country france introduced 1961 markets world website http www.vuarnet.com vuarnet french pronunciation vya n is an eyewear brand owned and manufactured by sporoptic pouilloux s.a. 1 based in france . the brand was developed from the invention of the skilynx lens in 1957 by french opticians roger pouilloux and joseph hatchiguian . the sunglasses were originally marketed under the name skilynx acier and were provided to the french ski team . after alpine ski racer jean vuarnet of france won the gold medal in the downhill at the 1960 winter olympics an agreement was reached in 1961 to market the sunglasses using his last name as the brand name . 2 vuarnet later became an official corporate sponsor of the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles . references edit 887 f. 2d 1065 vuarnet official site external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vuarnet & oldid 664929758 categories eyewear brandssporting goods manufacturers of france1960s fashion1980s fashion1990s fashion navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 22 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view