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info Hard to believe when you look at sunglasses today, but branding used to be very subtle. We guess that it was thought of as gauche to do anything more. We really had to search to find the Ray-Ban impression on this frame: on top of the bridge - and once we found that, we could scour our collection of catalogues to try and date it, afterall this is the first Ray-Ban of this type we've had before. And it turned up, in this copy of a catalogue we have from 1949. It was called Fun Glass (geddit?) and came in numerous colourways, ours is Green Varicoloured we assume. Interestingly it has the familiar lozenge plaques - later to become iconic on the Wayfarer - front and sides and although the front is a typical shape for a 1940s sun- glass - the sides are wide and taper wider to the ends in a sinuous design to give it the feminine touch. As we say, the only one we've found so extremely rare, especially considering the rrp was $7.50!. — klasik |
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product code : k5350 : £ 225 1940s/50s variegated yellow/green plastic frame marked RAY-BAN KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Original mid-green glass lenses condition lenses : very good - 8 frame : very good fit : very good size face : 128mm lens width : 46mm lens height : 38mm arms : 140mm lens spec uv transmission % : 1 light transmission (LTF) % : 33 uv protection y/n : y |
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