Thursday, January 29, 2009

Jimmy Choo Sunglasses

Have we got some news for you. Should we tell you?... we really shouldn't.

If we whisper it it might be alright.

Jimmy Choo, the man behind the most fabulous shoes has bought out his latest range of sunglasses and they will be found on Send Optics.

They're oozing glitz and glamour straight from the Audrey Hepburn school of class.

Bling, chintz, and leopard prints. Delicious.

We've heard that they'll be on sale in the next week, so keep coming back, as soon as we've got the release date for the Jimmy Choo sunglasses we'll give you a bit shout out.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Brad and An
























Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted by Reuters photographers as they arrived at Narita airport, near Tokyo, with their children.

And look at Brad. Even behind those sunglasses he can't hid the shame of sporting a tash. Come on Brad, even as a Hollywood celebrity surely you wouldn't. Would you?

Is this is a sign that the tash is going to be making a 80s comeback? And if so, the big question is, will perms be back too?

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Looking back (a bit)

I guess we should have done this a few weeks ago, but here's a run down of some interesting sunglasses articles we found last year.
NY Times back in July, 'Love Your Sunglasses (Should I know You?)', wrote
'According to NPD, total sales in the $3 billion sunglass industry rose 10 percent in the first five months of this year compared with the same period last year, even while the number of individual glasses has slackened -- an indication there has been significant growth at the upper end of the market, Mr. Cohen said.

Why are designer sunglasses bucking the downturn of other luxury goods? Retailers and other fashion authorities cite It-bag fatigue (women have bought more bags in recent years than they can store in their closets), whereas sunglasses are still a novel way to acquire the cachet of a designer brand'


Around the same time, there was also an interesting article in the Seattle Times on the utilitarian -fashion cross over that sunglasses represent '
To prove this theory, we sent testers out with several makes and models of sunglasses. We hiked in the Cascades, bicycled through Palouse wheat fields, flew paragliders on Whidbey Island and Tiger Mountain, climbed Mount Baker, kayaked on Hood Canal and ran along the Burke-Gilman Trail. In the end, our team of testers found a few standouts.'