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Foster Grant

American sunglass brand that began as a Massachusetts comb maker; now part of Essilor.

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  • Essilor 2019 Scholarship & press 1

    As Yankee magazine described the ownership in 2019, through FGX International.

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  1. 1919 Sam Foster founded Foster Grant
  2. 2019 Foster Grant part of Essilor
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  1. Shades of Greatness: Foster Grant Sunglasses, Yankee Magazine, 31 May 2019. Scholarship & press
    Striking out on his own, he set up shop in an abandoned laundry building in town, and the Foster Manufacturing Company was born.
    Today the Foster Grant brand is owned by Rhode Island–based FGX International, which in turn is owned by the French company Essilor.
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