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Ray-Ban Aviator

Teardrop-lens metal-frame sunglasses, first made by Bausch & Lomb as anti-glare glasses for pilots.

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    Slate places the Army Air Corps call for anti-glare goggles in the 1920s; other accounts give other years.

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  1. Do aviators wear aviators?, Slate, May 2009. Scholarship & press
    The optical instruments company Bausch & Lomb delivered the Anti-Glare Aviator Sunglasses, which had metal frames, large teardrop-shaped lenses to shield peripheral vision, and a green tint
    Notably, Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban Aviators (Model No. 3025) in the 1986 film Top Gun.
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