If you wanted to be the cat's meow in the 50s, you sported a stylish pair of cat-eye glasses. With their upturned edges and decorative features, they were purrfect for just about any facial shape and turned anyone from a plain "four-eyes" into a fashionable feline.

In the days before contact lenses, girls were often self-conscious about wearing eyewear, thanks in no small part to that old saying "boys don't make passes at girls that wear glasses." But all of that changed with the introduction of cateye glasses. With their trademark pointy edges, slightly upturned in resemblance to a Siamese kitty, they were often adorned with jewels or etched designs - making them the perfect accessory when one wanted to add a little pizzazz to that pretty poodle skirt.

Cateye glasses fell out of fashion in later years, only to re-emerge in the 80s, when outlandish eyewear styles were all the rage. Available in neon colors and adorned with prints such as checkerboards or tiger stripes, they provided all the cool a girl needed to stand out from the crowd. And thanks, in part, to the 1992 film, Batman Returns, their popularity stayed strong into the next decade as well. The seductively sinister Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, sported a pair of cateye glasses and gave male audience members plenty of reasons to say "Hello, kitty!" - and bring these Siamese shades back into the forefront of fashionable eyewear.