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Sarah Palin: Those Glasses May Be Back Next Year

July 13th, 2011 by Angela Garrana No comments »

With the election year just around the corner, many candidates have already started their journeys towards the 2012 nomination. New terminologies like “Obamni Care” have been coined and debates are being held, turning the smell of the battle up again. While everybody is wondering which Republican will get the nomination this time, people in the optics business have something else on their mind. They are thinking weather what happened with Sarah Palin Glasses three years ago could reappear, giving their industry a much deserved shot in the arm.

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Three years ago, Sarah Palin created quite a stir with her rimless eyeglasses. The Alaska governor and then Vice President nominee had her eyeglasses updated to a set of lightweight, titanium, rimless rectangular frames during the general election. The frames were custom-made for her by Home Optics, an upscale retailer in Chugiak, Alaska. The owner ofHome Optics went to Palin’s home in Alaska and fitted her right in her kitchen. Shen then provided as many as 500 sets of frames for the governer to choose from and helped her to narrow down to 5 sets. The ultimate winner was picked with the help of Gov. Palin’s family. Joy Leedham, the owner of Home Optics, commented on the new look, saying that the new frames helped Gov. Palin look fashion-forward.

After only a couple of public appearances, these specs caught attention. Italle, the U.S. distributor of the frames’ Japanese Designer Kazuo Kawasaki, said they kept getting phone calls from dealers who are eager to stock the exact same shape and style that Gov. Palin was wearing. Women everywhere were asking, “Where did she get those glasses? They look so good her. I want to find them.” Gov. Palin was certainly not the first famous woman who had worn eyeglasses, however, it had been quite a while since the last time someone had given the optical industry a shot in the arm like she had done. With the craze building up alongside the general election, insiders of the optical business were only wondering what would happen if she had won.

Well, as history went, she didn’t win, which suddenly stopped the short-lived boom she had given to the eyeglasses business. After the election of Barrack Obama, T-shirts with his face or his campaign slogan are everywhere on the street, announcing politicians’ huge influence in the fashion field.

2012 will be which party’s lucky year is still unknown. What is known is no matter how far Gov. Sarah Palin will go this time, you are sure to see these glasses again.

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Top Female Celebs Who Wear Eyeglasses

July 12th, 2011 by Charles Garrana No comments »

Although often considered geeky and bookish, eyeglasses are being recognized and worn by more and more female celebrities. Occasionally rocking the four-eyed look has become a trend. Everyone from Anne Hathaway to Katy Perry has been known to sport a pair of eyeglasses every now and then. Now follow us in our countdown of top Hollywood female celebrities who wear eyeglasses.

Anne Hathaway

The last few years have seen Anne Hathaway’s career on a rocketing venture. The princess we know back in he days of The Princess Diaries 1and 2 have grown to be a full-rounder in film. She’s done comedy with Steve Carell in Get Smart. She was the revered romantic author Jane Austin in Becoming Jane. She even partnered up with the actress of our age Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada and her nuanced performance in Rachael Getting Married won her endless critical review and an Oscar nomination for best actress. Just when people are wondering is there anything this woman can’t do, she’s stepped her feet into the stand up comedy territory, partnering up with James Franco to host the 83rd Academy Awards.

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Earlier this year, at Harvey Weinstein’s pre-Oscar dinner, Anne Hathaway showed off her geeky side, sporting a pair of black-framed eyeglasses. The beautiful and talented actress made frames look sexier than ever before.

Katy Perry

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As one of the most popular singers of your time, Katy is certainly daring in deciding what to wear. These funny eyeglasses shaped in the form of hearts not only give out a cute vibe but also reflect an easy going personality. The California Gurls super star is having an incredible year. Her breakthrough album named Teenage Dream became one of only nine albums in the music history to ever produce four or more Hot 100 number ones. And that was only her second studio album How far she will go in the future is certainly unpredictable. What is predictable is that her unique taste in eyewear will undoubtedly influence people’s view towards eyeglasses.

