Etymology

Kanye glasses

Today it means: A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses. Full definition →

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The story

This style of sunglasses, which first became popular in the 1980s, was re-popularized in the early 2010s by American rapper Kanye West.

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