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Wayfarers:the non-snowsport world Frogskin?

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martin.
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i've been noticing that everybody wants Ray Ban Wayfarers now. Thanks to smooth product placement (Jonas Brothers cough) a lot of people have seen them and think they are awsome. Now rewind a couple months. not a lot of people gave a shit about them.

Kidna like frogskins. people see pros repping them and think they are sick.

what do you guys think
Jul 4 2008 1:45AM
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yellav
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frogskins: oakleys gay version of wayfarers?
Jul 4 2008 1:48AM
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skeedle
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exactly
circa: 1950s or so original designs or idea for designs came out.

Jul 4 2008 1:51AM
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martin.
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they're both sunglasses that were popular in the 80s and that were brought back
Jul 4 2008 1:53AM
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PacificRimJob
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the 80s is so hot right now..

not going to lie though, I rock the frogskins we sell at work all the time.. the glow in the dark ones are so choice.
Jul 4 2008 2:24AM
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e.will
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dude my dad has worn wayfarers since like 78 haha. Its funny because his sunglasses are the same in every picture for a solid thirty years.
Jul 4 2008 2:31AM
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martin.
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yea i have medium sized tortoise shell wayfarers, not those big ones but blues brothers sized
Jul 4 2008 2:32AM
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AptosFreeskier
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Jul 4 2008 2:36AM
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josh.
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my dad bought a pair but some one stole them from his car, they were prescription so kinda usless to however stole them.
Jul 4 2008 4:40AM
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J-mo44
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they are fuckin legit if you get em in like a solid colour

none of that neon shit
Jul 4 2008 5:36AM
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2+2=5
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whats funny is that oakley wants like 200 for frogskins when you can buy the original ray ban wayfarers for like 50.
Jul 4 2008 10:33AM
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yellav
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Jul 4 2008 10:58AM
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michelle
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that's what i have too..

and i don't think it was the jonas brothers who brought the wayfarers back to the masses, i say more of the fashion industry and all the models all of a sudden rocking them.

Jul 4 2008 10:58AM
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Twinjibber77
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all i can say is that ray-ban aviators will never go out of style, i own two pair of original ones an they'll never die
Jul 4 2008 11:04AM
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pat_in_the_hat
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http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-VINTAGE-WAYFARER-SUNGLASSES-Light-Blue_W0QQitemZ320270023800QQihZ011QQcategoryZ155189QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
ive been rockin these for like a long ass time
Jul 4 2008 11:13AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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oakleys just cashing in.
Jul 4 2008 12:02PM
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PacificRimJob
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they are ALWAYS cashing in...
Jul 4 2008 12:22PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i've been plannin on gettin some wayfarers and putting prescription lenses in for a while now...i need to finally do it.

and yeah oakley kinda just took the design from rayban.
Jul 4 2008 12:26PM
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molzen
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the oakleys have a better fit but the wayfarer (Which i rock) looks so much sweeter... also oakley and everybody else are such copycats...

http://www.canaltcm.com/myfiles/broadcasters_engine/programmeperson_12017_photo.jpg

Jul 4 2008 12:36PM
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rudager
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Yea Bob Dylan.

You guys hoping on this bandwagon being run by the big companies. Just go out and buy a $15 pair, not even knock offs of Oakley, just models like them. and to the thread creator, I don't know where you got the Jonahs Brothers and bringing them back idea from. We've been wearing glasses like these since last summer, Kr3w and Airblaster released pairs like them, for under 30 bucks.

I buy the 15 dollar pairs, work for me, and if I break them, just go out and buy another pair.

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Jul 4 2008 1:43PM
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fsscott
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so hot right now
Jul 4 2008 1:48PM
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Twinjibber77
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wayfarers and aviators are tha only non oakley glasses i wear i won't lie
i started wearing wayfarers a long as time ago

now every kid at my school has them or some sort of knockoff and i apparently didn't start this trend

