\nNew Wayfarer by Ray-Ban, model 2132, tortoise frame, lens 902\/57 (brown polarized), 52\/18mm. See, Sunglass Hut, they DID make a brown polarized New Wayfarer.\n<\/p>\n
\nI lost my shades at the beach house last month. Fortunately, it turns out my sister-in-law found them. Which saved me an impulse purchase of another hundred-something bucks. Because I’ve basically come to realize that the Preds, the Oakleys, the little silver-blue things from back in ’02, all the other stuff – it breaks down in the face of the single most iconic form of eyewear on the planet. Besides, I can’t remember the last pair of sunglasses I kept successfully for three years – except I can and they were black Wayfarers that I got my first year at Vandy and hung onto in some form for a decade. Even after the eyepieces went wide from leaving them in the car one year at City Stages, and believe me, you can leave a car in the shade but in Alabama it’ll still get hotter than hell.\n<\/p>\n
\nAll this is just so I have a record of what I need to replace them with when things go awry. =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Wayfarer by Ray-Ban, model 2132, tortoise frame, lens 902\/57 (brown polarized), 52\/18mm. See, Sunglass Hut, they DID make a brown polarized New Wayfarer. I lost my shades at the beach house last month. Fortunately, it turns out my sister-in-law found them. Which saved me an impulse purchase of another hundred-something bucks. Because I’ve basically … <\/p>\n