Meryl Streep

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You probably remember Meryl Streep’s killer performance in the movie Devil Wears Prada, a performance that won her rave reviews and yet another Oscar nomination. Catering to people’s curiosity towards the dazzling world of fashion, the movie became a smash hit after it debuted in 2006. Sponsored by many heavyweight fashion names, the movie was also the most expensively costumed movie ever. Meryl Streep played Miranda Priestly, Chief Editor of the Runway magazine. The eyeglasses that she wore in the movie even triggered endless discussion online. Everyone was guessing who designed those sexy glasses and where they can get their hands on one pair. Although which brand is behind the glasses may never be revealed, one thing that’s for sure is that those glasses did keep people talking for a long period of time to come.

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Reading Glasses: the Best Solution for Reading Problems

July 11th, 2011 by George Manche No comments »

Are you having problems reading print or computer screens? Do you find yourself straining your eyes to read printed materials or having to hold fine print away from your face just so you can read them? If yes, you might need a set of reading glasses.

Some people who have the above mentioned vision problems have never experienced any vision problems before. For them, reading glasses are the best option to solve their problems. They are very easy to adjust to and cost effective. The wearer can just look down through the glasses to read and look forward for regular vision. No need to put them on and off.

For the rest who have more than just reading problems to cure, reading glasses remain a popular choice. While bifocals, trifocals and the latest progressive glasses work well for some, most people find them difficult to use. In order to see at far, mid-range and up close ranges, the wearer has to look through different parts of the lenses. As an alternative, one can have a set of eyeglasses for distance vision and a set for reading. This is a good solution especially for people who are just beginning to experience Presbyopia. Reading glasses are usually small and compact making them easy to clip on and off whenever needed and easy to store and carry around with.

If you intend to get yourself one pair of such glasses, the first thing you need to do is to see a specialist and have your problems diagnosed with detail. Remember not all reading glasses have prescription lenses. If you are just like most people who don’t have any other problem except for reading, a set of non-prescription reading glasses that magnify the material that is enough for your purpose.

One thing you should notice when purchasing reading glasses is that they are different from computer glasses. Because computer glasses are specially designed for people have to work long hours in front a computer, they are not for the right distance for reading. Remember to distinguish when you are in the store.

Reading glasses come in two basic styles: full lens and half lens, with no one better than the other. You can make your decision based on your personal preference. There are also endless colors and shapes to choose from. You can easily find the one pair that matches your wardrobe, your hair color, your facial shape and even your attitude.

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Polarized Sunglasses: A Better Way to Block Glare

July 9th, 2011 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Having been popular for years with boaters and fishermen who need to reduce glare reflected from the water around them when they are working, polarized sunglasses are getting more and more attention from people of all walks of life as their benefits are being discovered by more and more people.

Outdoor sports enthusiasts, including skiers, golfers, bikers and joggers are all rushing out to get their hands on these sunglasses. Besides, almost anyone who has to drive on a sunny day finds these sunglasses helpful in that they can reduce glare from smooth surfaces like the hood of a car or the road’s surface. Light-sensitive people, like post-cataract surgery patients and others who suffer continual exposure to bright light through windows can even wear them indoors to see clearer.

“How exactly do polarized sunglasses work” you may ask. To answer that , we need to first be aware of the fact that light reflected from a smooth surface such as snow or water tends to be horizontally polarized, which means that instead of scattered in all directions, light travels in a more horizontal direction. This usually creates a rather annoying and sometimes even dangerous intensity of light that we know of as glare. A vertical polarizing lens thus can reduce the brightness of the light waves and at the same time let optical information through. Depending on the angle, polarized sunglasses can be made to filter out no light or all of the light, catering to different needs.

An advantage of polarized sunglasses over traditional sunglasses is that they let useful detailed optical information through while blocking out glare that might hurt your eyes. Traditional sunglasses block everything, which can be sometimes extremely dangerous especially when you need information of your environment to navigate.

There are, however, some instances when polarized sunglasses are not advised. One is when you are looking at those liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Polarized lenses may reduce the visibility of images produced by those displays. So, you might have to take off your glasses when you are reading the numbers on an automatic teller machine or trying to look at your cell phone screen or GPS device. Another occasion is when you are downhill skiing. After all, you don’t want to block light reflected from icy patches that tells where the danger zones are.

