--- title: Leonardo DiCaprio's Coachella Disguise Involves 3D Eyewear description: Leave it to Leonardo DiCaprio to bust out the 3D glasses for a party at the annual Coachella music festival last weekend in California. canonical: https://time.com/5243658/leonardo-dicaprios-coachella/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-17T21:16:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:17.195Z og:title: Leonardo DiCaprio's Coachella Disguise Involves 3D Eyewear og:description: A hoodie, a hat and 3D glasses were part of DiCaprio's Coachella look og:url: https://time.com/5243658/leonardo-dicaprios-coachella/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47c059de54416ef9/69892de597cdff01b56b4f71/leo-dicaprio-neon-carnival-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1542 og:image:height: 867 og:image:alt: The Levi's Brand Presents NEON CARNIVAL with Tequila Don Julio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leonardo DiCaprio's Coachella Disguise Involves 3D Eyewear twitter:description: A hoodie, a hat and 3D glasses were part of DiCaprio's Coachella look twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47c059de54416ef9/69892de597cdff01b56b4f71/leo-dicaprio-neon-carnival-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Leonardo DiCaprio's Coachella Disguise Involves Some Interesting Eyewear > Sponsored content. 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Jerod Harris—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2018 9:16 PM UTC Leave it to Leonardo DiCaprio to continually reinvent the concept of “going incognito.” During the first weekend of the annual [Coachella Music Festival](http://time.com/5241917/shania-twain-nicki-minaj-instagram-coachella-2018/) this year — headlined by [Beyoncé](http://time.com/5240790/beyonces-historic-coachella-performance-has-fans-singing-the-praises-of-beychella/) — DiCaprio made a rare public appearance, this time popping up at the famous after party known as Neon Carnival. As usual, celebrity chameleon [DiCaprio](http://time.com/5170767/oprah-leonardo-dicaprio-ellen-degeneres-birthday-party/) could be found decked out in a nondescript hoodie and baseball cap, his usual everyman uniform. But people might do a double-take at his choice of eyewear: 3D glasses, like the kind you wear to a movie theater when you pay a few dollars extra for the special effects. You know just the type. Usually moviegoers are encouraged to return their glasses at the end of a film and recycle them for future use, but perhaps DiCaprio decided to pocket his for later partying. [According to _Cosmopolitan_,](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a19839450/leonardo-dicaprio-coachella-3d-glasses-disguise/) however, the glasses are actually from a brand called [“Hi-Lites,”](http://gethilites.com/) and they’re meant for out-of-theater use. When you wear them they turn every light you look at into a different shape, and his choice for the Coachella festivities transformed his environs into a sea of neon smiley faces, they report. 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