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Ray-Ban

An American eyewear brand created in 1937 by Bausch & Lomb, born from military pilot goggles and immortalized by the Aviator sunglass silhouette.

About Ray-Ban

Ray-Ban began in 1936 when the U.S. Army Air Corps asked optics maker Bausch & Lomb to solve the glare and headaches suffered by pilots at altitude. The result, patented in 1937, was the metal-framed Aviator, engineered to cut glare without distorting vision.

The Aviator became a cultural icon after General Douglas MacArthur was photographed wearing a pair during World War II, and Ray-Ban went on to define American eyewear with the Wayfarer and Clubmaster, now owned by the Italian Luxottica Group.