Polo Ralph Lauren eyewear is an outshoot of the Polo brand name synonymous with Ralph Lauren, a world-famous fashion designer, who started his own tie business known as Polo Fashions in 1967. This occurred after he bought out the label from Brooks Brothers, the company which he was employed as a salesman prior to the birth of Polo Fashions. From a $50,000 loan from a financial backer used for startup, Ralph Lauren has spearheaded his company to one that is worth $5 billion in the fashion industry. Today, Ralph Lauren products have been diversified away from the wide-tie designs which it began with, to a full range of fashion lines ranging from Ralph Lauren Men, Ralph Lauren Women, Double RL, Ralph Lauren Home, and even Ralph Lauren paint.

Ralph Lauren also was responsible for bringing in sophisticated men’s shirts and suits made of fine fabric targeted at the stylish yet powerful office worker to replace Polo’s preppy look that it was famous for earlier. After that, Ralph Lauren also introduced the Ralph Lauren’s women line of clothing and home furnishings, towels and furniture during the 80s. Further on, Ralph Lauren launched his most innovative product ever, his own lifestyle image of sophistication, class and taste over Ralph Lauren’s stores, in which consumers flock to visit worldwide.

The Polo Ralph Lauren eyeglasses range is grouped into several subset ranges. One of these would include the Polo Jeans Co. range, consisting mostly of bubbly designs with color being the linking theme between wrap rimless models, metal models with classic shapes and maxi and cat-eye shaped acetate frames, all of which are catered to the younger generation market.

The next Polo eyeglass range would be the Polo Sport eyeglasses, with back to basic designs and essential shapes. Here, lightweight frames in acetate and sheet metal are used, along with rimless silhouettes with double bridges or innovative acetate models. Usually, ultra-sleek visor wrap designs without hinges between the temples and the front are a commonality with these Polo eyeglass ranges. The Polo Sport eyeglass logo is either usually screenprinted on the exterior of the right temple or etched on a metal plate. The colours used for this range of Polo eyeglass would be either subtle shades of metal, including dark grey, ruthenium, mauve, gun metal, or striking hues of acetate, either in red, white, black or dark havana colors.

Polo eyeglasses are manufactured and distributed by the Safilo Group, a renowned Italian manufacturer of designer brand name eyeglasses.