Kanye glasses

English right|thumb|180px|A young man wearing Kanye glasses. Etymology This style of sunglasses, which first became popular in the 1980s, was re-popularized in the early 2010s by American rapper Kanye West. Noun p A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses. en 2010 Patrice Evans Negropedia: The Assimilated Negro's Crash Course on the Modern Black Experience http://books.google.com/books?id=nIDTBcKsrHUC&pg=PA181&dq=%22kanye+glasses%22 181 Three Rivers Press 2011 9780307463807 It used to be trucker hats and Ray-Bans, followed by Kanye glasses and Day-Glo jewelry. en 2012 Vice Magazine Dos & Don'ts: 2013 Daily Calendar http://books.google.com/books?id=Z8XWujLInIcC&pg=PT224&dq=%22kanye+glasses%22 Chronicle Books 9781452119212 Finally, someone even approaching futuristic enough to pull off those damn Kanye glasses. 2013, Alyssa Newton, "Football season is here again Jag Fans", The Vanguard (University of South Alabama), Volume 53, Number 3, 12 August 2013, page 17: My freshman year, I cheered beside a guy with a huge Afro and Kanye glasses and a guy in a toga. Synonyms en shutter shades Further reading en eponyms en Glasses