Abstract: An ornamental sunglasses retainer comprising tubular stretchable material with the ends that fit over the sunglasses temple pieces treated with a stretch reducing prepolymer and threaded through either side of a manually releaseable friction catch and then pushed over the temple pieces of a pair of sunglasses into the hinges; there being sufficient length in some embodiments that by using the releasable friction catch the glasses may be held in any desired position from dangling around the wearer's neck to snugly against the wearer's head. Other embodiments include a flexible sun visor of foamed material attached to the tubular stretchable material of the retainer to added ornamental and utility.