Rayban Sunglasses - Aviator
An icon of style and design and a model that signalled the birth of a timeless legend, Rayban Aviator Sunglasses 3025 has been all these things since its launch in 1937. Created to satisfy the increasingly demanding requirements of US Air Force pilots, the Aviator style of Rayban Sunglasses gradually earned its place as an essential fashion accessory for both sexes. Aviator Rayban Sunglasses live up to their name by offering maximum wearer protection while delivering the distinctive style that has become world-famous, thanks to the many Hollywood stars who have chosen to wear them. The contemporary relevance of the Aviator 3025 is underlined by the drop-shaped eye.
The broad mask front that characterises the Rayban Sunglasses RB3250 Aviator is mounted on a sinuous wrap-around metal frame. Modern styling foregrounds slim temple-arms and proportions that will suit even the most delicate face. There are nine up-to-the-minute colour options, including fresh new colours such as pink, green, white and hot red.
The Rayban Sunglasses RB3251 broad, wrap-around mask front flaunts the chunky personality of this unisex model. Its metal frame and straight top-bar reinforce the message. Modern design and assertive, well-defined corners frame the wearer’s face in fashion colours, with white, pink and red options. Other classic colours are also available.
The RB3243 Aviator. This model of Rayban Sunglasses combines a metal front with plastic arms flaunting the distinctive Ray-Ban signature. Clean lines and minimal design are the keynotes of a single-piece mask-type model with well-defined lines. Equally suitable for male and female faces, RB3243 is available in nine colours, from all black to dark grey, white and red.
Featuring the characteristic Aviator frame, RB3253 parades all the purity of the Rayban Sunglasses style in super-clean lines and meticulous attention to detail. This model perfectly expresses the Ray-Ban spirit with its wrap-around all-metal front and distinctive double bridge. The slightly oval, drop-shaped lenses are especially attractive in darker colours. The characteristic Ray-Ban logo is engraved on the arms. Refined yet classic, and suitable for both men’s and women’s faces, RB3253 is the ideal everyday eyewear accessory.
PREDATOR – 4052 (injection-moulded plastic) The PREDATOR style is delivered in spades by this injection-moulded plastic design with its sporty, gutsy wrap-around look. Attention to detail combined with pioneering technical advancement, such as the ridged inner surfaces of the tips that deliver a more stable, comfortable fit without compromising the model's clean lines. The arms are chunky to ensure greater protection from sunlight and wind. A metal plaque engraved with the Ray-Ban signature adds a further touch of distinction. The lenses are available in polarised or non-polarised glass. The varied range of colours foregrounds darker tones, such as option 601-S with a matte black frame.
Rayban Sunglasses - Predator
The Predator RB3245 sporty design and streamlined styling are the hallmarks of this metal-frame model from the Rayban Sunglasses Predator family. The arms are almost entirely covered in soft-touch Hytrel, a material that guarantees a stable, comfortable fit while enhancing the model’s gutsy, sports-oriented look. The metal hinge engraved with the Ray-Ban signature is a key feature. The classic colours are dark for the most part, to ensure maximum protection from sunlight.
Rayban Sunglasses - Sidestreet
The Sidestreet line is dedicated to eyewear users who want to have the very latest in fashion, but also demand the quality and attention to technical detail that characterise all of the Ray-Ban collections. The Rayban Sunglasses model RB3239 is compact in both lens shape and the lines of the extremely lightweight metal frame. The streamlined front features attractive style-enhancing details, such as flex arms with Hytrel tips in black or matching the lens colour. Made from APX, an advanced polycarbonate, the lenses deliver maximum performance for minimum weight. The colour palette is varied, with alluring options that include graded gold mirror lenses matched with steel-colour arms and black contrast tips.
The Sidestreet RB4056 is a dynamic, complete model in injection-moulded plastic for the wearer who wants technical excellence and a no-nonsense style of Rayban Sunglasses. Low bulk and original technical solutions are the keynotes. For example, soft-touch Hytrel details such as the nose pads ensure wearer comfort and stability of fit. RB4056 focuses on comfort and performance. The lenses, in APX and polycarbonate, are available in polarised and non-polarised versions. There are nine colour options, all in darker tones to provide plenty of protection from sunlight.
An ultra-feminine wrap-around model, the Rayban Sunglasses Sidestreet RB4062 has soft sensuous lines. The chunky arms are stamped with the hallmark Rayban Sunglasses logo. Model RB4062 is available in seven colours, including the distinctive 690/13 option in caramel with subtle honey nuances.
Tips for buying the right kind
Considering your skin can turn pink when you spend too much time in the sun, imagine the damage the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays can do to your eyes. UV rays have two strengths in which you should be concerned: UVA, which can pass through sunglasses, and UVB, which is what will turn your skin red when in the sun too long. Protect your peepers with sunglasses, which come in a number of UV-protecting and fashionable styles and lenses.
Anti-reflective lenses. Lenses with an anti-reflexive coating don't provide much protection from rays, but reduce glare coming off glasses, a benefit to people looking at you. These coatings also provide the added benefit of protecting lenses from scratches.
Blublockers. These typically amber-colored lenses, as the name implies, block blue rays from the sun and prevent glare from snow and water.
Fashion-tinted. Although not very good at blocking out UV rays, fashion tints can provide stylish protection on hazy days, or can be worn indoors, and come in most colors, like blue, pink, yellow and green.
Gradient lenses. These lenses are tinted, also as the name implies, in a gradient from top to bottom. Gradient lenses allow enough light in to provide good vision, especially while driving, but provide the most protection from rays coming in from above.
Mirrored lenses. Like a one-way mirror, you can see out, but powerful UV rays can't come in. Mirrors can come in silver or gold hues, as well as a variety of colors and are highly reflective.
Polarized Sunglasses. Popular with sports enthusiasts, as the plastic lenses won't easily break, these lenses reduce rays horizontally polarized from glare from snow, water and roads.
Photochromic lenses. For people who are in and outdoors often, or who require prescription glasses and sunglasses, these lenses darken or lighten depending on the amount of sunlight coming in.
Wraparound lenses. For extra protection from harmful UV rays, wraparound lenses literally curve around the face, providing protection from the side. These lenses are typically plastic, making them good choices for outdoor action.
For people requiring prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses can still be stylish and come in a variety of choices. As mentioned, photochromic prescription lenses become tinted outdoors, and lighten indoors so there isn't a need to change a pair of glasses. Another option is clip on sunglasses, which are shaded lenses that clip on directly to your prescription glasses. Clip-ons can literally clip on to your glasses, or can come with a magnetic frame that attaches to your glasses. Fit-overs are another option and are sunglasses designed to fit over prescription lenses, giving you two pairs of glasses, but only requiring the removal of one set of glasses when coming indoors.
No matter your style, these lenses come in a variety of frames to suit your look. When choosing a pair of sunglasses, try to try them on in both bright light and a dimmed area to be sure they serve their purpose. You should be able to see clearly in the dimmed light, and you should not have to squint when in bright light. |
