Aviator sunglasses are classic and timeless fashion icons
Aviator sunglasses are truly classic items in every sense of the word. Their teardrop-shaped lenses and thin metal frames are icon fashion images of American style in league with coke bottles and blue jeans. Their timelessness is astounding. First introduced by the Ray-Ban company as an issue to U.S. military pilots in 1936, so-called aviator-style sunglasses rocketed in popularity with the public when many celebrities began wearing them. Aviator sunglasses have been a part of young people’s fashion without wane in popularity since the 1960’s, but they perhaps peaked as a social phenomenon in the mid-80’s when the biggest stars of the cinema and popular music incorporated them as an essential part of their personal fashion style. (more…)