Luxottica owns all of the big 3 brands! They bought Ray-Ban from Bausch & Lomb like 20-30 years ago and moved most MFG to Italy, and now it’s a mix of Italian & Chinese MFG. As for Oakley which they bought about 10 years ago most plastic frames are still made in USA, but all metal and specialty stuff is made in China. Costar Del Mar is the most recent acquisition (A Merger of Luxottica & Essilor - (Essilor was French)) never Made anything in the USA. They Assembled imported parts into finished products, but they had really good lens engineering & that was their thing.
To clarify something about Oakley: their military spec sunglasses are made in the USA, like the M frame, but most of their frames are made in china and assembled in the USA, therefore they will have a “assembled in USA” red tag on the frames, like the flak 2.0, vintage ray bans are fully made in the USA, I have a pair of B&l aviators and they are built like a tank
AS I mentioned previously Ray-Ban were Made in AZ, USA until Luxottica bought them about 20-30 years ago! They were part of Bauch & Lomb which is American. By the way Luxottica is based in Italy and not France. Some plastic Oakley’s are still Made in USA like in tech past, and some are Assembled in USA. Just look at the frames.
Thanks for all the hard work in finding great products to review . I used to see some of your videos on my feed but not anymore, actually thought you had stopped but glad to see you haven’t.
Leave a comment below with your favorite American made sunglasses!
Got some gatorz last year. Very comfortable and durable. Would recommend
Preciate the info!
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Thanks so much for the kind words and supporting American manufacturing!
Luxottica owns all of the big 3 brands! They bought Ray-Ban from Bausch & Lomb like 20-30 years ago and moved most MFG to Italy, and now it’s a mix of Italian & Chinese MFG. As for Oakley which they bought about 10 years ago most plastic frames are still made in USA, but all metal and specialty stuff is made in China. Costar Del Mar is the most recent acquisition (A Merger of Luxottica & Essilor - (Essilor was French)) never Made anything in the USA. They Assembled imported parts into finished products, but they had really good lens engineering & that was their thing.
Great color, thanks for the comment!
Thanks! Always enjoy your videos and appreciate your work to find made in America products.
Thanks for the kind words, and supporting made in the USA!
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To clarify something about Oakley: their military spec sunglasses are made in the USA, like the M frame, but most of their frames are made in china and assembled in the USA, therefore they will have a “assembled in USA” red tag on the frames, like the flak 2.0, vintage ray bans are fully made in the USA, I have a pair of B&l aviators and they are built like a tank
Thanks for the comment! Great insights
AS I mentioned previously Ray-Ban were Made in AZ, USA until Luxottica bought them about 20-30 years ago! They were part of Bauch & Lomb which is American. By the way Luxottica is based in Italy and not France. Some plastic Oakley’s are still Made in USA like in tech past, and some are Assembled in USA. Just look at the frames.
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Love them!
Thanks for all the hard work in finding great products to review . I used to see some of your videos on my feed but not anymore, actually thought you had stopped but glad to see you haven’t.
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