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created on: 21/08/2025
by: bob (10152)
 
 

Brand properties

General info :
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

In 1929, US Army Air Corps Colonel John A. Macready worked with Bausch & Lomb, a Rochester, New York–based medical equipment manufacturer, to create aviation sunglasses that would reduce the distraction for pilots caused by the intense blue and white hues of the sky. The name "Ray-Ban" was hence derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light. The sunglasses were redesigned with a metal frame in 1939 and patented as the Ray-Ban Aviator.

Ray-Ban's most popular sunglasses are the Wayfarer, Erika, and Aviator models.
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Brand name used by [1936 - 1999] : Bausch + Lomb Corp.
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Brand name used by [1999 -] : Luxottica Group SpA
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Submitted by : bob (10152)
on : 21/08/2025