos and Bob Sdrunk houses.