Which Style of Vintage Sunglasses is Most Popular?

August 16th, 2009

One style enjoying a pronounced renaissance right now is the Ray Ban “Wayfarer”, which dates from 1952. If you’re looking for the sunglasses Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, look no further – they were Wayfarers in a tortiseshell pattern. Though they were originally marketed to pilots, they were popularized by Kim Novak and Marilyn Monroe, and went on to enjoy favor with countless celebrities through the 1960′s and 1970′s. In the 1980′s, Tom Cruise re-popularized them in the movie “Risky Business”.

If you’re looking for “Buddy Holly” glasses, those are also the Wayfarer style, but in black with clear lenses, worn as regular eyeglasses instead of sunglasses.

Today you can find knock-offs on every street corner, but why not have the real thing?

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