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.

Oscar de la Renta's upcoming line of sunglasses

　　
　　Oscar de la Renta's upcoming line of sunglasses aren't your average mall kiosk shades.
Set for a Spring 2012 launch, the new eyewear collection, designed in collaboration with Linda Farrow, encompasses nine styles, all completely handmade. Each pair is crafted from materials inspired by the designer's ready-to-wear and jewelry collection (white jade, coral, mother of pearl and snakeskin jasper, to name a few) and costs between $300 and $1,000. WWD reports that one pair even has, "a rose motif on frames hand-carved from woolly mammoth tusk that was sourced in Siberia and is more than 12,000 years old."
We think each silhouette looks like a mini work of art: probably the most unique sunnies we've seen since Prada's festive baraque moment last year.
What do you think? Would you buy woolly mammoth tusk sunglasses? (Or keep it real casual and such with the precious jewels and gold?)
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Sunglass Hut To Customer: Italy And China Are The Same

　　Brett tried on a pair of "Made in Italy" Ray-Bans at a Sunglass Hut and liked them, but they were the display model so he had to come back to pick up his own a few days later. When he did, he discovered that the real pair he bought said "Made in China," and in his opinion they felt lower quality.
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My girlfriend and I went to a Sunglass Hut about 3 weeks ago and tried on some sunglasses. I found a pair that I really like and my girlfriend liked as well. So I noted the name and style (Ray-Ban) and thanked the lady who helped us. So my mother gave me a gift card for my birthday present, not enough to buy them all but enough to get a third or so. So I went and got them with my girlfriend and we went to the beach with some friends. When I bought them the same lady (who I found out that was the store manager) told me that she ran out of the models that I wanted and she gave me the display models. They had a nice firm build quality and said Made in Italy, so I accepted them and was satisfied.
Although I wanted new glasses I excepted the displays and I asked if I could come back and return them later for new ones, which she said was perfectly alright. She then told me when the next shipment comes in and to just drop by and trade them — which I did.
I didn't check the glasses until I got back into the car. That's when I was showing my sister how one could tell genuine Ray-Bans and I noticed that they were Made in China. I stopped there as the previous models were Made in Italy. The old ones that I traded (Italy) were extremely sturdy, it felt as though I could wear them without having to worry about them breaking. The new ones (China) were extremely flimsy, they didn't feel like they should cost $169 dollars and they made me feel extremely regretful because I could have gotten polarized sunglasses that were made in China over at Wal-mart.
I'm sending you this email after my girlfriend who called Sunglass Hut (as I'm just too enraged to talk about it). What she told me was interesting, they claimed that Ray-Ban outsourced their sunglasses to China, I thought this was funny and I found some people around the internet saying that they do outsource (although on the Ray-Ban website they claim it takes 3-4 weeks to ship from Italy). Sunglass Hut also claimed that the Made in China sunglasses are of the same build quality as the Italian ones and not to discriminate (for lack of a better word) against the China-made sunglasses.
I thought this was fishy, but I don't know what else to do as I've gotten my money fully refunded as well as my gift card. I just thought the community would like to know this as well.

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).