The Wayfarers

Ray-Ban Wayfarer Ray-Ban Wayfarer Line of sunglasses by Ray-Ban Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and James Dean, Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements. 1950s singer Buddy Holly helped popularise Wayfarers The Ray-Ban brand was sold to Italian Luxottica Group in 1999,[1] who created a second revival in the mid 2000s.[2][3] Design and early popularity Figure 1, US design patent #169,995 Musician Roy Orbison in his trademark Wayfarers Wayfarers were designed in 1952 by American optical designer Raymond Stegeman,[4][5][6] who worked for…

GENRES: Folk, Vocal Group