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- Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer Sunglasses - Wood Grain Surfs Up Wood Grain Surfs Up | Brown Gradient
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- Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer Sunglasses - Red Surfs Up Red Surfs Up | Grey Gradient
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- Ray-Ban Aviator Large Sunglasses - Matte Gold | Mirror Orange Matte Gold | Mirror Orange
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- Ray-Ban Aviator Large Sunglasses - Matte Gold | Mirror Blue Matte Gold | Mirror Blue
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- Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer Sunglasses - Matte Pink | Grey Gradient Matte Pink | Grey Gradient
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- Ray-Ban New Wayfarer Sunglasses - Matte Havana | Blue/Green Mirror (Polarized) Matte Havana | Blue/Green Mirror (Polarized)
The use of sunglasses goes back to before the 12th Century, it even goes as far back as the Inuit tribes, who wore walrus ivory glasses with narrow slits cut out to reduce the intake of light, technically not sunglasses but it shows that it was a problem back in the day, and still persists.
It was in the 19th century when the use of sunglasses started to take shape, movie stars were using them to avoid recognition when out and about, and it follows on that, what movie stars we start to adopt as well. The sunglasses did not become available to the mass market till 1929 when an entrepreneurial Sam Foster started selling his new Sunglasses to the people on the Boardwalk. ?The now legendary Polarised lenses arrived in 1936 when Polaroid where experimenting with their new patented Polaroid filters, at this time the armed Forces were recognising the need for Sunglasses especially for Aircraft Pilots and the Navy.
At this time Ray-Ban were just starting to produce sunglasses and the Aviator had been adopted by the Armed Forces and Emergency services as the sunglass of choice, along came the war and the explosion of Aviation and everyone was soon wearing Ray-Ban Sunglasses. The UV filter is the most important part in the make-up in any pair of sunglasses, and it brands like Ray-Ban have an unwavering attention to detail and quality, with the lenses tested to destruction and the Polarised lenses on a pair of Ray-Ban really do make a big difference on a sunny day.
Sunglasses, want to know about the Coloured Lenses
With lenses, it is not just cosmetic, there are actual differences with the colour of lens used.
- Grey and Green lens: are pretty much neutral and there is no affect on colour perception.
- Brown lens: increase colour contrast but will also incur some colour distortion.
- Turquiose lens: are great for occasions when there is high or medium light and are especially good at increasing the amount of contrast, and the good thing is that there is no perceptible decrease in the amount of colour distortion.
- Orange and Yellow Lens: are favoured by pilots, hunters, outdoorsmen and boaters due to their markedly increase in contrast and depth perception, they are especially famed for their width perception properties.
