Celebrity eyewear has stopped being an accessory and started being the outfit. Across 2026, the frame is doing the heavy lifting: bigger, brighter, and far more architectural than the discreet black ovals of a few years ago. Here is what is actually being worn this year, and how to translate it without looking like you are in costume.
Wraparounds Went From Sport to Status
The wraparound is the defining silhouette of the season. Fashion press named it the It sunglasses style of summer 2026 after Kaia Gerber was photographed in a pair, and the shape has been migrating out of performance eyewear and into everyday street style ever since.
What changed is the proportion. The current wraparound sits closer to the face with a lower, sleeker curve. Less cycling club, more sculpture. Wear it with sharp tailoring rather than athleisure and the reference reads deliberate instead of accidental.
Oversized Kept Getting Bigger
Celine's Spring/Summer 2026 collection sent out the Disc, a near-comically large circular frame, and the runway signal landed immediately. Rihanna and Dua Lipa have both been photographed in outsized shades this year, and the street style message is unmistakable: coverage is confidence.
The trick with volume is balance. A large frame wants a clean silhouette underneath it. Pair oversized sunglasses with a simple neckline, minimal jewellery and hair pulled back, and the glasses become the focal point rather than one competing element among five.
Colored Lenses Left the Y2K Archive
Tinted lenses have re-entered celebrity rotation with force. Bad Bunny is widely credited with pulling colored lenses back out of the Y2K archive, and 2026 has pushed the palette into cherry red, ocean blue, electric yellow and emerald green. Pharrell has worn red-tinted Louis Vuitton frames. Bella Hadid has favoured slim rectangular metal styles with a light wash of tint.
Color in the frame itself works the same way, and arguably wears better in daylight. PULERA's TRENTADUE P1 in Corsa Red puts the saturation into the acetate rather than the lens, with UV400 and blue light protection built in. It is the version of the trend you can wear to lunch as easily as to a festival.
Architectural Acetate Is the Quiet Winner
Not everything this year is loud. Running alongside the maximalism is a harder, more structural look: thick acetate, clean rectangular geometry, precise angles. Prada's PR 26ZS has become a fixture of celebrity street style for exactly this reason. It is bold without being novelty, and it photographs as seriously at forty as it does at twenty.
This is where construction separates itself from decoration. The BRITTANY BRITTANY P1 follows the same principle, with a 53mm frame width, 20mm bridge and 140mm temples, proportions built to sit properly rather than to shout. Structure is what keeps a statement frame from aging out in a season.
How to Wear the Trend Without Costume-Dressing
The gap between editorial and everyday is usually restraint. Three things separate a celebrity sunglasses look that works from one that wears you:
- One statement per outfit. If the frame is oversized or saturated, let everything else recede.
- Match scale to your face, not to the photograph. A frame that flatters a runway close-up may swallow a smaller face entirely. Check total width against your own before committing.
- Fit before trend. Sunglasses that slide, pinch or sit crooked undo any styling. Bridge width and temple length matter more than the silhouette on the tag.
The through-line of 2026 is intent. Whether it is a wraparound, a colored acetate or a sharply cut rectangle, the frames that are landing look chosen rather than defaulted to. That is a decision available at any price point, and it starts with picking a frame you would still want in three years.
Explore the full PULERA collection at pulera.com and find the frame that does the work for you.
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