or wearing white aviator sunglasses with horizontal bars in place of traditional lenses. West popularized this style, nicknamed the Shutter Shades, back in 2007 in the lead up to his Graduation ...

DropShades are regular shutter shades with some basic tech added to ... into a pulsing cascade of lights across the front of the sunglasses. This has the effect of turning your face into a walking ...

Post-Late Registration, Kanye's career was shining so hard he had to shield himself from it, which may be why he opted to rock a variety of sunglasses—even when it was dark or indoors.