wayfarer

[dhinggok]

what do you guys think of the new wayfarer by ray ban? goofy? cool?

 

[Go Surface]

I bought them a few weeks ago in tortoise shell. I think they're great.

Funny story, these girls were talking about sunglasses and one was trying to describe to the other these 'new' sunglasses that are gaining more 'popularity,' but they couldn't pin-point which Tom Cruise movie they saw them in. So I turn around and say "I'm wearing them, and it was Risky Business."

 

[jet]

People need to stop with this wayfarer business on the real.

No offense surface.

 

[Go Surface]

Originally Posted by jet

People need to stop with this wayfarer business on the real.

No offense surface.

Non taken. And, that story wasnt that funny. *egg in my face*

 

[jet]

It's ok dude.

 

[ghulkhan]

Im not really a wayfarer person. Im more of an aviator person- but not the traditional ray ban huge ass aviators. Something smaller such as the Oliver Peoples Aero or small and a bit different such as the Mykita Rolf...

 

[dhinggok]

i think i am just worried that the glasses are too feminine...thoughts?

 

[ethirtynine]

wayfarers are fly as a mothafucka, im gettin my prescriptions tommorrow bitches!. rayban 2132's

 

[Bandwagonesque]

They'll always be the sunglasses of choice for Jake and Elwood Blues.

I like 'em, but I'd have to get them as a prescription since I don't wear contacts. I also had no idea they were "in".

 

[Oldboy]

I bought a pair in black a month ago and love em. I was at the mall the other day and saw a bunch of knockoffs. Are Wayfarers the new aviators?

 

[Mixwell]

Originally Posted by Oldboy

Are Wayfarers the new aviators?

This is mostly because they've swung back into mainstream popularity with celebs; "Wayfarers were brought back into fashion in the mid-2000s, with Chloe Sevigny starting the trend.[13] Celebrities including Kirsten Dunst, Mischa Barton, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Drew Barrymore, Kate Moss, and Sienna Miller followed suit.[14] Ray-Ban re-released the original style of the Wayfarer as the centerpiece in its 2007 Spring/Summer collection." - From Wiki

Originally Posted by dhinggok

i think i am just worried that the glasses are too feminine...thoughts?

I don't think they are; I've got a pair of 2113 909/47 (54mm tortoise polarized), and I think they look great. One of my girlfriends gave me crap recently about looking like "Mischa," and I just glared at her. They're sort of the new "it" of the moment glasses with females, but they certainly look equally good on guys.

 

[teeo]

hey guys, noob question. help would be greatly appreciated.

on the official ray-ban site the measurements for wayfarers are as follows for the different models:

rb2143 - 47/50 mm
rb2151 - 49/52 mm
rb2132 - 52/55 mm
rb2140 - 50/54 mm
rb4105 - 50/54 mm

what do they represent? is it width and length or length and width?

thanks

 

[a-rock]

Originally Posted by teeo

hey guys, noob question. help would be greatly appreciated. on the official ray-ban site the measurements for wayfarers are as follows for the different models: rb2143 - 47/50 mm rb2151 - 49/52 mm rb2132 - 52/55 mm rb2140 - 50/54 mm rb4105 - 50/54 mm what do they represent? is it width and length or length and width? thanks
rb2140 = original wayfarer 2143 = wayfarer II (original in new colors) 2151 = wayfarer squared 2132 = new wayfarers 4105 = folding wayfarers the model numbers are completely confusing and have nothing to do with the sizes. the second set of numbers correspond to the available lense widths. if you look at the inside arm of the glasses, there should be a set of numbers after the model number. for example, 54-18-135... corresponds to lens width, bridge width, and side arm length

 

[IIIrd Icon]

wayfarers are stylish, but too trendy/fadish. i'm into more classic shapes.... like:

Persol 2872 & 2847 [i'm planning turn into prescription]

Aviators: Paul Smith Platinum & RB

 

[djs488]

Wait, are you really arguing the wayfarer is not a classic shape?