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[edit] Blues Brothers?

My father disputes the fact that the Blues Brothers's iconic sunglasses were in fact Wayfarers. Could someone check this fact? --Jake Papas 18:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

To the best of my experience watching the movie and looking at album covers, Dan Akroyd does not wear the classic Wafarer, however John Belushi does wear them, and they are clearly seen in the opening scene of the movie. A close examination of the coloring (tortise shell), and the angle of the lenses to arm pieces on Belushi's glasses are most likely Wayfarers. Dan Akroyd's glasss may have indeed been RayBan brand but usually do not appear to be Wayfarers.

They both wear legitimate RayBan Wayfarers. Aykroid has an early make of the (failed) new Wayfarer line (possibly early Wayfarer 2's). Belushi has more traditional Wayfarers.

there are so many models of Ray Ban stuff, any kind. many colors of wayfarer (sometimes the top and arms are multicolored, i found a few months ago a blue colored one, and saw a red/yellow/orange probably for ladies).

I use a greenish round glasses model, from B&L, on a nickeled frame, rarely seen. found it for about 4 bucks in a flea market... and have a few Wayfarer somewhere.

unfortunately a huge quantity of pirated models appeared on the market recently, (even oficial dealers don't want to keep selling the originals for such reason, here)----


just see site like this one ... http://www.tradekey.com/ks-ray-ban/

[edit] Michael Ja(c)kson?

I noticed that Michael Jackson (whose name is spelled wrong) is credited as wearing Wayfarers, but to my knowledge he never did. Michael Jackson is well know for wearing Aviators, but I have never seen a photo of him wearing Wayfarers.

Reply:

Michael Jackson was a prolific Wayfarer wearer. During the release of his Bad albumn and tour (in the late 80s) Michael was regularly seen wearing Wayfarers in photographs, public appearances and television interviews. There are innumerable photographs and video clips of him wearing them during this period. In fact, the inner sleeve of the Bad LP features a photshoot of Jackson wearing Wayfarers.

e.g.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/img87.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/98.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/img55.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/cimg675.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/images2434.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/1.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/Lover_B/MJNO%20PIxs/46.jpg

I removed the Michael Jackson reference along with many others while cleaning up this page. Now I think the basic criterion for inclusion is finding a wp:rs that says he was known for wearing wayfarers... many people wore them during this period, so not all can be included unless there's someone reliable (not you or me or another wikipedian) who can be cited to say he was known for doing so. I didn't find anything when I was googling for it. Calliopejen1 20:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] chloe sevigny

a while ago chloe sevigny started wearing a pair of white wayfarers (that she said her mother got for her in a thirft store in CT). this was the start of the recent revival of these kinds of sunglasses, as they became more and more popular in hollywood/ny after she started wearing them. this was noted in a few fashion magazines (that she started the trend). don't know if this should be mentioned here or it's notable/sourceable info. i did add her to the lsit of celebrity wearers. --Doinelita 02:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] less than zero

"constant namedropping in Bret Easton Ellis' fiction, particularly Less Than Zero."

I dispute this. There's a lot of sunglasses wearing mentioned, but he doesn't specify wayfarers in particular at all. He does, however, namedrop them a lot in "The Informers".

[edit] GA review

This is a short article, but that's OK at GA so long as the subject is adequately covered, In this case though, I don't believe that it is. The article does a reasonable job looking at the fashion and sales aspects of the Ray-Ban Wayfarers, but it's not comprehensive enough in dealing with other areas. For instance it tells me nothing about the technical specification of the lenses. What is it now? Is it the same now as when the design was introduced in 1952? What was Ray Stegeman's brief when he designed the glasses? Who was he designing them for? How were they initially received by the marketplace? Were they instantly successful?

So far as the material that is here is concerned, I've got a few more detailed comments:

  • The fair use rationale for the Tom Cruise poster is missing a couple of points, like how much of the poster is being used for instance. I'd suggest taking a look at and using the {{Non-free use rationale}} template. (See Help:Image page.)
  • "Wayfarers ... took advantage of new plastics technology". In what way? What new plastics technology?
  • "In the following years, Ray-Ban sunglasses appeared in over 60 movies and television shows per year." That's the years following 1982 until when? It might be clearer to say something like "Between 1983 and ...".
  • "Currently, Wayfarers are available in Original Wayfarer, New Wayfarer, and Wayfarer Folding styles." Currently as at when? 2007?
  • I'd like to see the sales figures brought together in a chart or a table, as well being spread out in the article body.
  • "After Tom Cruise wore Wayfarers in the 1983 movie Risky Business, sales soared to 360,000 per year". Was that 360,000 in 1983?
  • In general, I think there needs to be some context for these sales figures. Is 360,000 good or bad in comparison with rival sunglasses during the same period?

In summary, I think this article needs a good deal more work before it can be listed as a GA. I hope that the editors will continue to work on it, and that it can soon be nominated again. In the meantime though I've got not no option other than to fail this nomination, because of the amount of work I think there is left still to be done. If you believe that this review is in error, please feel to take it to WP:GAR.

--Malleus Fatuarum 19:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mythbusters' Adam Savage

Apparently Adam Savage wears Wayfarers. http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9801967776/m/1391909069 — NRen2k5(TALK), 03:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)