| 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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| Source : | | Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban) | |
| Websites | | www.ray-ban.com (www.ray-ban.com) | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Bausch + Lomb Corp.1936 - 1999 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Luxottica Group SpA1999 - | |
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