Oh, Rooster.

The summer’s hottest sequel – in more ways than one – is Top Gun: Maverick and no one should be suprised. Between Tom Cruise schooling younger Tom Cruises, real stunts, and insanely cool F-14s, I too, have the need for speed after watching.

While some would like to resist the Top Gun temptation, they simply can’t. The box office movie and the culture is quickly infiltrating our everyday life. Flying a plane in brutal conditions while fighting the enemy has us all in a permanent headlock.

But there’s something else that draws us into the sweat-filled feature. I sat through the entire movie and thought: What makes them look so freaking cool? Seriously, they all look incredibly unbothered yet intimidating the entire time. Action movies are known for their badass characters and pulse-racing cliffhangers, but why do we leave wanting to be just like them?

It isn’t just Tom Cruise’s “I do my own stunts” demeanor that makes this movie iconic. It’s not young women like myself thirsting over Miles Teller and his mustache (thank you, dearest Miles, for bringing back the stache). It’s the permanent usage of the coolest sunglasses of all time: Ray-Bans.

Fact: remove the sunglasses from the film and half the “it-factor” is lost. For instance, the magic moment when we first see Miles Teller as Rooster is when he rips off his sunglasses in his somehow alluring Hawaiian shirt and tank top. No sunnies, no magic.

If you want to look like the top 1% of pilots in the world, start with their favorite accessory.

Fly High With Ray-Bans

Ray-Bans probably weren’t just thrown into the original Top Gun because they just simply looked the coolest out of all the sunglasses brands. They were originally made by pilots, for pilots.

In 1920, Shorty Schroeder was flying his own version of a Top Gun plane when the fur-lined goggles he sported began to fog up. If you’ve seen the movie, you know that these pilots fly in crazy conditions that are barely survivable, if you can’t see…you’re in trouble.

When Shorty ripped off his goggles, his eyes froze over. His fellow test pilot, John Macready, realized a solution was needed for pilots everywhere as he pulled his friend out of the plane. Thus, Ray-Bans were born.

Ray Ban was cleverly named to “ban rays” from the eyes of pilots…Get it?

A New Sheriff’s In Town

While the classic Aviators were the star of the OG Top Gun, the sequel gave us something new: The Caravans. Both Miles Teller and Jon Hamm sported the slightly squarer version of the Aviator.

Nothing screams “wingman of the year” quite like the Caravans. These frames are a bit smaller than the Aviators, so they don’t take up your entire face. AKA, the perfect size to have your Rooster-esque stache on display.