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A Die Hard - Action star Bruce Willis (1) wears the Mykita Richard with dark lenses

Confessional - R&B star Usher (2) wears Sean Jean SJ113s from Marchon. The Atlanta native's most recent album, "Confessions," is certified eight-times platinum in the U.S. alone

Eye'm With the Band - Performing in Ray-Ban Wayfarers from Luxottica are Scott Weiland (3), lead singer of the super group Velvet Revolver and Carl Barat (4), front man of Dirty Pretty Things

The Shades and the Fury - Comedian George Lopez (5) in Sean John style SJ113S from Marchon. Lopez recently appeared in the comedy "Balls of Fury"

Ready for Take Off - Hunky actor Brad Pitt (6) wears Ray-Ban aviators from Luxottica

Canal Street - George Clooney (7) sports a pair of Persol shades from Luxottica during the Venice Film Festival

All Together - Jeremy Piven (8) wears the Marc by Marc Jacobs 0004S aviator from Sàfilo during the season finale of the HBO hit series "Entourage"

Children's Hour - Patrick Wilson (9), who was one of the stars of the critically acclaimed movie "Little Children," wears Calvin Klein CK849S from Marchon. The actor/singer also received a Tony nomination for his role on Broadway in "The Fully Monty?"

Going With the Flow - Academy Award nominated actor Terrance Howard (10), who has appeared in such films as "Hustle & Flow" and "Crash," wears Calvin Klein style 980S from Marchon. Howard most recently co-starred with Jodie Foster in the thriller "The Brave One"

Red Rocker - Sammy Hagar (11) in ck Calvin Klein style ck1058S from Marchon. The rock star has had huge success through his celebrated career as front man for Van Halen and also as a solo artist.

- Jackie Micucci

Reprinted Courtesy 20/20 magazine

Follow our growing list of Celebrity Eyeglasses and Sunglasses Sightings.

Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II wears Berkshire Chase Half Moon half eyes?

With the introduction of the new FrameFinder Virtual Try On System that includes the ability to try our premium sunglasses online, here's a follow-up to the FrameFinder Fun - Try on Frames Online that I posted a few months ago, this time with some great sunglasses.

	These are the Maui Jim Big Island. Somehow I have this overwhelming urge to say "Book 'em, Dano."
	These are the Maui Jim Nani sunglasses. Interesting. Kind of Devo.
	And here I try the Oakley Bottlecap sunglasses. I'll be back...
	These are the Oakley Half Jacket sunglasses. Ever so cool.
	Then there's aways the classic aviator Ray Ban RB3310 sunglasses! Brings out the Flyboy in me!

With thousands of frames and sunglasses online and available to try out, give FrameFinder Virtual Tryon a test.

And, feel free to post a comment and include a link to a picture or video of you in your new sunglasses from FramesDirect.com. For instance, post them on Flickr as I did in this example photo of me trying on the Ray Ban RB3310 sunglasses above. Share them with your friends!

Special sunglasses offers beginning October 20. Both valued at $59. Limited time offer. Get yours today!

Bolle gift with purchase - Bolle sunglasses and Bolle Prescription sunglasses.

Serengeti gift with purchase - Serengeti sunglasses and Serengeti prescription sunglasses.

The Eye Zone has added a video page which will feature optical videos, tutorials, vidcasts and more. To get started, we've included the popular Oakley Plutonite High Velocity Test video.

Also, be sure to check out the podcast page, which includes news and information in podcast format. Listen on your PC or download them to listen to on your mp3 player.

Did you know that Hyperopia is another word for Farsightedness, the inability to focus on near objects?

To assist you with terms like this, we're pleased to announce the addition of a Vision & Optical Glossary to The Eye Zone blog. You'll find a link to it at the top of every page in the blog and soon on every page of the FramesDirect.com web site.

The glossary includes a number of common eyewear terms and definitions that we hope will be helpful to visitors, as well as links to other informational pages on the blog and FramesDirect.com site. We'll update the glossary as needed with additional content.

Our own Dr. Dhavid Cooper, CEO of FramesDirect.com, discusses the newest version of the FrameFinder Virtual Try On System in a new podcast. You can listen in below, on our podcasts page or download the podcast.

Read the official press release FramesDirect.com Releases New Version of FrameFinder in our Press & Articles section.

Ralph Lauren sunglasses are feminine, classy sunwear for women with refined taste.

There are numerous models in the Ralph Lauren sunglasses collection, a stunning international collection that is characterized by an innate style composed of sophisticated, elegant particulars. Very feminine, the Ralph Lauren models are for a classy woman with refined taste. Distinctive detailing for all the products in the form of the RL logo that embellished all the lenses and temples. A highly recognizable symbol that renders the models by this premier American designer even more exclusive.

Definitely fashionable are the Ralph Lauren Sunglasses with wide handcrafted temples in acetate flourishing the Ralph Lauren logo submerged in the plastic. The bars in metal on the sides of the structure confer a further luxurious decorative touch that is also picked up in a series of glasant models.

The mirror lenses that range from pale gray to silver and black stand in contrast to the temples in tones of ivory, tortoise and black. A sophisticated ivory tone is also the distinctive element for several women?s Ralph Lauren sunglasses where it is utilized on the inside part of the frame to contrast with black and Havana.

For men, see the Polo sunglasses collection.

The People magazine web site posted some photos of Hillary Duff sporting Marc Jacobs MJ098S sunglasses (photo at left) and listed FramesDirect.com as the online source for the real thing.

Hillary must absolutely love those gold-trimmed aviators as she's been seen in them around Los Angeles and Toronto.

See our entire line of Marc Jacobs sunglasses. More celebrity eyeglasses and sunglasses sightings.

We're pleased to announce the release of our newest version of the FrameFinder Virtual Try On System which allows our site visitors to try on eyeglasses frames, and now sunglasses, online from any Internet-connected PC.

The new FrameFinder features hand-picked premium sunglasses and a shiny new interface. All you need to do is upload a photo of your face and you can be trying on eyewear in a few minutes.

Read the official press release FramesDirect.com Releases New Version of FrameFinder in our Press & Articles section.

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