For more inspiration, check out our guide to the best women’s sunglasses. These sunglasses are also polarized, minimising glare, making your vision sharper and clearer, clubmaster reducing eye fatigue, and increasing comfort. Unsurprisingly, they’re also 100% UVA/UVB blocking so you can wear them in even the brightest midday sun.
Three iconic Ray-Ban frames merge with Facebook technology to create the latest in wearable tech. Discover the first generation of Ray-Ban smart glasses that keeps you connected. ray ban new wayfarer In September 2021, Ray-Ban and Facebook Reality Labs announced a collaboration for smart glasses including Wayfarers with built in cameras called Ray-Ban Stories.
These Versace sunglasses feature the brand’s instantly recognisable Medusa logo and ‘Greca’ motif along the arms—so anyone nearby will know that you have excellent taste. A premium price tag doesn’t always translate to impeccable style and quality, but in the case of these Bottega Veneta shades, it definitely does. The lenses of the Amelia sit inside gorgeous 22k chocolate gold frames while the curved ‘skull temples’ wrap around the ear for security and comfort. The Inverness is named after the Scottish town the shape originates from, but that’s the tamest thing about them. These are ’70s-inspired through and through, from the exaggerated lenses to the thick temples.
Born out of necessity in 1937, Ray-Ban has been at the leading edge of developing high quality sunglasses to protect pilots from the sun’s harsh rays. Since then, Ray-Ban has been the eyewear of choice for visionaries and cultural creators everywhere to express their fearless and most authentic selves. During the 2000s Wayfarer revival, many sunglasses designs inspired by the original Wayfarers were produced by designers unaffiliated with Ray-Ban. Grey Ant’s Grant Krajecki designed a larger, cartoonish version of the glasses “so extreme that are best worn by those with a good sense of humor”. Other Wayfarer-inspired sunglasses included Oliver Peoples’ Hollis, REM Eyewear’s Converse, and various designs in Juicy Couture, Hugo Boss, Kate Spade, Marc Jacobs’s and Kaenon Polarized 2008 lines. Between July and September 2008, retailers began selling frameless Wayfarers.
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