Ray-Ban
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Ray-Ban is an Italian-owned brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is most notable 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.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Ray-Ban
- Company.logo
- Ray-Ban logo.svg
- Company.image
- Ray Ban building, Milan, Italy (9474255598).jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Milan, Italy
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Eyewear
- Company.foundation
- in Rochester, New York,United States
- Company.location_city
- Milan
- Company.location_country
- Italy
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Rakim Mayers (creative director)
- Company.parent
- Luxottica Group
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ray-ban.com
- Image
- RayBanAviator.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ray-Ban
- inception
- 1937-01-01
- social media followers
- 81500
- WordLift URL
- data.luxottica.com/luxottica/entity/ray-ban
- native label
- Ray-Ban
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Ray-Ban is an Italian-owned brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is most notable 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.
==History== 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.