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a kennedy

(36,268 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:08 PM Apr 15

Ok, how popular are the aviator sunglasses???? Joe Biden did them fabulous and "hot"......so now, seriously who

else wears them??? Just saw a news story and our local “newsman” wore them……and I have always liked them on people.

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Ok, how popular are the aviator sunglasses???? Joe Biden did them fabulous and "hot"......so now, seriously who (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 15 OP
Love my Serengeti Driver lenses aviator sunglasses, hard to find intheozone Apr 15 #1
I love them.. whathehell Apr 15 #2
I don't like them. surrealAmerican Apr 15 #3
They are very fashionable, but I personally prefer wrap around sunglasses anciano Apr 15 #4
I love them. Turbineguy Apr 15 #5
I wore them, some tinted, some mirrored, in the late 70s. Harker Apr 15 #6
I have a pair of bi-focal ones. multigraincracker Apr 15 #7
I wore a pair of AF issued aviator sunglasses back in the 70s LogDog75 Apr 16 #8

whathehell

(30,535 posts)
2. I love them..
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:31 PM
Apr 15

but haven't seen them lately..Then again, I haven't been in the market for sunglasses for awhile.

surrealAmerican

(11,920 posts)
3. I don't like them.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:44 PM
Apr 15

They don't look good on me, and they remind me of the late 1970s.

Some people look good in them though, and I have no problem with what other people choose to wear.

anciano

(2,296 posts)
4. They are very fashionable, but I personally prefer wrap around sunglasses
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:48 PM
Apr 15

that fit over my bifocals. They give me maximum protection and are very comfortable.

LogDog75

(1,357 posts)
8. I wore a pair of AF issued aviator sunglasses back in the 70s
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:41 AM
Apr 16

I worked medical supply and part of my job was buying office supplies at the "local purchase" store and individual equipment section of Base Supply. I made a lot of contacts and had a good rapport with the people who worked there. In late September, when our fiscal year was ending, I got a call from the individual equipment section They said they were doing inventory and were missing a couple of steel toed boots and could they charge then to our account. In return, they'd give us a dozen aviator sunglasses.The sunglasses were the one the pilots wore. I checked with my supervisor and he approved it. I went down and signed off on the boots and brought back 12 aviator sunglasses. After handing the out to those in our shop we gave the rest of them to people in the hospital who worked well with us. I wore them for a couple of years and finally gave them up because they were too heavy and cause pain on my nose.

That was the second best trade I made in my career.

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