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info Perhaps AO's success when 'Saratoga' was endorsed by the POTUS who also competed with the FLOTUS in the sunglasses stakes, turned them in 1964 to thoughts of couples: so 'Sunfarer' was their men's design, to the women's 'Sunmate'. AO names at this time were derived from yachting and boating, and perhaps this too was a nod to the sailing Kennedy couple. They probably also had an eye on the success of Bausch & Lomb's/Ray-Ban's Wayfarer - hence the similar nomenclature. Sunfarer first appeared a few years later as part of their Sunvogues range - see it here in their catalogue from 1971. Modern, bolder and more masculine, the thick acetate emphasises the angular shaping, mitred and notched, deep at the front and down those dagger arms. Simple, small two-dot rivets do not detract outside and inside, those AO Red-Dot screw hinges ensure this substantial design is well- anchored. Lenses are their 'True Color' grey, ground glass, heat- tempered. Man Overboard! — klasik |
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product code : k5344 : £ 325 1970s smoky amber plastic frame marked SUNFARER and AMERICAN OPTICAL KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Original AO True Color dark grey mineral glass lenses condition lenses : excellent - 9 frame : very good fit : very good size face : 142mm lens width : 56mm lens height : 40mm arms : 145mm lens spec uv transmission % : 5 light transmission (LTF) % : 13 uv protection y/n : y |
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