Tojo Hideki (Prime Minister of Japan during WWII) wore Oliver People style round sunglasses very similar to the eyewear worn by Larry David in his hit HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. While we’re not implying any connection at all, we’re simply pointing out that Tojo’s eyewear was a trademark of his persona and one of the top infamous eyewear designs. You’ll also recognize the round lenses from Harry Potter’s own preference for Oliver People like lenses.
An infamous eyewear enthusiast from cinema is the portrayal by Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Terminator, who was a fan of stealing Ray-Ban Ray-Ban Wayfarer from random bar clientele and then running off on their supped up motorcycles.
Mark David Chapman (who shot singer and peace activist John Lennon) wears a very Ray-Ban style of gradient eyewear. You might recognize these from shows like Jackass: The Movie, where Johnny Knoxville wore gradient Ray-Ban’s with simple gold frames very similar to the ones worn below by the assassin Mark David Chapman. Again, no connection is implied, as even Bono has a pair of Ray–Ban’s (as does the hottie and fellow peace activist Angelina Jolie).
Of course, one of the more recent villains in eyewear comes from the cinematic world of weekday T.V in the form of the Man in the Horn Rimmed Glasses, AKA, Noah Bennett. This hero/villain kills without mercy or meaning while raising a loving family on the side.
Villians, from T.V, real life, and cinema alike gear themselves in eyewear which they make iconic, though in an infamous way.
