There is something about a pair of sunglasses, which probably makes it one of the quintessential “must-have” items of all time. Not only are they immensely practical, offering protection against the dangers of the sun, they are an enormously versatile fashion accessory, available in a wide selection of styles, colors and prices for all budgets to adjust.’s because of their worldwide popularity, sunglasses production for a very lucrative but highly competitive industry and while some manufacturers rise and fall of public disorders, there is a company that remains forever synonymous with the eyeglasses that protect our eyes from the rays of the sun: Ray-Ban
Although our President, Benjamin Franklin is often credited with the invention of eyeglasses (he was the one who created the first Bifocal lens in the 1780s), the first reading glasses were developed in Italy as early as 1260th Human remains from all optical things over the centuries that followed, and then to be fascinated, in the middle of the eighteen hundreds British scientist James Ayscough began to tinted glass research, and the possibility that this technology can be used to improve vision the sight impaired. As successful as he was, it was not until 1929 that the idea to filter the sun’s rays could Glasses received serious consideration. At that time, U.S. optical company, Foster Grant, began to develop the idea further, until, finally, were sold later that year the first sunglasses from a shop at Woolworth’s, the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
Recognizing that its new technology useful for its pilots, the U.S. Army Air Corps asked another prominent American company, Bausch & Lomb, the glasses that were his eyes to the dangers of sunlight than under protection to develop.
It was the American company eyewear, Ray-Ban, who really ran with the concept. In 1936, with the newly available polarized lenses and a wide frame, which began to offer maximum protection from the splendor of an instrument panel, Ray-Ban, a lens, produce the sun’s rays prohibited. Three years later, this model of sunglasses became so popular with the pilots, readily available, the American public. Ray-Ban “fliers were born.
As Americans came of age, so too did their eyewear. During the war years, Ray-Ban has his working partnership with the Air Force, the creation of gradient mirror lenses have succeeded in both practical and modern. It was something that American flyer in his tough leather flight jacket, whose sunglasses hid his eyes. Ray-Ban sunglasses had just sexy.
Ubiquitous in the 1950s was more than just sunglasses eye protection. From A-list celebrities in Las Vegas and Hollywood stars, whose every move has been taken and tested throughout the country emulated sunglasses became a fashion accessory, and Ray-Ban has quickly become the growing trend for new designs and colorful pictures that they take Women in particular markets.
Observation of space-age technology, the company developed shatterproof lenses in the 1960s and the popularity of sunglasses continue to rise when fashion icon Jackie Kennedy often with her trademark, see images was overwhelming. Were on the screen, sunglasses are an essential component of an actor’s costume, with movie stars like Peter Fonda and Audrey Hepburn, playing stylish, wear sunglasses, characters who manage to hide my eyes from the audience and remain convincing.
Ray-Ban constantly developing new styles and models in the 1970s and 1980s: the ‘Wings’ model was in fact a forerunner to the very modern, half-frame, lens of today. In the era of American TV cop shows like Starsky & Hutch, and Chips, the mirrored lenses once so popular in the 1940s began to reappear. Ray-Ban was retro.
Stylish and modern, funky and retro, Ray-Ban sunglasses will remain at the forefront of production to this day, no mean feat when the competition out there. No doubt the company will continue to have staying power in the industry, because over the decades it has developed with the nation to the people exactly what they are for their eyes: the reliable protection of a HI-tech sunglasses, and the heavy ‘cool’ one damn sexy pair of shades.