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Vintage Sunglasses

Brian Sheridan

One Too Many
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1,456
Location
Erie, PA
No other colors or sizes...I hope they fit my melon!

I know we are not supposed to post ebay auctions but these are not on auction. I could post a link if the bartenders approve.
 

MisterGrey

Practically Family
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526
Location
Texas, USA
I had just looked at the sunglasses before reading the description, and my first thought was that they looked like they'd have been worn by a German officer during one of the World Wars. To me they carry a detached militarism about them-- the sort of shades you'd sport with heavy boots and duck trousers.
 

mackenzie

Familiar Face
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93
Location
Piemonte, Italy
I got a pair of those that I found in a vintage-deadstock eyeglass store in Amsterdam. Just take my advice- do not look directly at the sun with them on :D
 

Dinerman

Super Moderator
Bartender
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10,562
Location
Bozeman, MT
I'm a fan of old celluloid sunglasses. Don't leave them anywhere hot, though. Mine are find, I haven't made that mistake, but of the ones I've run across in antique stores, most have been warped pretty badly.
 

Edward

Bartender
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Location
London, UK
Speaking of vintage sunglasses, What are those you're sporting in your current avatar, Spitfire? At first I thought RAF, but looking more closely, that seems wrong....

I have my eye on a pair of the RAFs, though I'm loathe to spend the £65 new.... maybe as a present to myself once I've been Lasik'ed.... I also have a pair of 30s spectacles I bought for pennies on eBay - I plan to have those relensed as sunglasses.
 

Spitfire

I'll Lock Up
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5,078
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Edward said:
Speaking of vintage sunglasses, What are those you're sporting in your current avatar, Spitfire? At first I thought RAF, but looking more closely, that seems wrong....

I have my eye on a pair of the RAFs, though I'm loathe to spend the £65 new.... maybe as a present to myself once I've been Lasik'ed.... I also have a pair of 30s spectacles I bought for pennies on eBay - I plan to have those relensed as sunglasses.

They are absolutely RAF MK VIII.
See other thread:http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=636612#post636612
 

Flieger

Practically Family
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570
Location
Umea, Sweden
Sorry. I live in the northern hemisphere and i haven't seen the sun in weeks. No need for shades until April 2009. :(

/Flieger
 

Akubra Man

One of the Regulars
For me Rayban Clubmasters. I have had mine for 22 years now.

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Mike in Seattle

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,027
Location
Renton (Seattle), WA
Let's see...it's Seattle...it's drizzling...it's gray enough out that I've seen more than one car zipping through the neighborhood (ah, the joys of an office at home!) with headlights on. So what sunglasses? None.

Interesting sidenote - there are more sunglasses sold per capita in Seattle than anywhere else in the country.

My usuals are my 30+ year old RayBan Wayfarers or Aviators. I've ended up with a few pairs of each - Wayfarers large & regular lens, and black and tortoise shell.
 

MadelienneBlack

One of the Regulars
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107
Location
Pennsylvania
Vintage 1960's Tortoise Shell sunglasses. Acquired from my mother's friend who was cleaning out her basement. "Who'd wanna wear those things?" she said. Oh, if only she knew.

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