Looking to invest in new eyewear? Make sure you go for quality. Modern eyewear is much more than just a vision aid; they are also fashion statements and vital accessories.

One of the brands trusted for both sun eyewear and ophthalmic frames, is Silhouette International, the Austrian eyewear manufacturer founded in 1964 by Arnold and Anneliese Schmied in Linz. Silhouette has been producing and marketing up to 3.3 million glasses, which includes corrective eyewear and sunglasses, each year. In addition to its private brand, Silhouette also produces and markets worldwide models of the licensing brands Daniel Swarovski Paris Crystal eyewear and Adidas eyewear. Silhouette eyewear is available in around 100 countries around the world, with an export rate of 95%.

Ideal Golf model

These trendy and comfortable state-of-the-art frames are the prefered eyewear, not just of celebrities in Hollywood, Cannes, and Venice, and on the catwalks of Paris, Milan, and New York, but also among NASA astronauts who explore the infinite depths of outer space.

Join the ranks of celebrities who sport Silhouette glasses–like Sex and the City icon Sarah Jessica Parker. Check out the other glitzy stars after the jump.

• Models on the catwalks of the Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks who attract innumerable admiring glances wearing Silhouette sunwear.

• Actresses Jane Seymour and Tori Spelling who declared themselves ardent Silhouette fans at the 2005 Fashion Week in sunny Los Angeles.

• British fashion designer Julien Macdonald, whose collections create a mood of glamour and glitter on catwalks the world over. Silhouette sets trends in eyewear design instead of following them—something Macdonald finds particularly stimulating.

• Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, soul diva Alicia Keyes, directors Oliver Stone and Sofia Coppola, stars Milla Jovovich, Robin Williams, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Minnie Driver, Mena Suvari, Paris Hilton and Naomi Campbell, who are all enthusiastic about the avant-garde, cutting-edge, comfortable and ultra-lightweight eyewear made in Austria.

• “Sex and the City“ star and fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker and one of her co-stars in the series, Kristin Davis, opt for these cool eye-catchers.

• Tom Cruise even had a Silhouette frame customized for his face. For the movie “Collateral,” the actor and producer tried on a variety of sunglasses, and in the end found an ideal accessory in a model of the minimalist Titan Minimal Art series. In fact, Cruise is so happy with this lightweight frame that he often wears it in private as well.

Titan Minimal Art Space Edition

• David Caruso wears his Titan Minimal Art frame with special, dark polarized lenses in almost every episode of the series “CSI: Miami.”

• Sophia Loren wore a Silhouette frame when smiling from a 1970s cover of the German magazine “Bunte” on Moscow’s Red Square.

Check out a pair of Silhouette eyewear now. For more information, also visit the Silhouette website.

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