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Trendy fashions for the eyes for the Summer of 2007 are still right here. We’ve got all the styles that are really sought after from Aviators to Polarized to Rhinestone.You are sure to look fab with whatever pair you choose to suit up with. And the beauty of it all is that each pair starts at only $19.94 per pair. Look fantastic and save money too on quality eyewear. Your eyes and your wallet will thank you.

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When Buying Sunglasses Will Benefit You

When will buying sunglasses benefit you? Always! That is, unless you have a wide sunglasses wardrobe already. You’ll add an element of style to your look, plus you’ll protect your eyes from UV rays that can do quite a bit of damage over time. Protecting your peepers is the most important thing about eyewear!

Tips for Choosing Your Sunglasses

There are a few factors to consider when you choose sunglasses to take with you every day, something to match your every mood and outfit.

Face shape: Oval shaped faces can wear just about any shape or style. Just don’t go too big or too small, and you’re good! Is your face on the angular side? Balance with rounder frame styles. Similarly, if your face is all curves and not many lines, create the illusion of a more angular face by buying sunglasses with corners as opposed to big, round frames.

Hair color: Blondes’ best bet is to go with lighter tones. Black can look too harsh, so opt for brown or tortoise frames if you feel that the black ones overpower your delicate coloring.

Brunettes can go bold! Choose from red, white, black or any other bright or deep color. Unless you’re a very fair-skinned brunette, you may want to stay away from the pastel tones.

Redheads look beautiful in frames in hunter green, tortoise, brown and sometimes even royal blue.

Style: This is where your overall style comes in. Match your sunglasses to your clothes, especially for daily wear if you’re only buying one pair. Classic wardrobes call for understated frames with gray or amber lenses. Funkier types could wear colored lenses in unusual shapes. Think trendy. If you like old-fashioned attire, check into retro or vintage sunglasses.

Buying sunglasses is all about balancing your style with your face shape. If you have a small face, opt for small sunglasses. Longer face shapes should choose large sunglasses, perhaps in the aviator style.

The first thing you should do when buying sunglasses is to consider what you’ll be using them for. Driving requires different things than playing golf, for example. Sunglasses used for hunting will be different than those for skiing.

Amber lenses tend to work best for driving, but polarized sunglasses take the cake. Polarized lenses cut down on glare and create contrast so that you’re able to react more quickly. If a child or small animal jumps out in front of your car, you have more time to stop. Optical shops often have some you can try on to really compare polarized and non-polarized lenses.

For golfing in particular, you may want to opt for cinnamon or citrus colors, rather than gray, for blocking bright sunlight while providing contrast on the green. Read more at FindArticles.com. Tennis players benefit from teal lenses; skiers from vermillion. Playing sports at night but still need protection? There are clear lenses just for that purpose.

Bolle Sunglasses and Rudy Project make fabulous sunglasses with athletes in mind. The best part is, you can change your lenses. So if you’re a man or woman of many athletic talents, you won’t have to have a new pair for every sport; just stock up on lenses of many colors.

If you’re only buying one pair of sunglasses, choose gray lenses. Choose a classic shape appropriate for your face shape and coloring. Take the rest of your wardrobe into consideration. If you’re into old-fashioned styles, you may want to opt for vintage sunglasses just to keep everything in line.

Source: Love To Know

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July 17, 2007 - 11:02AM

A pair of gold-rimmed, wire sunglasses worn by Beatle John Lennon have come up for auction at a British web site and could fetch more than $US1.5 million ($A1.73 million), some media outlets have reported.

The iconic glasses, put up for bid late last week at web site 991.com, belonged to a Japanese television producer named Junishi Yore who said he was a translator for the Beatles in 1966, according to a description on the web site.

Several media reports have put bids as high as $US1.5 million ($A1.73 million), although that could not be confirmed in the private web auction. Representatives of the site were not immediately available for comment. The auction is set to end on July 31.

