Paulette Guinet was a French eyewear designer, active mainly in the 1970s–1980s. Her work is known for bold shapes, playful colors, and often patriotic or graphic accents. • this pair has the navy blue frame with red-and-white striping — a very characteristic French “tricolore” design. These patriotic palettes were especially popular around the late 1970s into the early 1980s, when France had a surge in avant-garde eyewear fashion.