-L.A.S
Saturday, May 29, 2010
JFK's Shades
Thanks to an Anonymous commenter in the previous post I was pointed towards the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum which catalogs many of JFK's personal effects. If you look under "Sunglasses" you will see that while JFK did indeed wear Wayfarer style glasses his actual shades appear to be made by American Optical ("True color Polaroid tc74-51") and Titmus ("Cabana TS 2505"). While it is wholly possible that JFK did wear Ray-Ban Wayfarers at some point in his life I think it is more accurate to site AO's Saratoga model as his sunglasses of choice - in the iconic Wayfarer style, but lacking Ray Ban branding and featuring much slimmer stems.
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Any tips on finding these Lawrence?
ReplyDeleteTO- Click the link above to bid on a pair on eBay.
ReplyDeleteCarrera made this also, have a look
ReplyDeletehttp://www.achiperachoper.com/?p=635
I thought the patterning was a bit different than in the pictures featured- either way damn sexy glasses
ReplyDeleteKlasik vintage sunglasses gets these and outs them up for bid on their website.
ReplyDeleteHaving a hard time finding an original pair or decent remakes like in the top picture. For some reason Ray-bans just dont cut it for me. Weird fit on the classic and Wayfarer II lens seem too small.
ReplyDeletei have been searching for JFK sunglasses for a while too and i just bought a pair of Ray-Ban RB4147's that are a really great compromise. they come in a lot of colors, including tortoise shell, and look very much like the JFK's. they have a straighter angle, and the thin stems that differentiates the JFK's from a wayfarer. the pictures on ray-ban's website dont do the glasses justice. they look much more like the real deal in person. check them out!
ReplyDeleteI don't think that those glasses, shown up close, are the same type JFK wore.
ReplyDeletetrust me , JFK wore american optical wayfarer's
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