Blues Brothers Glasses

Ramiel · Jan 2, 2007

Like the title says... Do you have a source for a kind of sunglasses similar to the BB's one?
Thanks in advance

Vaderman · Jan 2, 2007

WEREN'T THEY BLACK RIMMED RAY BAN WAYFARERS?

Oops sorry for all caps.

Uber Fett · Jan 3, 2007

In some scenes the look brown.
Shawn

Endless Wonder · Jan 3, 2007

Elwood's are black, Jake's are brown.

androidandy · Jan 3, 2007

Another Rochester, NY made prop along with the Graflex

. I might still have a pair or two packed away. Now they are made in Italy. Bausch and Lomb sold Ray Ban to Oakley I believe.

Ramiel · Jan 3, 2007

Thanks

This is what I was looking for

In Italy you said? Hey, wait a sec... I AM in Italy.

I should keep an eye open...

androidandy · Jan 3, 2007

They were sold to Luxottica group in Italy...here is a wikipidia link to them

obi1kenny · Jan 3, 2007

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Elwood's are black, Jake's are brown.
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I think Jake's are actually the Tortoise skin. And the model seems to be the Wayfarer II.

Like these:
http://www.sunglassesuniverse.com/raywayii.html

androidandy · Jan 3, 2007

Tortoise shell and the ones from the first movie are all wayfarer classics...wayfarer 2 came out later after the movie to update the style in the 90s

xmart · Jan 4, 2007

Try bluesbrotherscentral.com for more details about the glasses and the rest of their costume.