Happy National Sunglasses Day! Celebrated each year on June 27, today gains popularity each year.
Organizations like The Vision Council is one of the reasons. They inform people about the dangers of UV exposure and why wearing sunglasses should be more than to just make a fashion statement.
So in honor of the holiday—and to help you pick out a pair of your own—National Day Calendar® presents the Top Ten Sunglasses styles that stand the test of time.
Gold-rimmed Aviator
The history of the archetypal Ray-Ban Aviators begins in the 1930s when U.S. Army pilots were reporting that the glare from the sun was giving them headaches and altitude sickness.
American company Bausch & Lomb created what was originally known as “Anti-Glare,” sunglasses with plastic frames and green lenses. Just a year later they were remodeled with metal frames and rebranded as “Aviators,” as we know them today.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer
At their introduction in 1956, Ray-Ban’s Wayfarers revolutionary plastic frame made the design almost instantly popular.
The design was a distinct diversion from the metal-framed sunglasses that were popular at the time.
The sunglasses popularity continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s but then slumped until the late 2000s when artists like Katy Perry and Bruno Mars wore them in their music videos.
Prada Model SPR07F
Most known for their appearance in Federico Fellini's 1963 Italian black and white surrealist comedy-drama/fantasy film '8 ½', Guido Anselmi's (Marcello Mastroianni) sunglasses are anything but old-fashioned.
Prada first introduced the design as Prada model SPR07F, but the design has undergone some changes since the 60s. Regardless, these sunglasses might be one of the only designs that can not only be worn with a suit, but that makes a suit look so good.
Oliver Goldsmith Manhattan
Audrey Hepburn is one of film’s most well-known faces, and it was usually with a pair of Oliver Goldsmith Manhattans framing her eyes.
These large, rounded-square sunglasses were first made famous when Hepburn wore them in the 1961 American Technicolor romance/comedy film 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s', a role that was originally supposed to be played by Marilyn Monroe.
The glasses, instantly recognizable today, are still popular.
Oliver Peoples Gregory Peck
Not only did Gregory Peck win an Oscar for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 American black and white drama/mystery film 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. However, he also won a fair amount of acclaim for the glasses frames he wore in the film.
In 2011, these frames are once again popular today, thanks partly to their reintroduction when Oliver Peoples released a new model to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the novel that inspired the film. Don these on National Sunglasses Day and channel your inner Atticus Finch
Round and Oversized
Often known today simply as Jackie O’s, these sunglasses were popularized by former First Lady and fashion icon Jackie Kennedy during the years that her husband, 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy, was in office.
The sunglasses are instantly recognizable by their large round shape and still serve to make quite a fashion statement when worn today. It’s hard to wear these sunglasses and not channel some of the grace, style, and elegance that Jackie was so famous for.
Persol 714
The original folding glasses, the Persol 714 sunglasses debuted in Norman Jewison's 1968 American neo-noir heist crime/romance film 'The Thomas Crown Affair'. when the iconic actor Steve McQueen wore them in the film.
These glasses were based on the Persol 649 model. However, the adaptations included 10 additional manufacturing steps to allow them to fold.
In 2006, a pair of Persol 714s from McQueen’s personal collection were auctioned off at nearly $70,000! Get suave with a—perhaps less expensive—pair for National Sunglasses Day.
The Clubmaster
Clubmasters are a type of browline sunglasses, which gets its name from the fact that the bold upper part of the frames the lenses like the eyebrow frames the eyes.
Ray-Ban introduced the Clubmaster in the 1980s when Bruce Willis wore a pair of browline Shuron Ronsirs on the American comedy-drama television series Moonlighting.
The Clubmasters gained popularity and quickly became the third best-selling sunglasses of the 1980s, after Ray-Ban’s Wayfarer and Aviator styles.
Ray-Ban 3138 Shooter
While Johnny Depp was not the first to wear those yellow-tinted aviator shooters, he made them famous in Terry Gilliam's 1998 American psychedelic satirical black comedy/road film 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.
The sunglasses have a small circle between the lenses. Some say the circle aids in hunting or shooting. Shooters also come in different color tints.
The style was regularly worn by American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, the author of the 1971 autobiographical fiction novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream that inspired the film.
Rose-colored Glasses
“To see the world through rose-colored glasses” is a phrase that means to view the world in a perpetually optimistic, perhaps naive, and unrealistic way.
It remains in question what the origin of the phrase is, though there are some interesting and possible theories.
One theory suggests that early mapmakers used rose petals to clean the lenses of the glasses. Not only would the natural oils protect the glass, but they would also leave a rose-colored stain.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Wear your favorite shades and protect those beautiful eyes. Get out and enjoy summer, take a selfie, and use #NationalSunglassesDay to share style on social media.
You can also explore the Celebration Deals page for offers and freebies from around the country.
If your business is offering a deal on #NationalSunglassesDay, let National Day Calendar® know! They'll get it added to the list.
HISTORY
Since at least 2009, National Sunglasses Day has been celebrated. However, National Day Calendar® researchers have not been able to identify the founder or source of the day.
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