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The Silhouette Group was founded in 1964 by Anneliese and Arnold Schmied. [2]In 1991, Silhouette began producing sports eyewear under the licensed brand Adidas. [3]In the 1990s, importers in Italy, the USA, England, Denmark, Germany and Belgium were converted into subsidiaries of the company.
Cubitts, established in 2012, is an eyeglass manufacturer based in Kings Cross, London, England.The company creates handcrafted frames, and sunglasses, constructed with custom pins that secure the acetate based on a rivet designed by Lewis Cubitt, one of the three Cubitt brothers who inspired the brand name.
This page provides a list of the oldest brands and companies operating only in the eyewear manufacturing business to date and in any country. "Eyewear", although a relatively modern terminology, refers to the category of all items and accessories worn over the eyes for fashion adornment, protection against the environment and medical issues, including glasses (also called eyeglasses or ...
Oliver Goldsmith is a British eyewear design company established in London in 1926 by Phillip Oliver Goldsmith. Under the directorship of his son Charles "Oliver" Goldsmith, grandsons Andrew Oliver and Raymond, and great-granddaughter Claire Goldsmith, the brand became known worldwide for its innovative designs for glasses and sunglasses worn by celebrities such as Diana Dors, Michael Caine ...
Samsung has developed active 3D glasses that are 2 ounces (57 g) and utilize lens and frame technology pioneered by Silhouette, who creates glasses for NASA. [22] Nvidia makes a 3D Vision kit for the PC; it comes with 3D shutter glasses, a transmitter, and special graphics driver software. While regular LCD monitors run at 60 Hz, a 120 Hz ...
James Nicholas Murray Wells OBE (born March 1983 [1]) is an English entrepreneur and was founder, owner and executive chairman of Prescription Eyewear Limited (trading as Glasses Direct), London, which he started whilst at university in 2004 and sold to Cipio Partners in 2013.
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms, known as temples or temple pieces, that rest over the ears for support.
Silhouette was the subject of a book by Nigel Hinton, entitled ‘Silhouette: The Story of Little X’ (2009). ‘Silhouette’, a play by Chris Eldon-Lee about the period when Silhouette was based in Shropshire, was staged at Market Drayton Festival Centre on November 13 and 14 2009 and at Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn from November 17 to 21 2009.