Wayfarer-Sunglasses

Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1956, when their design was a revolutionary break from the metal eyewear of the past. Wayfarers enjoyed early popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the sunglasses had faded from the limelight by the 1970s, a lucrative 1982 product placement deal brought Wayfarers to their height of popularity. Since the mid-2000s, the sunglasses have been enjoying a revival.

Wayfarers are sometimes cited as the best-selling design of sunglasses in history^[1][2] (although Ray-Ban Aviators have also been credited with this achievement^[3]) and have been called a classic of modern design^[4] and one of the most enduring fashion icons of the 20th century.^[5]