I'm Starting with the Millionaire in the Mirror

ehold, Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Award shenanigans this weekend in Las Vegas, chatting up the ladies.


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He is wearing sunglasses designed by his friend and collaborator, Pharrell Williams. They are the aptly-named Louis Vuitton Millionaire Sunglasses, which retail for $1,000 and are inspired by --what else?-- "Scarface."

Hernandez and McCollough Make Good

really could not be more impressed by the profusion and perfection of the Proenza Schouler Spring/Summer 2008 sunglasses. A+ boys. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

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Discotheque Confusion: Choose or Lose

ere at FlashyShades, we've been a bit fixated on the Chanel 5018 sunglasses: from their runway debut on Agyness Deyn to magazine editorials featuring Ashley Olsen to their many Nicole Richie paparazzi shots.

Yet somehow, we missed this sighting of Pharrell Williams donning the Chanel shades. Who owns the look, Nicole or Pharrell? Make your way over to one of our favorites, Discotheque Confusion, to cast your vote.

Karen Walker, My Hero: "Just Give 'Em Nothing But Big and Bold"

n my own sunglass obsessed opinion, there is no runway show like a Karen Walker runway show. Without further ado:

[Source: Style.com]

Jennifer Mankin of the Brooklyn boutique Bird told New York Magazine that the line was a standout with "superb line of sunglasses, which made each model look oh-so-cool."

Style.com referred to the sunglasses as "Rachel Zoe-worthy" (is that even close to a compliment?), but went on to state:

"Karen Walker, now in her third season here, has built a solid business on her singular, cheery-but-subversive brand of sartorial whimsy. To wit, she considered adding classic styles to her popular line of eyewear before deciding to just give 'em nothing but big and bold. The result: multiple reorders at Barneys. The lesson: To thine own self be true."

Its Always Better on Holiday

t becomes clear after viewing the Eurochic beachwear of the Spring/Summer 2008 Abaeté collection that, in the words of Style.com, "the many hours [Abaeté designer] Poretzky has logged on chic beaches have not been in vain."

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I quite like the muted Art Deco look of the collection and the multitude of shades featured therein.

I'm Feeling Yummy Head to Toe

orget fall's looming duldrums. Its Spring/Summer 2008, baby! Well, in the Ready-to-Wear world, anyway.


I (ticketless, of course) walked by the Bryant Park shows last night at 8 PM, eager to catch a peek of Miss Gwen Stefani and her L.A.M.B. show, but to no avail.

Here's what I would have caught inside: models Georgia Frost and Ines Crnokrak keeping the white wayfarer trend alive both on the runway and in their standard hamming-it-up-backstage photos with Chanel Iman.

[Source: Style.com]

Countdown 3.1

A source of trepidation: the sunglasses debut of Phillip Lim's 3.1 line.

The Kitt Aviators, ($240) as seen at right, and the rest of the range will hit the runway at Lim's Sunday night show. The remainder of the collection will range from $180 to $325 and will only be available at his SoHo showroom.

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Preternatural Genetic Gifts

t the Venice Film Festival this week, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt unveiled the crown jewel of their collection, Shiloh Nouvel. Careful not to look too closely, its like staring into the sun.

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Angelina's sunglasses, of course, are pretty hot as well. They are the Bulgari BV 862 sunglasses. They are $232 on Styledrops.com and they fall into the category of "I want..."

Paps on Holiday

f a Desperate Housewife wears a bikini, but no paparazzi is there to capture it, does it make a sound?


Eva Longoria was photographed on the beach in Spain this week, in Christian Dior Dior Airspeed 2 sunglasses ($237 at otticanet.com). Has she always had that big back tattoo?


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Free Bird

erry Labor Day, y'all.



Just a quick post on this day off, as they are few and far between. Sienna Miller, in the awe-inspringly large September Vogue, donning feathers for a shoot in Rome with Mario Testino. Below, she wears the sunglasses from the Chanel haute couture runway show.

Dodging the paparazzi (named after Paparazzo, the photographer character in Fellini's La Dolce Vita), Italian actor-heartthrob Riccardo Scamarcio gives a quilled Miller a lift, incognito-style. Armani Privé black-and-fuchsia feather jacket. TSE cashmere-and-silk tank. OMO Norma Kamali leggings. Chanel Haute Couture sunglasses. On Scamarcio: Miu Miu black suit and white shirt.

[Source: Vogue]