Sunglasses are one of Isaiah Crowell Browns Jersey the cool fashion accessories that have remained with us over the decades. The style of sunglasses may change but the desire for sunglasses remains. But why did people start to wear sunglasses in the first place? For that answer we head to China.

From before 1430 the Chinese were smoke tinting glass and wearing it like glasses. The people who wore these glasses were judges and they worn them not for protection from the sun but the sunglasses were used to hide Authentic Miles Austin Jersey their emotions and eye expressions when trying a court case.

In the mid-eighteenth century a man named James Ayscough introduced glasses with various levels of tint on them and believed that the tinting helped to correct vision. We know today that sunglasses that provide protection from, UV radiation, sun glare and bright sunlight are Authentic Billy Cundiff Jersey important to the health of our vision but the tinting in Ayscough's time was not enough and would not assist vision in the way he thought.

It is on the backs of pioneers that progress is made and Ayscoughs idea of tinting has been taken forward. The emergence of the sunglasses we know today came in 1929 by the Foster Grant company when they were put on sale in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A year later sunglasses had caught Karlos Dansby Browns Jersey on.

Ray Ban were asked by the military to develop aviator sunglasses on 1930 to protect pilots from high altitude sun glare and Ray Ban aviators are still popular today. In the 1960's and 1970's the fashion side of sunglasses Taylor Gabriel Browns Jersey really took off and an industry was born.

The styles and types of sunglasses that are available in todays market is vast and people chose sunglasses for a variety of different reasons. The vast majority of todays sunglasses, especially designer ones, have the necessary protective coatings in place and you can be assured that your eyes Donte Whitner Browns Jersey are being protected from the sun. This holds true regardless of how fashionable or funky the sunglasses appear. So from Oakley to Ray Ban, from Chanel to Gucci who ever is your designer of choice your sunglasses will protect your eyes.

From ancient times to present day we have concealed our feelings and emotions by covering our faces with something and modern day sunglasses could be seen as the equivalent of a veil. Sunglasses do serve a purpose of protection but is that really our motivation for our love of wearing sunglasses?