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Mar
11
Amy Williams is more than an Olympic Gold Medalist (and, so far, the only one Great Britain has for 2010). Heralded as a true role-model, ‘Curly Wurly’ Williams is also a fashion-forward (as in Prada and Dior) PhD student. At age 27, she has achieved a great deal with this gold medal victory, her upcoming dissertation and has earned respect and awe from fellow athletes and spectators alike. As the gold medalist in women’s skeleton bobsledding, she has sparked the fire of many male hearts while putting her younger female peers in awe at her multitasking ability. Although fashionable, smart, athletic and talented all at once, Williams is finding her win a bit dogged.
But this year the win was marred by an ongoing controversy over Williams’ helmet, which the American coach says is clearly illegal. Rules stipulate that helmets cannot have ridges, yet Williams’ has several along the sides, clearly designed to increase aerodynamics. Since the American racer has spent 10 years in training and was slated to win (and came in second by a mere 0.10 seconds) it is understandable that the American’s emotional state may be a bit skewed. However, the Canadians followed suit in protesting the helmet. The Olympic board has ruled that Williams’ helmet obeys regulations, despite the ridges, and allowed her to race in the improved but apparently legal headgear.
Nevertheless, we love Williams for her fashion sense and her ability to rock on and off the ice, in school or in work, and is definitely a well rounded person and a great British role model.
Feb
24
How to Get Kids to Love Sunglasses
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Children need to protect their eyes as much, if not more than adults. UV protections during the developmental years are especially important to life-long retinal health. It is essential to get children to develop healthy eyewear habits as soon as possible to foster life-long focus on their health. Here are a few tips on how to encourage your children to not only wear sunglasses, but to love them so much they’ll never leave them at home.
Kid’s eyewear is a special focus at Bolle, and they even break down their designs by age so you are sure to find frames that fit your child’s head size. In addition to fitting properly, these children’s eyewear designs are sleek and cool, making sure your child will love them. Meanwhile, they cost less than a quarter of the cost of adult sunglasses. At Bolle, the protection of children’s eyes is more important than making a massive profit off of concerned parents.
Bolle also specializes in outdoor and sports eyewear for active adults, this means you are likely to find a pair of sunglasses you love that match your children’s eyewear, further inspiring them to wear their glasses whenever possible.
A hat is another great way to help your child protect their eyes, always wearing one yourself under extreme sun can help foster great and lasting habits with your kids. At younger ages, children’s hair is thin and usually lighter in color, meaning the harmful UV rays are more likely to penetrate and damage your child’s skin. Slap a hat up there and keep your kid’s eyes under wraps and he or she will emerge a healthy and happy adult with great habits and an appreciation for the body.
Feb
17
Best in Music Awards
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If you haven’t heard by now I sure won’t be spoiling any surprises for you. “Kings Of Leon” won Record of the Year. While they may be a hot new item (well since 1999 anyway), their sense of fashion is classic stoner. Loose T-shirts, ripped jeans and sweat shirts full of cigarette burns and to top off the look- Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. “Kings of Leon” are not winning any style creativity points.
Not surprisingly, Beyonce Knowles won Song of the Year for “Single Ladies,” which was a stupidly simple song she shook her amazing booty to and made famous. Without the accompanying dance the song is nothing. Look on YouTube to find hundreds of copies of her leotard dance routine. Her fashion sense is always top of the line and she rarely makes any fashion faux pas. Take, for instance, the way she looked in Dior, a favorite brand of hers.
Lady Gaga won Best Dance Recording, as well as Best Electronic Album this year. There is not a lot to be said for Lady Gaga. Sometimes some crazies slip through the cracks and make it into the mainstream. I think her fashion sense is beyond horrible, she seems to have nothing going for her in terms of talent, so she makes up for it by making a splash with her bizarre clothing. Take my advice and don’t copy and of Lady Gaga’s fashion. If you want to stand out—do it in a way that doesn’t embarrass yourself and your nation.
Feb
11
Finding the perfect accessories for your favorite Jimmy Choo outfit can be challenging. You don’t want to hide your wardrobe behind flashy or excessive jewelry, and the goal is to make all of your pieces work together, not against each other. Here are a few tips on how to find, pair and wear the perfect blend of accessories with any outfit, without over doing it.
