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| Thursday, June 9, 2011 |
| Attraction in Sunglasses |
Wraparound Shades
One ought to seldom leave home without your trusty pair of sun shades, on a sunny day, no matter what season. Although fashion tends to dictate which styles of sun shades are fashionable, you ought to look to make positive that the sun shades you choose to buy can block out 100% of harmful UV rays. This news story will report a brief history of sun shades beginning off with the most popular models of sun shades that have been worn throughout the last 70 years.
Largely first made popular in the early 1990s wraparound sun shades are the number choice for athletes, from regular teams sports to extreme sports.
Oversized Sun shades
Teashade Sun shades
Oversized sun shades first became popular in the 1960's when ladies bought them to imitate the ones famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. They have recently made a comeback three times again in the 21st century and their popularity is largely due to fashionistas like Paris Hilton.
Aviators
Teashades, also often called John Lennon glasses, were very popular in the 1960's, but have largely fallen out of fashion since then. It is rumoured that they are making a comeback with recent paparazzi images of famous actresses and musicians sporting the teashade frames.
The Aviator design was introduced in 1936 specifically for U.S. military pilots and was not made obtainable to the public until a few years later. In 1986 Tom Cruise popularized Aviators as ace pilot Maverick in the film Top Gun.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer
Created in 1952 Ray-Ban's Wayfarer sun shades opted for plastic frames than the custom metal ones. Originally developed for pilots, Wayfarers quickly became popular amongst Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. In 1961 Audrey Hepburn wore them in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's and Tom Cruise sported them in the 1983 film Dicy Business. Even today the Wayfarer is still a popular model of sun shades.
Although sun shades have been a popular fashion accessory in the last 70 years, sun shades actually date back much further in history. The first ever 'sunglasses' were made from walrus ivory and date back to prehistoric times. Inuit peoples fashioned flattened walrus ivory with narrow slits to help protect their eyes from the harmful rays of the sun. In arctic regions unprotected eyes will be affected by what is named snow blindness.
It wasn't until the 12th century that they have written facts of sun shades being used in China. These first sun shades where comprised of flat panes of smoky quartz and were used to protect the eyes from the sun. The 20th century is when the use of sun shades took off. In 1929 Sam Foster began mass-producing sun shades for the American public and from there lots of companies flourished by basically making sun shades.
So whether your choice of wearing sun shades is due to fashion or basically a choice to protect your eyes from the sun, keep in mind that sun shades do not must be costly to work properly. They ought to however be able to protect your eyes from UV rays. A nice pair of sun shades, whether they are a designer pair or cheap knockoffs, ought to be able to block out 100% of harmful UV rays. |
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