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How to Pick up Proper Prescription Sunglasses

July 8th, 2011 by Randa Nahl No comments »

Sunglasses have become an indispensible item for lots of people to protect the eyes and making fashion statement. However, as for people suffering vision problems, sunglasses work mainly as protective items and only secondly as decorations. When it comes to sunglasses for vision problems suffers, the best choice comes to prescription sunglasses, which is a solution to offer vision aids and protect eyes from harmful rays such as UV rays at the same time. As their eyes are already defective and fragile, it is of much importance to pick up proper rx sunglasses while inferior rx sunglasses will cause further damage to their eyes.

The lenses of rx sunglasses come in different types, such as gradient lenses, anti-reflective lenses, blue blockers, polarized lenses and photochromic lenses. You can choose the lenses according to your lifestyle or ophthalmologist’s recommendations because people having some certain eye diseases are limited to wear sunglasses. For example, people suffering glaucoma are not suitable to wear sunglasses because after taking on sunglasses, less rays get o eyes and their pupil will dilate, which lay more pressure on the eyes and make diseases more serous

As for the style of rx sunglasses. Wraparound style offer better eye protection compared with other style as they can block harmful rays from all angles: the frontal and the sides, while the thin, small design or frameless style will be ineffective to preventing UV rays. In addition, with big frame and lenses, wraparound rx sunglasses will cover more area surrounding the eyes to protect them from being sunburned. As eyes of patients suffering vision problems, they are suggested to get wraparound sunglasses while purchasing rx sunglasses. Besides, the style of rx sunglasses also depends on the stage of condition of eye health.

As for color of rx sunglasses, you can choose the most suitable color according to your lifestyle. For instance, grey allows the eyes to perceive colors in their purest form, which reduces brightness and glare. So it is suitable for outdoor sports such as cycling, running, etc.

Generally speaking, if you have already suffered eye diseases, you must pay more attention to protection for your fragile eyes than common people do. As the hot summer comes, it is time for you to get a pair of rx sunglasses for the sake of your eyes.

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Rectangle Sunglasses Will Give You a Stylish Summer

July 7th, 2011 by Jay Furlong No comments »

I believe that everyone wants to enjoy the summer holiday to fullest. However, how do you do to protect your eyes from injury because of the bright sunlight and high-energy visible light? Here I would like to share a good idea with you that are suitable for us-wearing sunglasses. But choosing a suitable pair of sunglasses is not an easy job especially when the market is full of sunglasses with diversity and variety, which will make you dizzy. Take rectangle sunglasses for example. Not everyone is suitable for it. However, how to make sure that is suitable for us, which is associated with its features and peculiarity.

Referring to shapes, rectangle sunglasses ideally suit the person with round or similar face shape. With the rule- the glasses shapes must be contrasted with wearers’ face shapes-in our hearts, the rectangle sunglasses can make wearer’s faces much more slender than it looks. Of course, these sunglasses are also sometimes made into other rectangle-similar shapes so as to ensure buyers have more options according to their personal situations.

Rectangle sunglasses also have different frame types as some other glasses including rimless, semi-rimless and full rimed frames. Of course, full rime frames are a little bit traditional to us. With the technology developed, the semi-rimless and rimless become more popular than full rime frames.


Rectangle sunglasses are usually tinted in different colors. Color to sunglasses is as water to people. Several years ago, black, silver, brown, amber and so on are some of the most beloved colors for male wearers, and some like pink, green, rose, red are always popular among female wearers. However, in recent years, rectangle sunglasses in different colors or much more complicated colors are suitable for men, women and unisex person.

Rectangle sunglasses are of different brands-classy or inferior and different price. Owing to the popularity of these sunglasses, more and more manufacturers have joined in this competition. The famous brands are Burberry check rectangle sunglasses, Gucci rectangle sunglasses and Ran-Ban RB3186 top bar rectangle sunglasses.