Jimmy Choo (seen here) is an icon in the fashion world worthy of worship. Ladies across the planet go gaga over his shoes, eyewear and purses in particular, and for good reason. He is, without a doubt, the king of accessory fashion. When he designs an accessory, he thinks of a woman in simply clothing that will make the accessory really stand out. This is one of two methods, where the focus is entirely on your accessories. If you have a pair of lovely Jimmy Choo sunglasses, you should pair them with a simple shirt and simple hair and makeup to really let the sunglasses speak for themselves. Don’t wear flashy clothes and flashy accessories!
The other method for accessorizing is to wear the clothing you love and mineralize your accessories. Purchase sunglasses that don’t steal the show (like the more relaxed designs of Tom Ford, for example) and carry a bag that isn’t ostentatious or overly glamorous. The name of the game is subtle but solid fashion pieces making the overall image a really put together look. This option is more accesable on day to day business and pleasure trips, and comes off more natural looking than the high fashion option of simple clothing and bold accessories.
Feb
5
Ray Ban sunglasses are a staple in the fashion world. They go way beyond the glamour of Hollywood and Beverley Hills, and past their prevalence in Eastern European fads. Yes, Ray Ban sunglasses are a unique category unto itself in the fashion community, a look that can transform from the Bad Boy look of Maverick in Top Gun, to the punk fashion of early Avril Aveigne. From Lady Gaga to Beyonce, to Meg Ryan and even Barack Obama, Ray Bans have something to offer every unique look, personality type and fashion. If you love the Ray Ban look but are not sure how to pick out the right pair for you, then this guide will help point you in the right direction.
Bad boys – For a tough look that implies power, old-fashioned fun, motorcycle-style speed and a living-on-the-edge vibe that so many bad boys often exude then you’ll want to slap on a pair of Ray Ban aviators. These are the shades Johnny Knoxville wore in Jackass, and there are many variations of the aviator. Some Ray Ban aviators will have gold or silver trim, or you can go sleek and clean and get black frames and black lenses. You can also choose the size of your lenses, not every aviator needs to cover the entire face, in fact many women love the aviator look in a smaller, more scaled proportion.
Geeks, Nerds and Future Billionaires – For a fun, retro look that stands out without being outside the fashion realm, the Wayfarer is a great way to stay fashionable and yet appear as if you don’t care about fashion.
Feb
3
Spring Fashion Trends
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Spring is the only season where human beings feel hopeful, fresh and ready to tackle the new year as Mother Nature blossoms all around. Fresher colors, more designs on clothing, more risky fashion choices and more adventurous and fun looks appear in the fashion world as a result of this strange, annual phenomenon. Designers like Dior slip out of fashion momentarily while bold designs like those from Ed Hardy become popular.
Ed Hardy sunglasses are unique in the fashion world. They are a fun collage of colors and shapes on a fun design. Graffiti-type patterns cover the temple bars of Ed Hardy sunglasses, while the lenses have a slightly tinted look that defies the norm. Designs like these become popular in spring, when people are invigorated to look for fresh ways to perceive themselves. They are bold, flashy, unique and a smart spring and summer choice.
This spring, like many before it, we expect to see a surge of brighter colors and an increase in pattern print fabrics including an abundance of flowers and polka dots. Like many previous years, stripes are likely to come into fashion. What is unique about this spring is that we expect the colors to remain relatively bold, rather than the usual pastel or neon hues popular in spring. Apply this to accessories, and you may not want to purchase those pink sunglasses just yet. Instead, go artsy and new-age on your eyewear with colors that will match any outfit, and you’re sure to be in style no matter what way the color wheel spins.
Jan
27
Top two Fashion Office Glasses
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In this day and age you really want to put your best foot forward at the office—if that’s the case than your foot should be clothed in Prada. In fact, people who spend time shopping and accessorizing for their office wardrobes on average last longer at their jobs and have higher promotion potential. Dressing the part simply demonstrates you are committed, motivated and that you care and invest in your employment. Where lots of people go wrong is in the accessories, especially glasses. Too many people play it safe with their eyewear when in fact this is the most important accessory and can say a lot about you as a person and as a worker. Here are the top five fashionable but office appropriate eyewear for 2010.
Bikkembergs glasses are professional, sleek and modern while also an obscure enough designer brand that you will not come across as someone who simply wears name-brand eyewear for the name. Wearing second tier designers is a great way to assert yourself as knowledgeable, able to make your own choices and demonstrate yourself as a leader and not a follower. Meanwhile, the designs are not overly ostentatious and are office appropriate.