The glasses come with Yore’s handwritten note saying he got them when the Beatle was on tour in Japan. Lennon befriended Yore and before the two parted, they exchanged gifts. Lennon gave Yore his glasses. Yore gave Lennon copper cups.

Lennon wrote many of the Beatles songs along with Paul McCartney, and he was a leading anti-war activist in the Vietnam era. He was often photographed in his round, wire-rimmed glasses, and the image became iconic for young men and women of his generation who adopted the same look.

When Lennon was murdered outside his New York apartment in 1980, Yore pushed the lenses from the sunglasses in accordance with a Japanese tradition that calls for the glass to be displaced so that the soul can see in the afterlife.

Source: The Age

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For decades, doctors have warned about the dangers of going out in the sun. Slap on a hat, slip on a shirt and slop on the suncream to protect your skin from harmful rays and avoid getting cancer, they say.

But what about the eyes? If sunlight burns skin, what does it do to the cornea, lens and retina? Most people wear sunglasses for comfort or to look cool. But perhaps there is a more pressing reason - to save our sight.

Should the advice be; wear shades or risk going blind? One of the world’s best-known scientists, James Watson, a Nobel prizewinner and the discoverer of the DNA double helix, seems to think that is exactly what the risk is.

At the opening of the Wellcome Medical Museum in London last month, he was extolling the benefits of genetic research. In May, he became the first person to be presented with his entire DNA sequence on a disc, potentially allowing him to identify genetic defects that could put him at risk of disease.

Asked if there were any downsides to such research - something he is notably reluctant to admit - he had his answer ready. Analysis of his genome might have revealed a vulnerability to, say, macular degeneration, which is the most common cause of blindness.

“I could have seen the [gene] sequence when I was in my fifties and worn dark glasses for the rest of my life. But I am now 79, and I don’t have macular degeneration. So it would have been unnecessary - based on incomplete information,” he said.

It was a deliberately frivolous point, intended to suggest that the worst the new genetics could foist upon us was the inconvenience of wearing dark glasses. But the assumption that lay behind it was that dark glasses can protect eyes from premature ageing, in the same way that suncream can protect the skin. They may even, Watson implied, prevent vulnerable people from losing their sight.

The facts about blindness are chilling. By the age of 80, more than half of Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract occurs when the lens in the eye becomes cloudy, blurring the vision. Treatment is by surgery, to replace the lens with an artificial one made from plastic.

Age-related macular degeneration affects about 500,000 people in the UK. It occurs when cells in the centre of the retina at the back of the eye become damaged. Symptoms are the loss of central vision and visual distortion. Both conditions are most common in the elderly - and as we live longer, the numbers affected are growing. The eyes, in common with other organs, need protection if they are to last. Some eye specialists say that protecting the eyes of children is the most effective way to prolong 20-20 vision into old age.

Ian Anderson, an optometrist and the chairman of the Eyecare Trust, a charity devoted to promoting eye health, said: “Your eyes can be damaged by ultraviolet light. There are two types in sunlight - UVA and UVB. UVA sunlight penetrates quite deeply and can damage the lens and the retina. People should be aware that they need to wear dark glasses and do more to protect their eyes.”

People who have fair skin are at greatest risk. They have less pigment and their eyes are thus most vulnerable to UV light, while dark-skinned people are better protected.

But it is a myth that blue-eyed people are more sensitive to light and therefore more vulnerable to eye damage. The iris is almost opaque, although there are differences in the amount of pigment in the retina, Anderson said.

Children are worse off because their eyes are young and the lens and vitreous - the fluid behind the lens - are clearer, so the light goes straight through and goes on to hit the retina.

“Children need sunglasses, but parents need to be careful that they are not toys with tinted lenses. That causes the iris to open and let more light through. Parents need to be very careful to buy sunglasses with the right CE marking to show that they filter out UV light. It is more important to wear sunglasses when young to protect the eyes.”