All in all, rectangle sunglasses become more popular among people. Owing a pair of this kind of sunglasses will give you a stylish summer.

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Daily Suggestions on Keeping Eyes Healthy

July 6th, 2011 by Stephen Simon No comments »

As eyes are considered as the windows of our hearts; we are all trying our best to protect our eyes from being hurt. However, do you know what should we do in daily lives to keep our eyes healthy?

Advantages of Drinking Teas

Chrysanthemum tea has a very good efficacy in protecting our eyesight. The chrysanthemums can help clean liver and reduce inflammation. When your eyes feel tired, steaming by the chrysanthemum tea for several minutes can relax yourself and make you feel better. Moreover, the fragrance of the flower can not only ease your dizziness or headache but also keep your eyes young. In addition, it is found that old people who drink teas a lot have less pearl eyes than those who do not drink teas at all.

The Lethal Effects of Cigarette, Wine and Sugar

Although we all know that too much cigarette, wine or sugar is bad for our health, what harms on earth do they inflict on our eyes? According to the research, more than 750 kinds of chemical components are contained in smoke, including a good deal of poisonous ones. If influenced by the poisonous smoke, our eyes may suffer from poor eyesight and color blindness. Heave drinking may probably blind us. Once alcohol stimulates the circulation of blood, our eyes will be engorged with blood which may impair the retina and result in bleeding. Besides, we have to eat less candy for cherishing our eyes, because metabolism of sugar needs a lot of vitamin B1 which is an important substance to keep our eyes healthy.

Wearing Sunglass is not Only for Fashion

Sunglass is a stylish accouterment that every one of us does not want to miss. However, we can not only choose sunglass by its appearance, because wearing a pair shoddy sunglass may make your eyes sick. Whiling shopping a pair of sunglass, you should pay attention to the following matters: firstly, make sure whether the sunglass has UV protection; secondly, make sure whether the surrounding environments are distorted or unfocused after you wear the sunglass; thirdly, make sure whether the lens color is too dark. Besides, in order to choose a pair of best sunglass, you should also wear it at right time and right place.

Eyes are the most precious gift that we got from our parents, so please cherish this gift and do something we can from now on.

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Several Tips for Choosing a Pair of Suitable Aviator Sunglasses

July 5th, 2011 by Edward Turner No comments »

Aviator sunglasses were developed by the eyewear company Ray-Ban in 1937.For these years, aviator sunglasses have become the top choice when it comes to choosing a pair of sunglasses with fashion. However, it’s never an easy thing for people to choose a pair of suitable aviator sunglasses for themselves. In fact, there are much more things should be taken into consideration than just walking into a sunglasses store and trying on a few pairs and then getting one pair home on a whim. If people don’t want to take some time to decide what the purpose of wearing aviator sunglasses, what features are most important to them, and what they can really afford, they’re very likely to waste their hard-earned money on a pair of aviator sunglasses that they won’t really like after they get them home.

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Generally speaking, there are mainly three things should be thought about clearly before people make their choice.

The first problem is when to use the sunglasses. In another word, people should decide the purpose of wearing sunglasses. For example, people should know whether the sunglasses are for sports such as playing golf, going fishing or just for fashion. Because all types of aviator sunglasses aren’t the same and have some different functions.

The second thing is to have an idea of what features are important before people begin to shop. Aviator sunglasses come in all kinds of configurations. While they may have the same basic style, there must be many differences among them, such as the color of lenses, the style of the frames, the color of the frames, the materials used to produce the lenses, the amount of polarization offered to protect eyes from UV rays and glare, and so on. Before choosing a pair of aviator sunglasses, people should learn the purpose of each feature and then made a decision of what features should the aviator sunglasses have. If people don’t have a list of priorities in mind, they will be frustrated when confronting kinds of aviator sunglasses.

Last but not the least thing is to have an idea of their own budget. Aviator sunglasses can be purchased both for a much cheap price or a high price. People who want to buy a pair of aviator sunglasses should have an upper limit in mind as to what they can afford before they go shopping. But just keep in mind that “cheap” often means inferior quality of construction and may have a short life.