Jimmy Choo glasses, like Bikkembergs, are classy, sleek and office appropriate, yet the name is a lot better known. You’ll get some kudos points, especially in a fashion-friendly office. The reason they top this list is that they are a brand that many people simply adore, while not being obnoxiously loud or overtly high brow. For the office, stick to the black frame or frameless designs and not the tortoiseshell or larger frames, which may not match everything in your office wardrobe.
Jan
20
Some people want simplicity, not the fashion world however, the fashion world craves unique designs, inspiring lines and flare. In the world of eyewear, there is little room to add a splash of fun, so many designers add their bit of flare to the temple bars. Jimmy Choo, known for elegance, retro fashion and unstoppable NY style fun, is also known in the eyewear world for making the temple bars on his eyeglasses as innovative and bold as they are on sunglasses. And there are other designers innovating the temple bar.
Ed Hardy sunglasses and eyewear, seen here, are literally all about the temple bars. With frameless fronts, the temples bars are wild, bold and graffiti-like in their appeal. Ed Hardy eyewear are not for the boring or drab, they are reserved for people willing to take fashion risks and to step into the world of something bigger and more fashionable than a mere utilitarian seeing device.
Another designer currently making fashion waves by decorating the temple bars is Alain Mikli, whose bold colors and clean lines make for a beautiful combo. These eyeglasses would look stunning on a bald person, or on someone with a very clean shaven look. They stand out in a way that says “high-speeds, race track, New York city, adventure” and this is exactly the look many young men and women are yearning for.
In the realm of sunglasses, Les Copains is making waves with their temple bars, these are unique in that they have a giant circle cut out of them- a readily identifiable trademark that looks modern and clean and yet acts as a perfect identifier. The diamond-studded circle looks sharp next to high cheek bones or on women who favor lots of blush. More importantly, it gives the look of being in the know, fashion wise.
Jan
14
Originality– the meaning of the word is hardly relevant in today’s fashion world. With all the years that fashion has been evolving, there is barely anything new worth noting that isn’t in some way already existing. Ray Bans are a famous name in sunglasses. Many celebrities prefer the simplicity of Ray Bans to the often extravagant and flamboyant eyewear that most of the younger fashion houses adore mass producing.
Burberry cleverly designed their own set of sunglasses resembling the famed Ray Ban Wayfarer, called the Equestrian Knight. Similar to the Ray Ban in that they both share a plain frame and thick temple bars, as well as sleek black coloring and grey tinting. Each brand has printed their logo on the side so that they might not be confused, but really what is the point? We all know Ray Ban made the design first and made the look popular with millions of dollars invested in advertising and promotions. Is it fair that Burberry gets to piggy back on their success by making similar designs? I suppose as long as the design sells, so will the image no matter what Burberry or Ray Ban chooses to do from here on out.
It’s 2010 now, guys, and we’re looking for originality, innovation and creativity. We hope companies will stop mimicking one another in terms of designs and models so that each design can really be unique. No one watches a Terrintino film and confuses it with Scorsese, yet with eyewear fashion confusion is very common.
Jan
12
Beyonce Knowles, Eyewear
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Though we all love Beyonce with equal vigor, some notice her amazing sense of fashion more while others notice her vocal prowess. With fashionable and iconic eyewear choices, she has taken her place in the halls of fashion Valhalla with designs by Marc Jacobs, such as the MJ 279/S model she wore at the American Music Awards, and a vast array of other fashionable designer brands across the spectrum that truly make her a diva of the 21st century.
She rocked the amazing Ray Ban 2140 model, a design aimed at making you look younger, more feral and wild. She looks stunning in younger eyewear designs like those by Ray Ban. She also owns an amazing pair of RB 3016, which highlight her higher-toned bone structure and perfectly proportional face. In addition to her other two pairs of Ray Bans, her RB 3025 model sunglasses are a favorite in Hollywood, and she isn’t shy when it comes to mimicking fashion trends and making them look better than ever before by simply slapping them on when she wears the classic jeans and a T-shirt combo. That’s what makes this diva so personable.
Her Persol 0714 model sunglasses are stunning, a design made popular in Hollywood films and music videos alike. Her fashion prowess literally knows no bounds. Most stars could not pull off a look as rugged as Ray Ban in one day and Persol or Versace the next, yet with Beyonce we know she is still the girl next door as well as a diva.
Chanel 5124 model sunglasses are an amazing addition to any wardrobe, though Beyonce makes them look better than perfect! The style is one that most people can pull off, if simply they focuses on combining high fashion with vintage décor.