The late eighties in the UK saw the emergence of the 'Yuppie' or 'young upwardly mobile professional' as they preferred to be called. This meant the introduction of sophisticated designer glasses frames as these were sophisticated times we were living in. Gone were the bright, bold colours and in were the tortoise shell coloured round plastic or metal frames with designers such as 'Marco Polo' leading the way in this particular style. It was also around this time that rap artists such as 'Run DMC' started to bring there own style to the fashion designer frames market by wearing thick black, angled plastic frames from the prestigious designers 'Cazal'.