Showing posts with label Ray-Ban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ray-Ban. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Gossip Girl Stars Make Ray-Bans More Popular

The stars of the hit television show Gossip Girl were Rocking their Ray-Bans last night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. The cast teamed up with the sunglasses experts to bring back the Ray-Ban Clubmaster shades. Who better to promote a fashion accessory than Gossip Girl?



The Clubmasters were originally make famous by Katherine Hepburn with their 1950's design. Blake Livley is sure to help Ray-Ban sell a lot of these glasses as she showed up to the party wearing a red leather Helmut Lang motorcycle jacket and black skinny jeans.



Want a pair of these shades? You can pick them up anywhere Ray-Bans are sold for $130.00.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Celebrity Trend - Wayfarers

The Ray-Ban Wayfarers are back! Celebs have been spotted wearing them where ever they go. The Ray-Ban Wayfarer was created back in 1952 by Raymond Stegemen, originally meant for male pilots. The Wayfarer quickly became famous in 1961 by Audrey Hepburn, when she wore them in Breakfast At Tiffany's.



Other celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Andy Warhol worked the trend and made these plastic frames even more famous. Later, in 1983, Tom Cruise bought the popular sunglasses style back in the movie Risky Business.



Now again, the Wayfarers are back and more popular than ever, as seen by Ashlee Simpson, Mary-Kate Olsen, Paris Hilton, Vanessa Hudgens, and Drew Barrymore.