Clubmaster / Browline

The Ray Ban Clubmaster holds a particular place within the Bausch & Lomb period. Unlike the Aviator, built from a technical metal frame logic, or the Wayfarer, defined by full acetate construction, the Clubmaster works through a mixed structure: a pronounced upper brow and a lighter metal construction around the lower part of the lens. The model brings the browline language, a frame typology associated with mid twentieth century optical design, into the Ray Ban sunglasses universe. Its identity does not depend only on the lens shape, but on the contrast between materials: the visual weight of the upper front and the lighter metal structure below. Within the B&L archive, the Clubmaster works as a bridge between two worlds: the classic optical frame and the sunglass with a cultural identity of its own. It is not a purely technical piece and not merely an aesthetic variation; it is Ray Ban’s interpretation of an existing frame architecture.