Cartier Eyewear's Elegant Lines

Cartier eyewear is a product of a brand name that has been around for more than 150 years, was founded by Louis-Francois Cartier when he took over his teacher’s workshop in 1847. He later brought his sons Alfred and Louis in as partners and renamed his company to Alfred Cartier & Fils. A Cartier store was opened in England in 1902 and two years after the first warrants were awarded by King Edward VII of England to Cartier. After the death of Louis-Francois, his sons took over the management of the company and opened more branches in England and later in New York. In 1906, the company produced its first art deco jewelry. Over the years, Cartier designed and made many fine jewelry watches and clocks. Furthermore, Cartier also designed a Panthere motive brooch for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and sold a pear-shaped white blue diamond to Richard Burton.

The Cartier eyeglasses collection consists of rimless frames to composite motives and wood-based frames. The T8100598 pair of Cartier eyeglases offer a clear design where graphic lines play around the Cartier screw motif. This design with 3 color finishings of pale gold, platinum and ruthenium, was brought about from inspiration of Maison’s watch-making and jewelry creations. Another outstanding  Cartier eyeglass pair is the T8200458 model, a creation which was made for collectors or lovers of accessories, which utilizes bubinga wood as material for the frame, and decorated with Cartier C motif. Cartier eyeglasses which boast of femininity are also offered through the T8100516 model brown composite sunglasses, with wood-effect and screw motif with a gold finish. The T8200467 is another elegant Cartier eyeglass which is composed of serene lines, which when revealed in the light comes up to be a careful balance of shapes. The screw motif that resembles Cartier is found on the temples.

The T8200464 model is a rimless C motif frame with pink gold-finished temples that clasp the lenses with a stylized C. This Cartier eyeglass is a reworking of yesterday’s sunglasses for today’s eyes. Finally, the T8100566, is a must-have model, with a C motif on each temple and pure lines lit up by the jeweller’s signature. Finally, the T8200439 are black composite sunglasses, with platinum-finished temples and screw motif. This pair of sunglasses is designed with interplay of different composite materials and comes with two variations; marbled brown composite with gold-finished temples or black composite with platinum-finished temples.