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By Jen Melocco, Fashion Editor Daily Telegraph Sydney
ICONIC sunglasses Ray-Ban Wayfarers are out of the shade and back in fashion.
The sunnies, which were last in the limelight in the '80s, have experienced a revival with celebrities and Sydneysiders getting in on the trend.
"They're cool and all the celebrities are wearing them," Wayfarer fan Blair Hannon-Mill, 20, of Erskinville said.
Luxxotica, which owns the Ray-Ban label, reported the popular brand had gone through a revival when the new updated Wayfarer style was released along with the authentic style in March.
"They're back with a force," Luxxotica marketing manager Sam De Kauwa said.
She said the company had first become interested in relaunching original and new versions of the sunnies after it was discovered the originals were attracting top dollar in vintage stores and on eBay.
First invented in 1952, Audrey Hepburn donned a pair in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
And they were the choice of sunnies in the '80s with a young Tom Cruise donning them in Risky Business and Don Henley's immortalising of them in the hit song The Boys from Summer.
Nicole Richie was snapped in the updated larger frame version of the original Wayfarer sunnies when she arrived in Sydney last month.
Fashion designer Alex Zabotto-Bentley of FashionAssassin is another fan and has a collection which includes originals from the '80s as well as the recently released updated version.
"Luckily I've got five pairs from the first time around in the '80s when we were obsessed with them," he said.
And according to the designer it was not surprising that the sunnies from that decade were undergoing a revival today.
"The whole '80s movement has come back with girls wearing tube skirts, side ponies and Wayfarers," Zabotto-Bentley said.
ICONIC sunglasses Ray-Ban Wayfarers are out of the shade and back in fashion.
The sunnies, which were last in the limelight in the '80s, have experienced a revival with celebrities and Sydneysiders getting in on the trend.
"They're cool and all the celebrities are wearing them," Wayfarer fan Blair Hannon-Mill, 20, of Erskinville said.
Luxxotica, which owns the Ray-Ban label, reported the popular brand had gone through a revival when the new updated Wayfarer style was released along with the authentic style in March.
"They're back with a force," Luxxotica marketing manager Sam De Kauwa said.
She said the company had first become interested in relaunching original and new versions of the sunnies after it was discovered the originals were attracting top dollar in vintage stores and on eBay.
First invented in 1952, Audrey Hepburn donned a pair in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
And they were the choice of sunnies in the '80s with a young Tom Cruise donning them in Risky Business and Don Henley's immortalising of them in the hit song The Boys from Summer.
Nicole Richie was snapped in the updated larger frame version of the original Wayfarer sunnies when she arrived in Sydney last month.
Fashion designer Alex Zabotto-Bentley of FashionAssassin is another fan and has a collection which includes originals from the '80s as well as the recently released updated version.
"Luckily I've got five pairs from the first time around in the '80s when we were obsessed with them," he said.
And according to the designer it was not surprising that the sunnies from that decade were undergoing a revival today.
"The whole '80s movement has come back with girls wearing tube skirts, side ponies and Wayfarers," Zabotto-Bentley said.
they are hot!!! Also aviators never go out of fashion.