realy gay, there cool everynow and again
Jul 4 2008 1:52PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Jellies are coming back too.
Jul 4 2008 2:25PM
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PacificRimJob
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are those, those ridiculous see through shoes that were popular in 1991? haha.
Jul 5 2008 5:21PM
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powderdream
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what have to realize is that they never really left. that shape has always been "cool"
Jul 5 2008 5:34PM
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Silence
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Pretty sure new legit wayfarers are $100+?
Jul 5 2008 6:14PM
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Silence
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Well they are where i'm from anyway
Jul 5 2008 6:14PM
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wdbo.
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wayfarers have always been popular
Jul 5 2008 6:37PM
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solitaryman
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dude i had wanted wayfarers since like the age of five, and one day i got them perscription and all and i wore them everyday of my life to school w/e and hen like less than a week ago i was swimming on a big creek right below a waterfall where the water is really fast and somehow they got knocked/fell off the log. I will never be the same man unless i get another pair.
Jul 5 2008 7:10PM
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skinnylove
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Not legit.
Jul 5 2008 7:17PM
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solitaryman
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I'm confused are you saying I'm lying about owning wayfarers or how FUCKING GHEY my story is?
Jul 5 2008 7:32PM
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*rkp*
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Hey. For anybody reading this, I have a pair of white Wayfarers that I want to sell. I bought them last summer when they were JUST re-released, but now that EVERYONE in my city has them (there are a lot of hipster/scene people here) I kind of want to get away from that trend. Anyways, they're MINT and they come with the leather case and lens cleaning wipe. I'll ship anywhere. If you want you can e-mail me at "ryan_pendleton@hotmail.com" for some pictures and to make offers (of just pm me here). I'm asking 85$ shipped. That's 100$ less than retail and they honestly have not a scratch on them. Thanks!
Jul 5 2008 7:45PM
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h_bar
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wehe i dunno if my REPLICA, is the REPLICA of the original. or if its the REPLICA of the REPLICA of the original. but, how the fuck cares? they always looks clean as hell.


mine are black as my ass --pause-- NOT
Jul 5 2008 7:51PM
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jea_toney
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i have some cheap ass wayfarers and i just painted them with krylon spraipaint now there pimp as hell ha neon pink with yellow splatterrr
Jul 5 2008 10:19PM
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timmi
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i bought some wayferers for 8 bucks, obviously not name brand ones.
i dont need to spend 100+ on glasses. i get compliments on mine all the time too.

Jul 5 2008 10:45PM
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whattheshit
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fuck yall
Jul 6 2008 2:53AM
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Avifarer
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You can buy glasses that look identical to them at the dollar store
Jul 6 2008 3:33AM
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PacificRimJob
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Or get them free from the volcom outlet stores. They give them out like candy on halloween...
Jul 9 2008 8:59PM
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shortdawg
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K this might sound stupid, infact it will sound stupid but i cant find the frogskins on the Oakley site, or anywhere else but ebay. Can somebody link me (+karma)

Jul 9 2008 9:03PM
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D-Ross
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^^^^^^^^^ okay go to oakley.com, then to mens, sunglasses, special editions, the halfway down there they are.
Jul 9 2008 9:12PM
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shortdawg
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I type in www.oakley.com and my browser reverts me to http://oakley.ca/products

damnit
Jul 9 2008 9:15PM
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Jul 9 2008 9:16PM
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TimothyLord
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Jul 9 2008 9:28PM
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rudager
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that is the website.

oakley is bad ass, they don't need "www."
Jul 9 2008 9:41PM
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chronicskiier2
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im pretty sure those are cats and not wayfarers
Jul 15 2008 12:23PM
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D-HAWK
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i personally dislike the ways but i like ray bans shields and just regular glasses
Jul 15 2008 12:28PM
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pbandj
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OH WAYTTTT! news flash, the parent company which has owned ray ban since the late 90's bought out oakley last fall

but i still refuse to wear oakley's but i do have some sick ass wayfarers and aviators too


Jul 15 2008 1:52PM
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pbandj
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oh and wayfarer's have been flying off the shelves for the past 18 months give or take
Jul 15 2008 1:53PM
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=Worf=
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.  back in 88 i had the transparent purple frogskins with the orange lenses
Jul 15 2008 2:00PM
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RuffRydrz
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I don't get why Wayfarers style glasses got hot all of the sudden. I've been rocking sunglasses like that forever. Its the only kind of sunglasses i wear. I just like the Frogskins for all the different colors.
Jul 15 2008 2:29PM
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