Ray Ban Sunglasses In Popular Culture

Top 11 Ray Ban Moments

Ray Ban - The Sunglasses With A Statement

• Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
  At number 1 is the sunglasses first main appearance in a movie, and what an appearance. Sporting over-sized tortoise shell Wayfarers, Audrey made cinematic history. And set the way for a 1000 more Ray Ban movie appearances
• General MacArthur on the beaches of Leyte island, Philippines
  The beaches of the Philippines and the American general is just about to liberate the islands to make good on his promise of "I will return" A perfect moment to don your Aviators for the photo opportunity. I just love a man in uniform.
• John F Kennedy
  When you're the youngest, best looking president of the free world, you don't want to be wearing something you picked up in the local drug store. That's why JFK wore Wayfarers.
• Bob Dylan in the 60's
  One of the earliest celebrities to wear these shades, Bob Dylan favored Wayfarers and for a while wasn't seen without them. He obviously must have loved the style but the reason he never took them off? They were prescription.
  Anyway, if they were good enough for Bob then they were good enough for Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Marylin Monroe, James Dean and a host of other stars from the 1950's and 60'.
• Tom Cruise in Risky Business
  One of the most remembered movies scenes ever. Tom Cruise dances around his parents living room in his underwear, white shirt and Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. If you're looking for a pair like this then the you might like the Ray Ban rb2132 New Wayfarer sunglasses, color code 901.
• Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun
  Continuing the theme of product placement, Tom Cruise donned a pair of Large Aviator 3025's for this classic 80's hit. "That's right! Ice... man. I am dangerous!" Yeah...
  
  Cheesy it may have been but the company´s sales rose 40 percent after this movie.
• The Blues Brothers
  "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
  
  Elroy Blues, obviously commenting on how useful the anti glare lenses are for driving...in the dark.
• Men in Black
  If you're hunting down aliens from another planet then you definitely need reliable shades. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith make Ray Bans even cooler with this 1994 hit. Their favored models? Both Tommy and his side kick Will wore the wrap around rb 2030 Predator sunglasses
• The Dark Knight Returns...
  ...And he does it in Ray Bans. Christian Bale wears rb 3324 sunglasses as Bruce Wayne in this blockbuster. It seems super heroes have a soft spot for this particular brand with Robert Downey Junior too sporting a pair of 3320's in the movie Iron Man.
• Barack Obama on the cover of Ebony Magazine
  When you're the coolest president since JFK you need a good looking pair of shades. Barack favors the 3217 for the cover of Ebony Magazine.
• Reservoir dogs (honorable mention)
  All the good bad guys wore a style of Ray Bans in this movie and the image of them all walking down the street in suits and shades will no doubt be an enduring one. The only truly good bad guy, Mr Orange played by Tim Roth opted for the Clubmaster.