Whois & Analysis for designeroptics.com

Ray-Ban is a brand of sunglasses and eyeglasses founded in 1937 by the American company Bausch & Lomb.

The brand is best known for their Wayfarer and Aviator styles of sunglasses.

In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to the Italian Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.

Gianni Versace S.p.A., usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian luxury fashion company and trade name founded by Gianni Versace in 1978.

The main collection of the brand is Versace, which produces upmarket Italian-made ready-to-wear and leather accessories, while other diffusion lines are Versace Collection (mainly in the US), Versus Versace and Versace Jeans.

The Versace logo is the head of Medusa, a Greek mythological figure.

The logo came from the floor of ruins in Rome that the Versace siblings played in as children.

Gianni Versace chose Medusa as the logo because she made people fall in love with her and they had no way back.

He hoped his company would have the same effect on people.

The Versace brand is known for having flashy prints and bright colors.

Gucci is an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by the French holding company Kering.

Gucci was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1921.

Prada S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house, specializing in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, perfumes and other fashion accessories, founded in 1913 by Mario Prada.

Sunglasses or sun glasses are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes.

They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that are colored, polarized or darkened.

In the early 20th century, they were also known as sun cheaters (cheaters being an American slang term for glasses).