The guy was a one-man Oakley billboard, dominating every mountain biking discipline during the 90s whilst rocking Eyeshades, then Blades and Razor Blades and, eventually, M-frames. Powder blue with clear lenses An instant touch of class that made them the go-to eyewear choice for job interviews. Red iridium lenses with blue temples and a white brow piece Perfect for fourth of July celebrations. If you believe the Oakley marketing literature of the time, you could dream up more than 22 million different color combinations. Oakley offered a huge swath of colors for their lenses, nose pads, frames and earpieces. The Razor Blades had a lot going for them.īut there was also thisyou could customize your Blades. If you were going to spring for those iridium lenses, you practically needed to sell off a quart of A Positive at the nearest blood bank. To put this all in perspective, minimum wage back in 1987 was a whopping 3.35 an hour.Ī pair of Blades, consequently, cost you a weeks worth of washing dishes and mopping floors during their heyday. The Razor Blades sold like hotcakes, which is kind of amazing when you consider that, at 110 a pop (and 60 per replacement lens), the things werent cheap.
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Suddenly, cyclists were joined in their love of Oakleys by millions of cops, pro surfers, mini-truck aficionados, major league baseball players and your Uncle Mel. You could be a 90-pound tax attorney or a 300-pound, long-haul trucker, but the moment you slapped on some Blades, you looked just like Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator. I still have a pair That all changed in 1986 with the debut of the Blade, and, in 1987, this slimmer version, the Razor Blade.īoth Blades possessed the Eyeshades core features and none of its geek factor. The Eyeshade style is a love-hate kind of thing, but they helped kickstart the performance eyewear boom. Sporting a pair and walking into a 7-Eleven to fetch a post-ride Gatorade was like wearing a hockey mask to a piano recital.Ĭyclists finally had a pair of performance glassesthough they also now looked like aliens. It offered huge benefits: a shatter-proof lens, excellent optics, a sweat pad along the brow, and no-stick nose pads. It was truly a devil-may-care period during which condoms were for French sailors, helmets were for astronauts and protective eyewear was for army snipers Maybe CIA agents. The company is now selling both Eyeshades and Razor Blades as part of their 30th anniversary Heritage Collection.Ĭyclists, however, rode through the bulk of the 20th century with no eye protection whatsoever. Join today, share your Oakley collection or even find new Oakley sunglasses for sale.Īll opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Oakley, Inc. Given the rate at which they sold,despite the pricing, pretty low quantities.
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