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Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Aviator sunglasses. F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, with AN 6531 sunglasses (1942) Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses.
Powell Peralta. Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team featuring the era's top competitors. Peralta left the company in 1991 and Powell continued to ...
Fashion of the 1980s was characterized by a rejection of 1970s fashion. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of the current decade. [2] The first half of the decade was relatively tame in comparison to the second half, which was when apparel became very bright and vivid ...
Crescent Super Band - Jazz, Jump Swing, Modern Big Band, Swing Revival, Great American Songbook. Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band. Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Ray Conniff. Spade Cooley - jazz, swing. Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra. Del Courtney. Bob Crosby.