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Different Frames of Metal Sunglasses Have Different Characters

July 4th, 2011 by Randa Nahl No comments »

As we all know that metal sunglass is one of the hottest fashion accessories. Even the old people love to make themselves look fashionable and trendy by wearing metal sunglasses, let alone young people. However, do you know what kind of materials that the metal sunglasses are made from? In fact, metal sunglasses are made from numerous materials not just one as we take for granted. As the user, we should be aware of different types of metal that are used to make your favorite metal sunglasses. Some main metals used for making metal sunglasses are detailed as follows.


Nickel Silver: the metal sunglasses are made from Nickel silver are comparatively cheaper than any other sunglasses. This kind of frame is made by a permutation of nickel, copper and other metals, which are pressed together before electrocution for designing purpose. These frames should be coated with anti-tarnish paint to prevent it from losing its color.

Monel: Monel is another most commonly used alloy when it comes to making sunglasses frames. Moreover, Monel is made by compressing alloys like iron, manganese, nickel, copper, and other durable materials. Sunglasses frame made from Monel are light in weight as well as are very durable. Besides, this kind of sunglasses own anti-corrosion features to make your sunglasses last longer. By the way, owning to its strength, Monel is also used in making body of jet engines. The frame of sunglasses made of Monel also remains in proper shape, even after being used for a long time. The manufacturing process of Monel is improved to make it very tensile. As a result these frames do not break or get damaged easily in case of any mishandling.

Stainless Steel: stainless steel is more often than not used in making frames for higher range of metal sunglasses. It is common known that stainless steel are composed of iron, carbon, and chromium, which are supple enough for adjustments. Stainless steel frames have the ability to resist rust and corrosion.

Aluminum – Magnesium Alloys: The frames of sunglasses made by combining aluminum and magnesium are very strong and durable, which also can last for a longer period of time. Sunglasses with these frames are lightweight, corrosion free, and are very comfortable to wear.

Titanium: sunglasses with titanium frame are publicly considered as the most expensive one. Titanium frame can add an element of glamour and prestige to your look. It is known that titanium is anti-corrosive and extremely strong, compared with all other metals. Moreover, the sunglasses with titanium frame can add some fashion statement to your appearance.

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Celebrities Show Stylish Sunglasses for Teenagers

July 1st, 2011 by Angela Garrana No comments »

As the ultimate trendsetters, celebrities haven a huge influence on fashion. Fashion journalists keep chasing them and catch the latest fashion trend. It is easy to find that celebrities are often spotted wearing fabulous sunglasses making them look great. So lots of people, especially the youth, spare no effort to follow them. Here are examples they show for teenagers.

Examples of Stylish Sunglasses for Teenage Boys

Many male famous celebrities love to wear sunglasses, such as Brad Pitt, Johnny Deep, who are the hottest guy worldwide. Most of male celebrities are interested in one special classic style- aviator sunglasses, which was first produced by Ray Ban which is a leading sunglasses brand for its fashionable style and high quality. So, for teenage boys, you will get a celebrities look and draw much attention from girls while wearing aviator sunglasses. There is no doubt aviator sunglasses sold by Ray Ban are of high expenses, teenage boys can get aviator sunglasses from online store, which not only help you save much money but also fatter your temperament.

Examples of Hot Shades for Teenage Girls

Sunglasses have become must-have accessories which put the final touches to their outfit. Compared with men, women pay more attention to the style of sunglasses. It is well known that female celebrities are crazy about various kinds of sunglasses, such as Paris Hilton who is a paparazzi favorite and own more than one hundred of sunglasses in different style. Besides, many female celebrities, as fashionistas, have designed their sunglasses by themselves such as Victoria BeckHam.

One kind of sunglasses that female celebrities often wear is oversized sunglasses. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are fans of oversized sunglasses, which making them look hot and sexy. Another one is black sunglasses, which gain great popularity. Victoria BeckHam is rarely seen without her signature shades on and often shows up while wearing black sunglasses to match her unique and chic style.

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