Whilst looking forward to the UK release of hit comedy ‘MacGruber’, i decided to have a search online and see what shades the military hero would be wearing.
The main character is played by Will Forte, who wears a number of different pairs of awesome sunglasses throughout the film; with his favourites appearing to be the Ray Ban 2035 Aviator Sunglasses; my personal preference being the gold-trimmed aviators. Fore is best known for his live performances on Saturday Night Live in the US, and whilst he may not be considered a classic syle icon, he looks great in the Ray Ban aviators.
I really like the large style aviators worn by Forte and much prefer them to the smaller aviators on the market (see Jessica Biel’s sunglasses in the upcoming A-Team film), and i especially like the leather-side protectors fitted to MacGruber’s aviators. I’m not totally sure if the side-protectors are made just for the film of if they’re available to buy (either from Ray Ban or external designers), but i imagine they’d have to be bought seperately.
MacGruber wears a few different pairs of aviators during the course of the movie and i’m not completely sure if they’re all Ray Ban sunglasses or not, but there’s definitely a good few pairs of really cool Ray Ban’s in the mix. I think these are some of the coolest, most stylish sunglasses of 2010 and a must have addition to any summer wardrobe. Although the Ray Ban’s aren’t cheap, they’re certainly not prohibitively expensive and are affordable for most ‘normal’ people looking for that touch of US style.
On another note, the film’s pretty good aswell. Forte is genuinely funny as hero MacGruber; the only man in history to recieve 3 Congressional Medals and 16 purple hearts. His mullet’s not bad either.