Ray-Ban Wayfarers are the trench coat of sunglasses -- they're timeless, they look good on everyone, and everyone should own at least one. Or several pairs, if you're me.
The nice folks at
ShadesDaddy asked if I'd like to review a pair of sunglasses, and since I'm becoming somewhat of a Wayfarer hoarder, they kindly sent me a pair of
Ray-Ban's Button Pins - Summer Special Series #4 Wayfarers, which have fun, hazy badges and little peace signs printed all over them.
It's like someone took Kevin Arnold's big sister Karen's political ethic and printed them on a pair of sunglasses.
What I love about Wayfarers is that the style is instantly identifiable, but Ray-Ban keeps renewing a tried-and-true product with unexpected new prints, patterns and colorways (impossible to resist for a collector like myself) without altering the signature Wayfarer shape.
I'm especially into the whimsical pink-striped take on these tortoiseshell Wayfarers:
And as a New Yorker of 10 years, I have to endorse the Rare Print Subway Series. (I own them in orange with the Subway print on the inside).
Oh, and sidenote: these aren't Ray-Bans, but it's worth mentioning that these
plastic black sunglasses, hand-beaded with seed beads by jewelry designer
Jenny Dayco, just moved to the top of my very very long covet list. Available at
Oliver Peoples.