Oscar de la Renta Creates Sunglasses

　　Photo courtesy of Linda Farrow via Women’s Wear Daily
What a gem: A sneak peek at a pair of sunglasses from Oscar de la Renta's collaboration with Linda Farrow.
Ever thought you would covet a pair of shades made from 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk?
No, this isn’t a Halloween-related post, though we do love a good Wilma Flintstone costume. Oscar de la Renta has teamed up with Linda Farrow, purveyor of luxury eyewear, on a line of sunglasses—including the aforementioned tusk frames, hand-carved with a rose motif.
Other styles in the nine-piece collection have accents of precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum, as well as African and white jade, coral, mother of pearl, snakeskin jasper, tiger's eye, agate, petrified wood, red aventurine, and hematite, Women’s Wear Daily reports.
And with parts this precious, they don’t come cheap: The glasses will retail for $500 to $1,000, beginning in January, at Oscar de la Renta’s boutiques, e-commerce site as well as select specialty stores.
In related news, Oscar de la Renta is also planning to debut a line of color cosmetics.

Sunglasses for men

　　Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld will relaunch his own brand after a year-long break, unveiling two new lines and a direct sales website.
Lagerfeld, head designer at Chanel for nearly 30 years, will launch two lines of menswear, womenswear and accessories.
　　"Karl" will launch on January 25 featuring about 100 items priced between €60 ($80) and €300 to buy through the internet.
Meanwhile, "Karl Lagerfeld Paris", a label featuring items costing between €300 and €1500, will launch in the (northern) autumn of 2012.
The letter "K" will feature prominently, as well as an immediately recognisable silhouette of the designer in his trademark black glasses.
"We are working on a lot of amazing ideas which are all about making luxury affordable and accessible. I'm very excited about bringing this vision to life with this brand," Lagerfeld said.
The brand's new president, German Pier Paolo Righi, started in August and said the Lagerfeld name would add immediate cachet to the line.
"It's a great opportunity," said Righi, who used to work for US label Tommy Hilfiger.
"It's a great global name, of global reach that talks to every age group from China to South America.
"Let's untap this opportunity from a business aspect and a brand aspect.
"If you ask a consumer today how big this brand and its business is, everybody would say billions, however it is not.
"We're just north of €100 million in retail revenues, definitely far under its potential."
Righi promised to "develop the brand DNA" and open new offices beyond the current stable of Paris, New York and Amsterdam, but would not say how much would be invested.
He said the brand wanted to be as iconic as Lagerfeld's high white collars, ponytail and sunglasses.
"And ironic also, he's always having fun. He's cultured, very literate and cross-cultural," Righi said.
"We're working with the clear idea that the world of luxury cannot stay with people who have lots of money, the appeal of luxurious fashion needs to go broader.
"We believe that over the next four to five years, the accessories business can go even beyond the apparel business, the market is here (for bags, footwear, jewellery and watches)," Righi said.

3D sunglasses

　　
　　NVIDIA is making the transition into 3D a whole lot easier with the introduction of new NVIDIA 3D Vision products. With sleek, newly-redesigned glasses, NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 has gamers in mind by delivering greater realism and immersion than ever before. Also introduced is the NVIDIA 3D LightBOost technology, a unique new display technology that effectivly improves the 3D experience by "delivering images that are up to twice as bright and colors far richer than those provided by other 3D display technologies." Now you can enchance your 3D gaming experience when playing this fall's hot new titles.
“Gorgeous, bright, crystal-clear 3D worlds are created by NVIDIA’s 3D Vision 2 glasses with 3D LightBoost monitors and notebooks,” said Phil Eisler, general manager of 3D Vision at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s engineering team has made incredible enhancements in 3D on PCs, creating a breathtaking gaming experience that’s better than the best Hollywood 3D movie.”
The NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses are designed specifically with gamers and 3D enthusiasts in mind. With lenses that are 20 percent larger than those in first-generation glasses, resulting in a wider viewing area and increased external light blocking. They also provide a more comfortable fit with gaming headphones.
The NVIDIA 3D LightBoost Technology delivers up to 2X brighter 3D images than current 3D technologies. In addition, it also dramatically increases environmental lighting, reducing 3D ghosting.
“NVIDIA 3D LightBoost technology makes 3D games, movies and photos more stunning and life-like than ever before,” said David Wung, senior director of product management of Open Platform Business (OPBG) Group for ASUS Computer International. “With 3D LightBoost and our NVIDIA Launches 3D Vision 2 Glasses and 3D LightBoost Technology new full-HD monitors, colors are richer, textures and subtle image details virtually jump off the screen, and the overall quality of the experience is something to behold. We are thrilled to be the first desktop display manufacturer to bring this new level of 3D visual quality to our customers with the ASUS VG278H.”
The 3D Vision 2 glasses kit, which includes one pair of NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 glasses and a wireless USB IR emitter, will be available from the leading retailers/e-tailers worldwide in October for $149 (USD MSRP).

