The discovery of sunglasses was somewhere round the twelfth century and before 1430, when sun shades were worn by Judges in the Courts of China. The smoky quartz, flat-glassed panes were not used as protection from the sun. They were used to hide any expression in their eyes to keep from giving away the outcome of their calls. Prescription sun shades were developed in Italy in 1430 and were later utilised by the Chinese Judges.
In the mid 18th Century, James Ayscough developed blue and green corrective lenses which commenced the employment of sunglasses for correcting optical impairments.
By the twentieth Century, sun shades were used to protect the eyes from the sun. In 1929 Sam Foster started selling his protecting shades at Woolworth stores on the boardwalk at the beaches in Atlantic city and New Jersey. His Foster Grants were the 1st mass-produced shades and they began the trend of shades for fashion.
In the 1930′s the division Air Corps asked Bausch & Lomb to develop sun shades that would efficiently reduce high-altitude sun glare for pilots. Bausch & Lomb popped up with sun shades that had a dark green tint that soaked up light through the yellow range.
Edward H. Land had invented the Polaroid filter and by 1936 he was using it in the making of shades and soon, shades became “cool.” movies stars started wearing sun shades as a statement and to hide behind. Flier glasses became well-liked by the film stars and the general public in 1937 after Ray Ban developed the anti-glare sun shades using polarization.
By the 1970′s Hollywood movie celebrities and fashion designers made a huge effect on the sun shades market. Clothing designers and stars put their names on glasses and sun shades and everyone had to have them.
To this day, stars are still hiding behind their oversized designer shades, making fashion statements and defending their eyes from the dangerous aftermath of the Ultra Violet ( UV ) rays of the sun. With modern technology and improvements, the making of sunglasses continues to develop. What’s next?
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