If there’s one brand of eyewear which has piqued the interest of the spectacle wearer more than most others in recent years, it’s Silhouette. Silhouette rimless and framed glasses have been precision-manufactured in Austria since 1964 and although the company produces more than 3 million pairs of spectacles per year, the emphasis is always on the highest quality. Here’s why top optical retailers such as Spectacles Direct in Edinburgh sell more Silhouette eyewear than any other spectacle brand.
Who wears Silhouette spectacles?
People who wear Silhouette spectacles tend to be high achievers in their respective fields; designers, artists, passionate creators – individuals who regard function as being every bit as important as form. A random perusal of the company’s Faces of Silhouette web page is like a who’s who of the great and the good of European culture; Francesca Pierpaoli – Italian opera singer; Alexandra Polzin -German television presenter and producer and antiquarian; Diego Dalla Palma – Italian make-up artists and owner of a global cosmetic range and Gemma Williams – London-based fashion curator. These are not people who value brand names for names’ sake, but for the quality and the functionality they deliver.
However, let’s not forget that Silhouette also has its share of celebrity devotees including Brad Pit, Cate Blanchett and Patrick Dempsey. Queen Elizabeth II has also been wearing Silhouette spectacles since the 1980’s.
Silhouette - the choice of NASA astronauts
If that isn’t impressive enough, consider for a moment that Silhouette is the eyewear of choice for NASA astronauts – why? Because the Titan Minimal Art frame from Silhouette is not only the lightest spectacles in the world…they are the strongest and most robust, standing up to the extreme rigours of space travel. There are also no visible hinge screws which could work loose and cause a potential danger to astronauts.
Silhouette styles –rimless and framed
Silhouette manufacture both rimless and framed spectacles and they both have a habit of scooping prestigious awards. Both the Titan Minimal Art Pulse and the Silhouette Dynamics Colourwave rimless spectacles have picked up RED Dot design awards and the Urban LITE range of framed eyewear has just won the prestigious German Design Award for 2018. Like their frameless counterparts, Silhouette Urban LITE spectacles are the lightest available today.
If you would like to find out more about why spectacle wearers can’t get enough of Silhouette, contact Spectacles Direct Edinburgh.
If you would like to find out more about why spectacle wearers can’t get enough of Silhouette, contact Spectacles Direct Edinburgh.
