When did aviator glasses become popular?

[Javon]

I have seen many people wearing aviator glasses now, both men and women. I just want to know when did they become so popular?

[Kian]

The Aviator became a well-known style of sunglasses when General Douglas MacArthur landed on the beach in the Philippines in World War II. Newspaper photographers snapped several pictures of him wearing them. aviator sunglasses were also issued to and found popularity with the French Army. The aviator style has been popular since the 1960s and later use by celebrities in films like Top Gun.

[Wilson]

In 1937, aviator sunglasses became popular and they are spreaded in all stores in the United States. In the era of disco, the '70s - '80s, aviator sunglasses became popular again, especially with young people.