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a kennedy

(36,108 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:08 PM Wednesday

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 Wednesday OP
Love my Serengeti Driver lenses aviator sunglasses, hard to find intheozone Wednesday #1
I love them.. whathehell Wednesday #2
I don't like them. surrealAmerican Wednesday #3
They are very fashionable, but I personally prefer wrap around sunglasses anciano Wednesday #4
I love them. Turbineguy Wednesday #5
I wore them, some tinted, some mirrored, in the late 70s. Harker Wednesday #6
I have a pair of bi-focal ones. multigraincracker Wednesday #7
I wore a pair of AF issued aviator sunglasses back in the 70s LogDog75 Thursday #8

whathehell

(30,506 posts)
2. I love them..
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:31 PM
Wednesday

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

surrealAmerican

(11,907 posts)
3. I don't like them.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:44 PM
Wednesday

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

(2,280 posts)
4. They are very fashionable, but I personally prefer wrap around sunglasses
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:48 PM
Wednesday

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

LogDog75

(1,317 posts)
8. I wore a pair of AF issued aviator sunglasses back in the 70s
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:41 AM
Thursday

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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