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"  Ray-Ban may have the Wayfarer, Clubmaster, and the Aviator, but there&amp;#039;s no sunglass brand that&amp;#039;s had more style icons define more shades over the years than Persol. Whether it&amp;#039;s the 649&amp;#039;s worn by  Marcello Mastroeni in Divorce, Italian Style (also favored by Steve McQueen and now JayZ), the 6201&amp;#039;s that serve as Will.I.Am&amp;#039;s eyeglass frames, or just  Jack&amp;#039;s beefy tortoiseshells, Persols rarely miss a beat. And now that the same company owns Ray-Ban and Persol, there&amp;#039;s a huge amount of nostalgia for the time they were &amp;quot;Made In Italy&amp;quot; by Ratti. Don&amp;#039;t believe us? Just ask the vintage gurus at New York&amp;#039;s Silver Lining Opticians, where Kanye West, Jay-Z, Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day Lewis, and YSL&amp;#039;s Stefano Pilati all buy their shades. &amp;quot;The quality and craftmanship remain unmatched by today&amp;#039;s factories,&amp;quot; says co-owner Jordan Silver. The quality is so good that he and partner Erik Sacher just made one of their biggest buys to date, totaling some fifty pairs of &amp;quot;unused perfect condition pre-Luxottica Persols&amp;quot; from a seller in Italy. &amp;quot;I love this purchase because they came with a bunch of original stickers and hangtags in Italian.&amp;quot; So do we:    Including the above, Silver Lining&amp;#039;s new stock also features a 1960s Ratti lorgnette with gold writing on the temples...   ... pieces from the 1970s crafted out of 10mm thick acetate...   ... and collaborations with Alain Mikli and Pininfarina:  Last but not least? A rare pair of 1940s Italian military metal aviators with the original packaging that would make Maverick wish he flew in the Italian Air Force:  So where do you get your hands on this stash before summer? In addition to Silver Lining&amp;#039;s Soho digs, a selection will be for sale (ranging between $750-$1,200) at their new shop inside Steven Alan&amp;#039;s forthcoming boutique opening in the Hamptons in May. &amp;quot;Including some of the pieces I don&amp;#039;t often bring out from the back, I&amp;#039;d say we&amp;#039;ve almost 300 pairs,&amp;quot; Silver says of his Persol vault. He also claims it&amp;#039;s the biggest collection of choice Ratti-made shades in the country. Availability? That&amp;#039;s another question altogether. &amp;quot;I never quite know for sure,&amp;quot; he says. In other words, Hamptons peacocking just got a little more competitive. Silver Lining Opticians 100 Thompson Street, NYC, (212) 274-9191, and at Steven Alan, 52 Newton Lane, East Hampton, (631) 604-1726,  silverliningopticians.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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