Get your motor running and head out onto the highway in Carrera Sunglasses and Eyeglasses! The Carrera brand of eyewear has been in production since 1948, when Austrian Wilhelm Anger created the company that would change the technology of eyewear production. Every eyewear design Anger created was based on fulfilling a need that he saw, and the inception of his company did exactly that. He was the first manufacturer of welding eyewear protection.

A sports enthusiast and technology enthusiast, Anger developed an insatiable desire to create a variety of quality eyewear that did more than look good; it actually helped the people who relied on it for protection.

Carrera invention to help the sport he loved.

As a result of what he saw at the Carrera Panamericana auto race, Anger developed a material known as “optyl,” in response to the racers’ needs for improved eyewear protection. In creating optyl, Anger developed a flexible plastic that was twenty percent lighter than traditional plastics. Although the product was still “heat-hardened,” it displayed elasticity even though it retained its original shape. Other designers such as Christian Dior recognized the value of flexible and lightweight acetate, and Dior and others also used Anger’s material.

Although the company name was “Optyl” for a few years, it was renamed Carerra in 1974, and has been operating under this well-known brand name ever since.

Meanwhile, Anger retained his intense curiosity in developing advanced eyewear and his love for sports, including auto racing. Carrera has been a sponsor of the America’s Cup, the Winter Olympics of 1988 and Formula 1 racing.

 

What you will find in the Carrera Sunglasses and Eyeglasses Collection

Today’s Carrera doesn’t look anything like welder’s eyewear. You’ll find Carrera eyewear that will fit your needs and sense of style. The Carrera we know today has a sense of contemporary urban style freshly combined with sporting heritage.

In the sunglasses line, you’ll discover a variety of styles such as aviators and frames that give a nod to wayfarers and wrap-a-rounds. Best of all, you can count on the frames to be lighter than ever; they contain frames made of steel sheet metal,and temporal guards made of lightweight rubber. With Carerra sunglasses, you can count on three things: lightweight eyewear, eyewear the will not slip down your nose, and sporty urban design.

Everyday eyewear in the Carrera line upholds the brand’s same sense of urban style. Expect lightweight frames with trendy splashes of color in the temporal guards.

 

Carrera lenses are made of polycarbonate.

You’ll also find well-known models such as the Carrera Champion and the Carrera Safari. Although they were created in 2008, they are still considered some of the Carrera brand’s bestsellers today,

 

Carrera Sunglasses in popular culture

Lady Gaga wore these sunglasses in her video “Bad Romance,” and Usher. Taylor Momsen, Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake have been seen in Carrera eyewear. This brand is trendy, fashionable and functional.

The eyewear is produced and distributed by the Safilo Group.