In older people, as the lens of the eye ages, it creates more glare. “It becomes like a frosted window - this is called ‘veiling glare’. A lot of older people have incredible problems driving when the sun is low or it is reflecting off wet roads,” Anderson says.

If sunglasses are necessary to protect the eyes from damage, why are they not the subject of health promotion campaigns? The answer, according to Andrew Lotery, professor of ophthalmology and a specialist in macular degeneration at Southampton University, is that the case for shades is unproven.

“It has been a hypothesis for decades [that exposure to sunlight damages the eye]. There have been large-scale epidemiological studies; for example, of fishermen who are exposed to a lot of light reflected off the sea. There is no evidence of an increase in macular degeneration. That link has been looked for, but it has not been found.”

Some experts say that blue light is more damaging to eyes, but this too has not been proved, Lotery says. “One concern was that when cataracts were removed, the blue light filters present in the natural lens were removed also. Now, all replacement lenses have blue light filters,” he says.

For certain people with rare eye conditions, such as retinitis pigmentosa (an inherited condition that causes degeneration of the retina), excess light can be damaging. “I advise these patients to avoid sunlight and wear dark glasses,” Lotery says.

A juvenile form of macular degeneration called Stargardt’s disease, which affects one in 10,000 children, is also affected by light. Experiments in mice show that they are protected when raised in the dark. Lotery says: “Most ophthalmologists would recommend sunglasses for this group.” But he’s sceptical about suggestions that we all need protection: “I don’t think, for the general population, that the evidence is there.”

Source: The Independent

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We are now able to offer fantastic Womens Sunglasses in beautiful styles in our Replica Sunglasses selection. The styles are hot, what are seen on the models, celebrities and in the magazines. But she’s going to be able to have some money left over in the end to treat herself to something extravagant…just because she shopped here. That’s because all of our styles start at only $19.94 per pair. So here’s to Replica Armani and Chanel and Gucci and so on…

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If you’re looking for a great pair of Mens Sunglasses at a reasonable price, you’ll want to check out our great selection of eyewear in our Replica Sunglasses selection. We’ve got some great imposter looks to transform a man from elegant to cool to casual and then back again. He will definitely love our selection and most of all our prices. Where can you get a pair of excellent optical quality, UV400 protected eyewear with shatterproof lenses? The answer - right here!

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For that look of mystery, a terrific choice in our online eyewear catalog are Super Dark Sunglasses. They will leave your eyes shrouded in intrigue, so people will wonder what you’re up to. Great as Poker Sunglasses or if you’re just looking for really dark lenses. If you like the look that spies wear, these are the glasses for you! You’ll look ready for your next mission or for the next big poker game with Super Dark Sunglasses.

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For those who are looking for androgynous type of eyewear, that would be suitable for men or women and look great for any situation, Rimless Sunglasses are a great choice. They can transition from casual to dressy looks easily. They have a clean look when it comes to eyewear and reflect high-class simplicity. All of the big makers out there have rimless eyewear, so we’re proud to feature our versions here. Great looking and on-trend sun glasses - for less!

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For men and women looking for a little bling or in some cases a lot of bling, Rhinestone Sunglasses may be the ticket. They offer that look of star appeal whether downplayed with small accents on the lens of the eyewear, or with greater impact when there are rhinestones encrusted into the frames of the sunglasses. Some of the latest styles come with some rhinestone accents. Once again you can find a great pair of sunglasses here in the trendy looks that you love for way less than you’ll pay for the brand name, or in many of the stores.

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Plastic Sunglasses came out in the 1950’s and were a total hit because they were so cool and could be so varied. With this great material, one had a wide selection of frame shapes and colors. Today they still hold the same appeal and lots of the big name designers even use this material in their eyewear…and charge a fortune to boot! Not here, each pair only costs you $19.94 - a fraction of what those big names will charge for a pair of theirs.

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