{"id":17529,"date":"2022-08-29T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=94569"},"modified":"2022-08-29T07:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:22:08","slug":"when-did-people-start-wearing-sunglasses","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/when-did-people-start-wearing-sunglasses\/","title":{"rendered":"When did people start wearing sunglasses?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Abigail Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 29 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Experiments with tinted eyewear stretch back for centuries, including lenses made of smoky quartz in 12th-century China and Georgian spectacles designed to correct vision impairment.\u00a0Silent film stars are also said to have used them to shield their eyes from the harsh, powerful studio lighting.<\/p>\n

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But the man credited with taking sunglasses from specialist equipment to affordable fashion accessory is founder of the Foster Grant eyewear company, Sam Foster. He began selling his mass-produced shades by the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1929, where they caught on thanks to the practical benefits and the allure of \u2018Hollywood glamour\u2019.<\/p>\n
Drawing on new technologies pioneered for US pilots, Ray-Ban made their distinctive \u2018aviator\u2019 sunglasses eight years later.<\/p>\n
By 1938, sunglasses were fashionable enough to be described as a \u201cnew fad for wear on city streets\u201d by Life<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n
This article was taken from BBC History Revealed<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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