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How cinema made sunglasses fashionable

Clara Bow publicity portrait by Otto Dyar, 1920s; public domain in the United States per Wikimedia Commons. Contextual image only; sunglasses are not shown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clara_Bow_by_Otto_Dyar,_1920s.jpg
Actress Mary Eaton, 1920, from Theatre Magazine; public domain in the United States per Wikimedia Commons. Contextual image only; sunglasses are not shown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Eaton_ACJ_oval_portrait_1920.jpg
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Clara Bow publicity portrait by Otto Dyar, 1920s; public domain in the United States per Wikimedia Commons. Contextual image only; sunglasses are not shown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clara_Bow_by_Otto_Dyar,_1920s.jpg

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In the 1920s, movie stars helped make sunglasses fashionable. Bright studio lamps really did irritate actors’ eyes: a 1921 report recorded temporary injuries from unshielded arc lamps. Sunglasses let actors rest their eyes between takes, while stars wearing dark glasses caught the public’s attention.