Ray-Ban Wayfarer Reverse Sunglasses

From Esquire:

The Best Sunglasses, Made Even Better

 

Ray-Ban is a sunglasses brand that needs no introduction, and its iconic Wayfarers are the style the heritage company is perhaps best known for. You've seen them on the likes of Bob Dylan and Leo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, and on every celebrity from Robert Pattinson to Bruno Mars and Jude Law.

 

 

It doesn't get much more classic than the Wayfarer. The shape was invented in 1952 by Raymond Stegman of Ray-Ban, so if anyone has mastered the look, it is, of course, Ray-Ban itself. Stegman sought to create a frame that was simultaneously sleek and masculine, contemporary and timeless — and if the decades of everybody from actors to musicians wearing Wayfarers is anything to go by (or the hundreds of sunglasses brands producing their versions of the silhouette), Stegman absolutely succeeded.

 

With these new sunglasses Ray-Ban for the first time ever employs concave instead of convex lenses. This inversion adds flair. For maximum comfort, the concave lenses are designed to follow the natural curvature of your cheekbone, sitting just right on your face.

 

I'm someone who frequently shifts from wearing sunglasses on my face to putting them atop my head because, after a while, the weight of sunglasses on my face is bothersome. But with these you pretty much forget you're wearing them.

 

 

The high-bridge design adds to the refreshed look, making the sunglasses appear ever so slightly oversized, and it also means not having to push these back up your nose every 10 seconds. So when I say these are easy on the eyes, I mean that in every way possible.

 

They've got the timeless black frame with dark green lens combo, although there are 10 color variations. They have 100% UV-blocking lenses and anti-glare features that reduce reflections by up to 70%.

 

You can opt for 50 or 53 millimeter lenses.

$203.