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Cutting Edge Sunglasses (SUPER GALLERY)

While you can wear sunglasses all year, summer seems to be the season in which the most tinted eye wear is bought. If you’re not sure how you’ll accessorize your peepers yet, here’s a list of some of the most interesting sunglasses we’ve seen on Trend Hunter, from the high tech to the stylish to the strange and the downright shady.

Tech

Swiss Army Sun Glasses - Uber Shades

Created by Not-so Bright Sun wear of Germany these stylin? Uber Shades jam everything you could imagine inside the oversized temples. You can choose from 263 different items and attachments to make your shades one-of-a-kind. Not available yet, but I’m sure it will be a big hit on the outdoors/wild… [More]

Ugly Food Glasses - Blue Shade Glasses Help You Lose Weight?

Scientific research has found blue to be the least appetizing color. This is the basis behind these blue shaded sunglasses. Supposedly, the person who wears these shades sees an ugly hue of blue that brings about a negative view of eating in general. Perhaps the blue tint subconsciously reminds us o… [More]

Video Camera Sunglasses - Stylish Shades Record What You See

Yes, we’ve seen spyglasses before, however those were begging to be worn by Austin Powers. These pairs in contrast are banging! The price too: about $1,200, but knowing that you can later see what you’ve been seeing all day is priceless. They have an internal memory of 32Mb and expandable with SD ca… [More]

Trends In Shades - Smart Sunglasses Change Color on Demand

Could this be “the fashion statement of the future?”  Chunye Xu,, a chemical engineer at the University of Washington, thinks it could be.  Chunye Xu and researchers just developed new lenses that “instantly change into virtually any color on demand with just a turn of a tiny electronic knob on thei… [More]

Fashion

Vibrant Sunglasses - Hot Fashion Trend For Summer (VIDEO)

The world-renowned fashion gurus at Style.com sent out their latest newsletter today to give a chic-peak into the hottest accessory trends for the new season. Bright, colourful sunglasses with big, chunky frames are set to be all the rage. Some of the electric hues on the market compliment the neo… [More]

Dior Sport Sun Mask Sunglasses Look Ready for Outer Space (GALLERY)

The Dior Sport Sun Mask offers high-tech sun protection for the eyes.  Plus you get to look like an intergalactic operator!  The sun mask in XXL shape has a futuristic style with lenses made of flexible and resistant nylon combined with hypoallergenic metal. The innovative ‘invisible temples’ are … [More]

Sun Goggles - Eyewear Of The Future

Sunglasses are the most important summer accessory, and with the prominent use of fluorescent colours, exaggerated angles, curves, and metallic detail shown in this summer’s collections, I’ve been in search for the perfect pair of sunglasses to accompany the futuristic look. The problem I found … [More]

Mercedes Glasses - MB Jumps into Optical Fashion with 40 New Frames (GALLERY)

We’ve been seeing a lot of cross over between fashion and automakers.  In fact, Porsche Design makes just about everything.  As a result, Mercedes Glasses just seem to make sense.  The surprise is that Mercedes jumped into the game with not one, but 40 different optical models. Autoblog is reportin… [More]

Luxury Labels for Love - Cavalli Names “Eva” Sunglasses After Wife

The Roberto Cavalli limited edition Eva sunglasses, named after his wife, are exclusively available at the company’s boutiques starting today for an eye-opening price of $640. The elegant Eva model complements the sophisticated look of the Cruise collection with references to the refined atmosph… [More]

White Sunglasses - Fendi

When those around you are wearing black shades, do you have the guts to go pearl white? Yes? Then you are a fashion leader. From pearls to French manicures, white represents polished sophistication. Fendi is building on the classic by setting a new trend for spring with their emphasis on white sungl… [More]

Limited Edition Aviators - 22 Karat Gold Ray-Ban Ultra to Mark 20th Anniversary

Twenty years ago a fashion rage was started when Tom Cruise showed up as Top Gun in his hot aviator sunglasses. Everybody had a pair. 20 years later, it’s time to celebrate. Ray-Ban is offering 25,000 pairs of Ray-Ban Ultra Limited Edition Aviators.  The shares are 22 karat gold plated for $485. If … [More]

Big Eyewear Still in Vogue - Escada’s Latest Sunglasses (GALLERY)

ESCADA, well renowned as an international luxury fashion group, has released their latest sunglasses.  And according to ESCADA, big eyewear is still in vogue.  The latest sunglasses collection makes the frame much more outstanding for the woman.  For background, ESCADA has pursued a course of steady… [More]

Space Goggles - Bright, Futuristic Glasses (GALLERY)

With the increasing buzz about luxury space travel, there has been a heavy emphasis on futurism in fashion, from metallic fabrics, to fun, over-sized space goggles like these. Sure they’re a little bit ‘80s, and look a lot like something you’d pluck from your childhood dress-up trunk, but the conf… [More]

