The intended wearer of these grey-marbled frames is understood completely by the origin of the name: a "protector" or "Guardian of the Realm", if you are to take the meaning of the name "Edward" literally.
The story behind the Uomo line could be the plot of an Italian movie: in the 1940's the young Paolo Seminara, the son of poor Sicilian farmers, moved to Florence to pursue the trade of optician and quickly rose to become an in-demand designer. The founding of his company, "Vogue" is legendary, his eyeglasses still continue to make history.