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Cartier International SNC, or simply Cartier (/ ˈ k ɑːr t i eɪ / KAR-tee-ay, French:), is a French luxury-goods conglomerate that designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewelry, watches, leather goods, sunglasses and eyeglasses.
A leather jacket is a jacket-length coat that is usually worn on top of other apparel or item of clothing, and made from the tanned hide of various animal skins. The leather material is typically dyed black, or various shades of brown, but a wide range of colors is possible.
The AN6531 Comfort Cable aviator sunglasses frame kept being issued by the U.S. military as No. MIL-G-6250 glasses after World War II with different lenses as Type F-2 (arctic) and Type G-2 aviator sunglasses but fitted with darker lenses until their substitute the Type HGU-4/P aviator sunglasses became available in the late 1950s. [6] [7] [8]
Jean-Jacques Cartier (1920–2010), who married Lydia Baels (1920–1990), a daughter of Henri Baels. Lydia's sister, Lilian, Princess of Réthy was the wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. [3] Alfred Harjes Cartier (1922–1974), who married Elizabeth Conn (1911–1976) in 1945. [8] Cartier died on 10 September 1941 in Dax, Landes in Occupied ...
Silhouette manufactures and distributes rimless eyewear, full rim eyewear and sunglasses as well as lenses. [21] For many years, Silhouette was a licensed manufacturer of sports eyewear for Adidas and Swarowski. [22] Silhouette currently produces eyewear under three brands: Silhouette, NEUBAU EYEWEAR and evil eye. [18]
1950s singer Buddy Holly helped popularise Wayfarers. Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and James Dean, Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements.
Founded in 2006, the Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program. Over the years, the program has had a measurable impact in the social entrepreneurship space. Since its creation, the Cartier Women’s Initiative has supported 330 women changemakers & entrepreneurs hailing from 66 countries.
Inuit goggles made from caribou antler with caribou sinew for a strap Inuit snow goggles from Alaska.Made from carved wood, 1880–1890 (top) and Caribou antler 1000–1800 (bottom)