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Eyeglass Dont’s: What eyeglasses to wear if you want to not look old [Quick Tips Video]

Eyeglass Don'ts
When it comes to wearing glasses, I'm sure you want to wear eyeglasses that make you look younger or at least glasses that don't make you look old. So, what's with the rimless glasses and farty, dated frames? Here's the thing, the financial expense of a good pair of prescription eyeglasses is actually in the prescription itself and not the frame. So by not modernizing your frame and skimping on style, you are creating an impression of not being particularly up-to-date or relevant in your abilities. By ignoring what your glasses say about you, you are actually making a bolder statement that you really don't care much about detail... not exactly the impression you want to make in your business.

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Can We Talk Prescription Designer Sunglasses a la Joan Rivers and LensCrafters

Sharon Haver and Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers has made me laugh since I was old enough to turn on a TV.   A true original who told it like it was. This week's 15th Anniversary of FocusOnStyle post look back honors the late, great icon who was still in her prime at 81. --S.H. Seeing is believing when it comes to glammed up prescription sunnies... Things happen when you are old enough to have grown up laughing along with comedic genius Joan Rivers on TV. One day, you start to need glasses, if only to read Heidi Abromowitz's little black book (purportedly the size of an encyclopedia). Secret: These are actually prescription sunglasses! LensCrafters had a sunnies soiree last month-- with special guest Joan Rivers,

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Spex Appeal- How to Find the Right Sunglasses and Eyewear Shape for Your Face

PRADA SUNGLASSES
This week’s look back at one of FocusOnStyle’s 15th Anniversary shopping advice posts takes in how to find the right sunglasses and eyewear for your face shape just as the blinding rays of summer begin to hit us. Learning how to find the right pair of sunglasses for your face shape not only helps you go incognito in style, but also helps instantly add glamour to any look while protecting your eyes and skin from the suns harmful rays. Keep on trend this season and the next with these timeless tips culled with you in mind.  After all they're sunnies, have fun with them. Whether you go for bold or go for classic, either way you're certain to add a dose of

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Cheap Chic Alert: Over the Top Fashionistas Anna Dello Russo and Iris Apfel have lines coming to a mall near you

Honestly, I applaud anyone who takes a risk in fashion and pulls it off with unfettered style and grace, Particularly, when their everyday outfits border flamboyant costumes, AND the wearers are no spring chickens as they say back in Brooklyn.  >> SHOP: Accessories Guides In what will probably be a heart-pounding, fanatical fashion frenzy for the young personal style blogger set and, perhaps, a nod to pull the best of the lots for everyone else, YOU can get a cheap chic bite of  over the top fashionista style from Anna Dello Russo (who looks stylishly tame in this photo) and Iris Apfel very soon. The Anna Dello Russo for H&M collection Anna Dello Russo in collaboration with H&M has a line of accessories which

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Age-Appropriate Everyday Chic via Susan Sarandon’s Fierce Oxford Flats

Filmmaker Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon attend Tribeca Talks Directors Series during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
I'll Have What She's Having:  Pretty, polished, and casual at any age. We all get so wrapped up on the fantasy of fabulous sometimes that we tend to forget the simple casual style that most of us wear on a daily basis. For that very reason of  feigning "senior moments" on everyday style does that core easy part of our wardrobe get forgotten, particularly when looking polished, modern and age-appropriate fashion is on the menu.   Filmmaker Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon attend Tribeca Talks Directors Series during the 2012 Tribeca Film FestivalLet's look at Susan Sarandon and what she wore to a director talk at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Face it, there's nothing monumental about her outfit, but there is

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Madonna for Dolce Gabbana MDG Collection Sunglasses are a celebrity collab that you would want to wear

Madonna glams up a natural look with some MDG Collection sunglasses > SHOP DESIGNER SUNGLASSES The woman knows how to transform the most basic concepts and weave them into something magical and distinctive. Take for instance, going bare-faced when walking with her son. A well-cut coat, a distinctive scarf, a good bag, and some fierce sunglasses to cover up the no makeup look take her from schleppy mommy to chic mommy in a flash. Madonna in the MDG campaign Oh, those sunglasses? They are from the MDG Collection, that's Madonna for Dolce & Gabbana. The MDG collection consists of six different styles of sunglasses from sexy on-trend cat eyes, hyper modern wraparounds to squared off metals. You know nothing would

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Louis Vuitton Sunglasses- Arty Technicolour for Summer Styles

Just in case anyone is going some place exotic and warm for the holidays, we thought we would give you a head's up on sunglasses trends to think about.Louis Vuitton just released the imaging for the Summer 2010 sunglasses collection and it is illustrated by a portrait gallery of Parisian and New-York trendsetters all in the most fab colorful eyewear. The collection designed by Marc Jacobs take on a seventies feel with an injection of Arty Technicolour. It may be 70's to them, but to us Theodora Richards looks like a modern Lolita, and we kinda love that. >> Watch Sharon's video about how to select flattering sunglasses to suit your face shape. This collection is exclusively available from the

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