Oct

30

Fergie Sunglasses

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us1030.JPGFergi, the single-named female star of the Black Eyed Peas, has launched her own solo singing career with wild success and her sense of style has becomes something others have begun to emulate in awe. From Ray Bans to Versace, Fergie shows she knows her stuff in the fashion world.

In Ray Bans, Fergie plays queen with confidence; this long-standing look was perfect for the diva as she inched her way into the music industry as a solo singer. As she expanded, however, she began to spread her fashion wings into the more risky and creative designs, like Versace. Fergie’s Versace favorite (and a design many other celebs have gotten behind since) is the Versace 4114, a classy and simple style that goes above and beyond the safety of the Wayfarer.

Improving her style and edging into the extremely risky fashion choices, Fergie tries her hand at rocking the Chloe look, which is more bug-like and flashy than anything she’d tried since. With mixed reviews (but more confidence than ever) Fergie stormed through Hollywood in fashion.
Pushing the envelope a bit further, Fergie wears Dolce Gabbana DG 2030, a more masculine and edgy design with a near futuristic appeal. Here she is truly spreading her independent wings and showing her real self, a self that is reflected in her music.

At the American Idol finale Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas sang their Boom Boom Pow hit as Fergie stole the show before and after with her exuberant sunglasses by Republica. Criticized in the fashion media, we agree that Fergie has gone too far and should reel in the futuristic look and stick to the brands that she looks best in, Ray Bans and Dolce Gabbana.

Oct

27

Cosmetic Contacts of 2010

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us1027.JPGCosmetic or decorative contact lenses are useful when dressing up for a night out, or simply to enhance your natural eye color. Many men and women in America use them to boost their own natural hues and to up the wow factor on their look. While cosmetic contacts can also be corrective, they are most commonly used in the USA for their looks.

There have been rumors in the USA that cosmetic contacts cause eye damage. While people initially report blurring or mild vision obstruction with cosmetic lenses, when worn over time the uncomfortably subsides and the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that there is no long-term damage caused by cosmetic lenses.

One of the best trends in cosmetic eyewear is the cat eye lens, a yellow lens with a black eye in the center similar to a cat’s. The look is popular around Halloween, but is also a sexy way to up any party outfit or to look fetching on a rave night out. One of the second most popular looks is purple contact lenses on dark skinned women, which has a shockingly bright appearance that is beyond beautiful.

Green is the most common contact lens color, with thousands of people buying green lenses a day. Psychologists report that green is not only the most sexually appealing color, but the least common on the planet. More men report a fetish for green eyed women than any other eye color. Meanwhile, connotations with the color green run deep in men’s psyche and has an almost aphrodisiac effect on men.

Oct

22

Five Reasons Why Contacts Are Better Than Glasses

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us1022.JPGFor starters, a nice pair of Bausch & Lomb contacts will enhance your eye’s natural beauty without obstructing the view with thick glass lenses or annoying frames. Likewise, you’ll love the comments you get on your eyes with contacts instead of glasses. Let your natural beauty shine bright with contacts in your eyes!

Secondly, your view of the world is less encumbered with metal, glass and other building materials better used on a skyscraper than on someone’s face. Without all the metal on your face you’ll be surprised how much more you can see. Whether you realize it or not, when you wear glasses a good 2 – 5% of your vision is obstructed, making the world you see less interesting.

Thirdly, contacts can be purchased in any color, giving you the creative option of changing your eye color to fit your mood, your clothing or even the weather. Go crazy with the color options and have the chance to remake your image to your own specifications. Feel like being wild—go green. Feel like being creative and mysterious – go purple. For holidays and nights out you can get cat eyes or yellow contacts to really up the look.

For those feeling self conscious by glasses, contacts are a great way to regain your vision and stay stylish and spectacle-free. Many celebrities with vision problems hide the fast with contacts. High quality contacts are a great way to keep your vision loss a secret, and stay chic and hip.

You’ll also love the way contacts make you look to other people. Readers respond that the only downside to glasses in the fashion industry is that they sometimes hinder people’s natural good looks. This can be true if you pick the wrong glasses, which is likely since that is a science in itself. With contacts you erase the hassle.

Oct

15

3 Steps to Looking Richer than You Are

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Other than dressing in Prada and Armani on a daily basis, what can you do to get a rich and confident look? Here are the top three steps to follow to looking richer than you are:

Buy Designer Accessories – Rather than spending a fortune on designer clothing, which you can only wear rarely so as not to repeat outfits too often, spend your hard earned cash on designer accessories that you can wear more often. The best accessory for this is designer eyewear, especially if you wear prescription eyeglasses. Choose carefully and you could be wearing designer frames daily that really up your look. To go top shelf on a few eyewear pieces, check out the top of the line brands like Prada, Dior, Armani and Gucci, which are all recognizable and respectable designs.

