"shutter shades" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From the trademarked name of a brand of sunglasses created by Shutter Shades, Inc., in 2007. Similar louvered/slatted sunglasses which existed as early as the 1950s and were popular in the 1980s were known by other names, such as "Venetian blinders". Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} shutter shades pl (plural only)
  1. A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Glasses Synonyms: Kanye glasses
    Sense id: en-shutter_shades-en-noun-4~89MBcF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, English pluralia tantum

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