Vintage Glasses

I am a bit late to the game on this one, since I don’t read Stuff White People Like with any regularity anymore. I was still amused to see that the Ray Ban Wayfarer (still the #1 traffic driver to this site) has officially entered into the White Canon.

White people love these Ray-Bans because they were very popular in the 1960s and the 1980s. This gives them a historical precedent and allows white people to classify them as “timeless.” That way when they purchase these sunglasses they can talk about how they were inspired by the fashion and music of these bygone eras. When a white person says this, you should just nod and mention how they look like young Johnny Cash, a dead Beach Boy, Audrey Hepburn or an extra from a John Hughes movie. This will make them happy and likely to give you their old, expensive sunglasses that you can sell for a significant profit.

I am tempted to say that since they’ve now been blogged in this manner, people seeking to be cool shouldn’t wear them anymore. But his argument – that white people love retro – goes for just about any of the styles talked about on this site, and, indeed, the entire concept of the site itself. Still, my Indian/British next door neighbor has a tortoiseshell pair and they look awesome. Make of that what you will.

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