Buy Retro Reused – One of a kind items can be found for less than $5 at your local Thrift Shop or Salvation Army. Check out the racks for retro looking gear that already has the worn-in look. With a bit of patience and searching, you can find some real gems that will rock your wardrobe retro style, for much, much less.

Less is more – Remember that in the fashion industry often less really is more. DO casual and conservative make-up with simple hair designs that really show off your designer eyewear and retro clothing, this will draw attention to your look as a whole rather than focusing on your face.

Retro is in, but designer brands will never really go out of fashion, keep in the loop by spending your cash on a few key accessories, playing down the make-up, and benefiting from the lived-in look.

Oct

13

Snoop Dogg’s Sunglasess

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us1013.JPGEver the innovator, Snoop Dogg continues to wow us with his witty one-liners and his endless supply of creative fashion twists. In the world of eyewear fashion this Dogg is king!

Snoop in Armani – Snoop donned a pair of classy white Armani Exchange -028 sunglasses last week, unveiling a new look that is crisper and cleaner than his usual hoodie costume. We totally approve of Snoop in white, which brings out his features and serves to make him more approachable than the usual Snoop.

Snoop in Carrera—Snoop stole the show in a classy pair of designer Carrera shades with gold rims. Gold is definitely one of the Dogg’s favorite colors, and he makes this well known with his music and style choices.

Snoop in Ray Bans — In days long past, Snoop was known to sport a classy pair of Ray Ban Wayfarers in various shades, a look popular in the rap community then (as it remains to this day!) Ray Bans are a sure bet, no matter who you are, but the wayfarer look is sure to remain a popular one in the music industry for ages to come, with stars like Snoop donning them regularly as billboard advertisements to the brand’s fame.

Snoop in Armani – Everyone knows Armani makes great eyewear, and Snoop is no fool! His Armani, top-of-the-line look is perfect for awards shows and guest appearances. Snoop breaks out his Armani look on special occasions, and wears his other classy shades as casual wear, upping his pimp factor.

Oct

9

Goodbye, Patrick Swayze

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Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter and inspirational hero Patrick Swayze has died of pancreatic cancer at age 57. The actor continued his trade up until his death despite the diagnosis twenty months prior of the cancer.

We admired Swayze for his rugged, Ray Ban-like fashion, his sense of morality apparent in his personal life and in his films, and for his ability to make us smile. He continued acting despite the
diagnosis because he felt leaving something beautiful and memorable behind would be a great legacy.

Some of the films that made him popular include: Ghost, Dirty Dancing, The Outsiders, Roadhouse, Point Break, Donnie Darko, Waking up in Reno and many more, including his last two creations in 2009: Powder Blue and The Beast.

Always living on the edge, Swayze is known to many as an adrenaline junkie who just couldn’t get enough. He made the news in 2000 by crash-landing his troubled Cessna on a dirty road in a small town, and then walking away unharmed. On the set of Point Break, it was revealed that Swayze was logging real sky-diving jumps while crew members on set were installing the green screens for the jump sequences in the film.

We love Patrick Swayze for his unpretentious fashion sense and his “real-world” charm. He acted like a guy who lived next door, and in fact married his childhood sweetheart, whom he met at dance lessons when he was 18.
Swayze is survived by his wife, Lisa Niemi, they had no children.

Oct

2

Drop your Kanye Glasses

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us1002.jpgShould we drop our Kanye Sunglasses? This king of eyewear fashion, from Carerra to Versace and even Prada, has hurt his image. After Kanye’s now infamous outburst at the VMA awards, a sour taste was left in our mouths as we thought about how the sweet Taylor Swift must have felt having her art slammed by a singing legend…right in front of her!

Since the disrespectful outburst, Kanye has blamed his actions on the death of his mother, who passed two years ago, and on passion for music. On the Jay Leno show he apologized again to Miss Swift, but to little effect because he followed up the apology with a comment revealing how he still believes Beyonce should have won the award.

The hype seems to have no bounds as President Obama goes on record calling Kanye a “Jackass.” Not very presidential, in our opinion. Nevertheless, with the Kanye image spoiled, will his fashion trends tumble as well? Kanye is responsible for the huge fame of the shutter-style sunglasses as well as making larger-than-life sunglasses popular for men (like the frames in the image) from Carrera and other designer brands. We idolized Kanye for his singing ability as well as for his fashion sense, but this outburst has put a damper on our affection.

While there is little doubt that Kanye messed up, we think we’ll give the guy a break, hold on to our sunglasses with pride, and hope that he can graciously exit himself from this crisis and move on with more tact in the future. Lesson here: a drunk Kanye makes for an unwelcomed and not amusing onstage breakdown.