3D sunglasses

At the recent GeForce LAN 6 event, NVIDIA announced 3D Vision 2, the next iteration of its 3D Vision product line. NVIDIA claims that the technology will offer twice the brightness with a more comfortable fit.
For those of you unfamiliar with 3D Vision, the technology combines a ‘3D Vision Ready’ monitor, an infrared emitter and a pair of active-shutter glasses to produce a stereoscopic 3D experience.


　　Image credited to 3d-vision-blog
3D Vision 2 offers refined 3D glasses that are designed for a more comfortable fit than their predecessors, thanks to the use of a flexible material and ergonomic structure. NVIDIA claim that this design also makes the wearing of a gaming headset less of a challenge. These new glasses provide 20% larger lenses for improved peripheral vision and a reduction in ambient light interference thanks to a deep rim around each lens.


　　Image credited to NVIDIA.
3DVision 2 owes most of its improvements to advancements in LED backlighting technology and relies on this technology in new ‘NVIDIA 3D LightBoost’-enabled 3D monitors, such as the new Asus VG278H. The fast switching times and incredible brightness of LED backlights allow for twice the light to be emitted by the LightBoost monitors; the new glasses are able to take advantage of the shorter switching times by leaving their shutters open for longer, providing not only an overall brighter experience but also with less dimming when looking away from the screen, which this writer has always found a little disorientating.
Early adopters may be a little upset, as to receive the full benefit of this new technology a new monitor and a new pair of glasses are required - not a cheap thought. The good news is that the new glasses will work with existing set-ups and so it’s possible to upgrade incrementally. As an early adopter myself, this writer can certainly appreciate that NVIDIA has attempted to tackle many of the major flaws inherent in the original design; a dim viewing experience, feeling of tunnel vision, ambient glare, uncomfortable glasses and a feeling of wearing sunglasses indoors. This is certainly a strong step in the right direction for PC 3D technology and great news for potential adopters out there, though I suspect the thought of buying all-new equipment for existing adopters is still a disheartening one.

Real Sunglasses Wearing By Joes Houseles

Everyone mocked Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer Dana Wilkey for repeatedly blabbing about her $25,000 sunglasses, but people can't stop talking about them.
"There is a store on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills called Luxuriator, and it is the infamous store that I got my $25,000 glasses at," says Wilkey on her BravoTV.com blog (ending her sentence in a preposition!). "Take my word for it, the store is breathtaking! Actually Franco, the owner who is an amazing personality in his own right, has glasses that go up to $100,000 -- so my pair is small fry."

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Wilkey notes how she understands the extravagant eyewear isn't for everyone -- like those who have a tendency to lose glasses or who, say, HAVE TO PAY THE RENT!
"They aren't going to feel super different than a regular pair of high-end glasses," she admits. "But if you are a person who loves to wear jewels daily and can afford it, I can tell you they are beautiful and loads of fun to wear."

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Wilkey goes on to liken the glasses to a "piece of art."
Only in Beverly Hills.
Incidentally, Luxist.com reports that one of Franco's other clients is Paris Hilton, niece of Kyle Richards, who scoffed of the opulent eyewear. Just sayin'...