Stars and Shades
Updated: 01/30/2009
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This summer, check out the eye wear of your favorite celebrities.

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Karel Marquez's oversized shades look so trendy these days. In the 1960s, large sunglasses were referred to as "Jackie O's," after Jacqueline Kennedy, the stylish former U.S. First Lady who wore them to keep her eyes hidden from the prying press.
The advice of eye experts, however, is to use sunglasses not just for fashion—but more importantly—for sun protection.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Brad Turvey prefers the wayfarer, a classic design introduced by Ray-Ban in 1953, for his sunglasses. James Dean popularized this style in Hollywood.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Luis Manzano wears an aviator, a classic shape popularized by Ray-Ban in the 1930s. Today, designers like Tom Ford, Ted Baker, and Valentino have also come up with their versions of aviator shades.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Sports enthusiasts like Marc Nelson are likely to choose brands like Rudy Project and Oakley for their eye wear. Performance-oriented sunglasses should be lightweight, made of a flexible and durable material such as polyamide, and have no-slip temple grips and nose pads.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Comedians Maverick (right) and Ariel (left) go funky and fashionable with their translucent sunglasses with gradient lenses.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Nancy Castiglione's "bubble" wrap has two functions—sun protection and head band.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Paolo Paraiso's shield has mirror lenses. His sunglasses are more popularly known as mirrorshades, which have a reflective optical coating.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Parokya ni Edgar's vocalist Chito Miranda (right) and bassist Buwi Meneses (left) wear their shades not just for sun protection, but also, as one of them puts it, "to disguise themselves." Gab Chee-Kee (center) thinks his pair of sunglasses is a hair accessory.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Rachel Alejandro goes ultra-stylish with her designer shades. The earstem's white color adds character to the classic design of her eye wear.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Just like Karel Marquez, Say Alonzo also prefers an oversized pair of sunglasses. Aside from looking fashionable with this kind of eye wear, opthalmologists say that these "big lens allow less light in."
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Mitch Dulce, the fashionista in Pinoy Big Brother's house (Celebrity Edition), creates a funky fashion statement with the colored rim and odd shape of her sunglasses.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Marco Alcaraz dons a "bubble" wrap version for men.
Photography: Noel Orsal
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Wilma Doesnt and Angelu de Leon also go for oversized shades. Notice the interesting detail of Angelu's earstem. These logo-enhancing rhinestones, or lacy patterns, or beads, or any adornment and texture on your frame or on the temples of your eye piece are the fad of the season!
Photography: Noel Orsal
