The Spy Kids Glasses

Hold on to your joysticks and spark your imagination.

If you grew up in the early 2000s, chances are you’ve never looked at a pair of wraparound tinted glasses the same after watching Spy Kids. Between lava-lamp gadgets, thumb henchmen, and virtual-reality headsets that looked like a fever dream, Spy Kids shaped a generation's idea of what the future looked like.

With the vision of Szechuan Market, we brought the Spy Kids glasses to life in May 2023. Given the name "The Cortez," the glasses were fully customized to match the pair from the movie, featuring a sleek matte chrome finish with a rotating third lens and CORTEZ embossed on the legs.

Upon their release, the glasses took over social media by storm. All across archive pages, fan pages, and individual profiles the glasses were shared by fans of the movie. With some imagination and these glasses, individuals could feel what it was like to be a Spy Kid.

Nearly 2 years later, we are bringing back the glasses with an official collaboration between BluBlocker and Szechuan Market, featuring an updated silhouette with amber lenses & BluBlocker x Szechuan Market branding on each leg.

While the Cortez glasses do not provide real powers, they are a symbol of the imagination, nostalgia, and the lasting influence of pop culture, allowing individuals to reconnect to an iconic part of their life. While so many brands will develop simple branded logo glasses, we were able to create something unique that connected with generations of Spy Kids fans.