Retro

80s Sunglasses Dominate Fashion Market - Ray Ban Wayfarer (GALLERY)

GQ last month defined Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses as “something from the Eighties worth remembering”. According to the review, nothing more original than Wayfarer can be found today in the sunglasses market even given the huge amount styles and shapes available. For sure these sunglasses are still i… [More]

80s Sunglasses For Men - Josh Hartnett’s White Shades (GALLERY)

If Josh Harnett has any authority on fashion trends, he may just be setting the standards for summer’s must-have item for men. He was recently seen sporting these white, plastic-framed sunglasses outside Bondi Road restaurant in New York’s Lower East Side. If you’ve been following Trend Hunter, yo… [More]

Reworked Raybans - Your Grandma’s Sunglasses are So Hot Right Now

The Wayfarer is atruly iconic sunglasses design, manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1953. Already adopted by those in the know from Europe to the US, as well as trendsetters Chloë Sevigny and Kate Moss, it looks set to be the key style for summer 2007.  Wayfarer and Wayfarer styles offer a welcome respi… [More]

Retro Fashion Tangle - Combining Styles from the 60s & 70s (VIDEO)

As somewhat of a paradox, the newest way to be in fashionably trendy is by implementing a combination of the retro fashions of the sixties with seventies glamour. I’ve done a little fashion research to bring you this cool compilation of great images. The gallery features sunglasses, boots, hot pants… [More]

Eco

Bamboo Sunglasses - iWood Shades are Green Chic

Why should nature lovers shy away from the fashion scene? To be green chic, here’s exactly the accessory you’ll need, especially when hanging out in the sun during that protest rally. These iWood sunglasses from The Green Loop are hand-made from sustainable harvested bamboo. However, the $350 pric… [More]

Greener Garments - Designers Turn To Eco-Fashion (GALLERY)

Designers are turning to sustainable materials and cleaner production methods to make today’s fashions. The gallery of items from a number of different designers illustrates this trend. “Jewelry designer Monique Pean (http://www.moniquepean.com) creates original jewelry from found remains of walrus, caribo… [More]

Bizarre

Dripping Tar Sunglasses - Anna ter Haar Designs

Anna ter Haar seems to seek inspiration from drops quite a bit. These big, black sunglasses look as though they are dripping with thick tar. That’s usually a bag thing, but Haar made it look impossibly chic. She made the black shades for the Klavers van Engelen fall/winter 2008/09 fashion show in … [More]

Beak Glasses - Linda Farrow Haute Couture Eyewear For Spring Summer 2008 (GALLERY)

The new Spring Summer 2008 collection from ultra-stylish British label Linda Farrow Vintage features a selection of chic eyewear by impressive designers including Bernhard Willhelm, Jeremy Scott and Raf Simons. Linda Farrow Vintage was re-launched in 2003 by Simon Jablon, the son of the 70’s des… [More]

Doggles – The Eyewear for Dogs

You go out in the sun. You wear sunglasses to protect your eyes. But, how about your dog?
Doggles is the first and only eyewear protection created for dogs. The company has come out with a range of glasses for dogs.
Sunglasses - To protect your dogs who irritated by the harsh sunlight.
Protective… [More]

Censor Bar Sunglasses

Be “UNSEEN” wearing these Stupidiotic Black Bar glasses. On their own, Black Bars appear to be ridiculously silly looking sunglasses. In a social setting, they instantly become the life of the party. Inhibitions fade away. You’re immediately popular with the “IN” crowd. Others will wonder … [More]

Gogglemuffbuds - Von Zipper Snow Muffs

You love the silly look of fluffy earmuffs and you’re a music buff that loves winter sports? Then you’ve got to get a pair of these gogglemuffbuds. The Von Zipper Snow Muffs are ideal for hitting the slopes, keeping your ears warm and wind-free, protecting your peepers and letting you pump your tu… [More]

Related to Sunglasses

Lampshade Made of Aviators - Celebrity Lamp (GALLERY)

Like the lyrics say, “I wear my sunglasses at night…” This lamp dons 40 pairs of mirrored aviator sunglasses, casting oval reflections on to its surroundings. The Celebrity Lamp, designed exclusively for Deeply Madly Living, is highly sought after with a backorder until 2008. Who would have though… [More]

Controversial Ad Bans - Italian Tom Ford Sunglasses Ad

This ad for Tom Ford’s sunglasses got banned in Italy by the Institute for Advertising Self-Discipline (IAP) which is the country’s advertising watchdog. The ad shows a red-lipped, sunglass-wearing woman with a man’s finger in her mouth. Fabsugar says it was banned because the IAP deemed it vulgar… [More]