The Time I Scored Elton John Sunglasses from eBay
In honor of May Day I’ll recount the time I scored a pair of Elton John sunglasses – made by the now defunct May Optical Company of Wareham Massachusetts – from eBay. If you...
Tagged: Vintage Sunglasses
Were Roger McGuinn’s Little Square Shades Actually Pat Boone Licensed Sunglasses?
One thing hardly anyone knows is that not only were the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn’s little rectangular sunglasses probably made in Japan, they were very likely branded as “Pat Boone” sunglasses. Here are some originals,...
Vintage Sunglasses as Modernist Sculpture
We talk about vintage eyewear on Thursdays… For some reason I looked up Ray Ban Wayfarers in Wikipedia. I was confronted with a gigantic entry that begins with this sentence: “Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses have...
Udo Proksch: Carrera Sunglasses Designer and Mass Murderer
In fashion design it’s usually the apparel designers who are colorful. It’s a selling point. I suspect some people trust an object or article of clothing more if the creator is theatrically artistic or...
Cool Sunglasses Before the Birth of Cool – Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel spent over 50 years as a player and more famously a gifted manager in Major League baseball. He was an amusing raconteur and essentially a clown. Once, when being jeered at Ebbets...
My First Favorite Sunglasses – On Vincent Price and Johnny Depp
The first sunglasses I ever especially noticed in a film were those worn by Vincent Price in Tomb of Ligeia. It was the last in Roger Corman’s series of Poe adaptations. I thought Price...
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