[FredVMI]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Go to a sunglass store with your girlfriend or some girl and try stuff on. Just because a pair of is awesome, doesn't mean they look awesome on you. Just because people on here recommend stuff, doesn't mean it wont look like shit on you.

You need to try each and every pair on and see how they look.

Good advice! In addition, ensure that whatever you buy has quality lenses (preferably, polarized lenses). If the lenses are junk, the good-looking frames will be a waste. After all, you're not buying jewelry, you're buying protection for your eyes!

[Feyd]

Spy Optics - Curtis



I also recommend springing for Polarized lenses. You'll thank us later.

[TheDealer]

I love my Prada's, I sat on them once by mistake while getting into the car and it totally twisted them, and the lenses got knocked out... BUT I actually managed to put back everything to normal within a few minutes. Now that's quality.

[JayKay335i]

Lense quality is important. While you dont need polarized, it is nice. There was testing done a few years ago on all those random 2 for $20 glasses at the mall and they actually came back with findings of complete UV protection. It was surprising.

Anyway, you cant really go wrong with a brand name. Most sunglasses are made by one of a few huge companies that have licenses to produce brand names.

[FredVMI]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Lense quality is important. While you dont need polarized, it is nice. There was testing done a few years ago on all those random 2 for $20 glasses at the mall and they actually came back with findings of complete UV protection. It was surprising.

Anyway, you cant really go wrong with a brand name. Most sunglasses are made by one of a few huge companies that have licenses to produce brand names.

The statement about cheap lenses being potentially as good as expensive lenses for UV protection is accurate; however, UV protection is only one element of a good lens.

The main advantage of a polarized lens is that it contains a special filter that blocks intense reflected light from flat surfaces (roads, water, etc), which ultimately means a reduction in glare. Filtering light is much preferred over blocking light. This is because a lens that simply blocks light eliminates what you want to see in addition to what you don't. With this in mind, try a simple comparison. Select a couple of glasses with polarized lenses and without. Viewing through the polarized lenses will appear brighter than through the lenses that are not polarized. That's because the polarized lenses are not blocking the desirable light. The result is that you'll see the road (and everything else) better with polarized lenses.

One more note on cheap lenses. While cheap lenses can block UV, they also distort the light that is not blocked or filtered. Cheap lenses are just pieces of plastic with a tint coating. Cheap lenses may (or may not) block harmful UV, but, that's about all they do. Cheap glasses are a great example of you get what you pay for!

I recommend reading the article at the following link. It will definitely answer all of your questions, and then some. Good luck!

http://science.howstuffworks.com/sunglass.htm/printable

[blueman2]

Maui Jims. There is no substitute.

[Verbiage]

There's a thread on this somewhere on here..

[xsilvor]

Tags:

Oakley Straightjackets from the mdi 90s (These are my favorite. They've lasted me forever, and this is my second pair after the first fell off my boat and in to the ocean. Stupid ocean) Was really hard to find a pic of a pair that old...

Spy Bronsens (Polarized)

More spy:

Oakley Gascans

Also have an 18 dollar pair of aviators from Target that I wear more often than any of the others.

I mountain bike and got in to an obsessive habit of watching bonktown.com/whiskeymilitia.com/chainlove.com/steepandcheap.com etc, and they have some great deals on sunglasses.

[zaxjax]

I wear Bolle Origins and Bolle Copperheads, both polarized.

[NYCGarbagePrince]

Oliver peoples... Barton Pereira

But all my glasses were bought with my ex-girlfriend present... Like Jay said... just because you think they look cool... doesn't mean they look good on you.

[silvergray545]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Go to a sunglass store with your girlfriend or some girl and try stuff on. Just because a pair of is awesome, doesn't mean they look awesome on you. Just because people on here recommend stuff, doesn't mean it wont look like shit on you.

You need to try each and every pair on and see how they look.

+1

Sunglasses are one of the hardest things to shop for, IMO. I tend to always go shopping with a girl just because they will tell you what looks good and what doesn't.

[KingOfJericho]

Salt. Optics - Lester

Regular glasses are Salt. - Allister

[M-Tuned]

Originally Posted by jibaholic101

ive got numerous pairs of sunglasses

the ones im feelin right now:

o Prada
o Maui Jim
o Chrome Hearts

Good taste! I have a friend who is doing wholesale of Chrome Hearts, but even with a hook up I still don't feel like to spend that much bills on a pair of sunglasses!

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by silvergray545

+1

Sunglasses are one of the hardest things to shop for, IMO. I tend to always go shopping with a girl just because they will tell you what looks good and what doesn't.

If you saw the MJ I posted in the other thread, you'd know that I can shop for my own shades

Seriously though, this is true. I can't even recall how many people I've seen with terrible looking eyewear on. Good thing I'm one of the anomalies

[BTM]

Originally Posted by zaxjax

I wear Bolle Origins and Bolle Copperheads, both polarized.

On a related note, Bolle ski/snowboard goggles are WIN

Also check out this thread: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175068

[silvergray545]

Originally Posted by Bavarian III

If you saw the MJ I posted in the other thread, you'd know that I can shop for my own shades

Seriously though, this is true. I can't even recall how many people I've seen with terrible looking eyewear on. Good thing I'm one of the anomalies

Link me?

[new2the1]

I wear KAENON sunglasses...Really rare to find. They are they only glasses I will buy. Check em out!

[positiveions]

I wear these:

Couldn't find a pic of me with them; so I hired a model.

[CollinsE90]

Originally Posted by Bavarian III

There's a thread on this somewhere on here..

Originally Posted by BTM

On a related note, Bolle ski/snowboard goggles are WIN

Also check out this thread: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175068

theres a reason i like both of you...my repost deputies when im not on here

[JayKay335i]

Originally Posted by FredVMI

The statement about cheap lenses being potentially as good as expensive lenses for UV protection is accurate; however, UV protection is only one element of a good lens.

The main advantage of a polarized lens is that it contains a special filter that blocks intense reflected light from flat surfaces (roads, water, etc), which ultimately means a reduction in glare. Filtering light is much preferred over blocking light. This is because a lens that simply blocks light eliminates what you want to see in addition to what you don't. With this in mind, try a simple comparison. Select a couple of glasses with polarized lenses and without. Viewing through the polarized lenses will appear brighter than through the lenses that are not polarized. That's because the polarized lenses are not blocking the desirable light. The result is that you'll see the road (and everything else) better with polarized lenses.

One more note on cheap lenses. While cheap lenses can block UV, they also distort the light that is not blocked or filtered. Cheap lenses are just pieces of plastic with a tint coating. Cheap lenses may (or may not) block harmful UV, but, that's about all they do. Cheap glasses are a great example of you get what you pay for!

I recommend reading the article at the following link. It will definitely answer all of your questions, and then some. Good luck!

http://science.howstuffworks.com/sunglass.htm/printable

Well thank you, I was unaware of this...



My point was that you can get full UV from most lenses, which IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

After that, in terms of quality of the optics, you somewhat get what you pay for. Certain brands use much higher quality lenses then others.

[Sara]

Gucci

[Crimson92]

I have two oakley crosshairs

matte black and black chrome

both iridium lenses