We are just curious to know where all you
Finder-holics buy your sunglasses these days, so vote on this poll.
Thanks!
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Who Wore
It Best? Feb
9, 2010
Courtesy
of Bauergriffinonline / Flynet
So because J. Alba won our last poll wearing the
Oliver Peoples' Zooey, we decided to put her up against Eliza. So who
wore them best?
Eliza vs
Jessica
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Some Things Never
Change Feb
3, 2010
So
while I was doing a little shopping today I decided to stop into a
Solstice Sunglass Boutique. I took a few minutes and looked at every
brand and was surprised that I wasn't greeted or even acknowledged once
while I was there.
I will admit that it was near closing time, but I wasn't the only one;
there was also a couple trying on glasses together that were not being
helped either. What makes me laugh about this is that 'once upon a
time' yours truly, Rays Lite, worked for Solstice. I was actually
presented the opportunity to work for them while I was still working
for Sunglass Hut. After accepting the job it didn't take long for me to
see the writing on the wall that read "We don't know what we are doing".
Back then I was trying to take a struggling area and bring it up to
standard. Solstice fought me on everything I needed to make this happen
and ultimately killed my desire to work at all.
The funny thing about it is that if they hadn't destroyed my passion
then there might not be a Celebrity Sunglasses Finder today.
Basically what makes me laugh is how now as a customer to them they are
not doing their job by simply greeting me and helping me with my needs
and now I help literally thousands of people a day through my website.
I didn't start this website to be rich & famous. I started it
to
answer the question that I had been asked by people who love
sunglasses, which was "What Are They Wearing?"
It's just nice to see that Solstice's motto is still
"We Don't Know What We Are Doing!"
P.S. - When I left the store I even smiled
and waved goodbye to the associate who, in return,
stared at me like I was invisible and didn't say a thing. Amazing!
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Who Wore
It Best? Jan
25, 2010
Courtesy
of GSI Media / Unknown
Who Wore These Oliver Peoples Best?
Zac Efron vs Jay-Z
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Who Wore It
Best? Jan
25, 2010
Courtesy
of Mavrixonline / INFdaily
Who Wore These Jimmy Choos Best?
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Who Wore It
Best? Jan
18, 2010
Courtesy
of GSI Media / Unknown
Who Wore These Miu Mius Best?
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Two New Dita Styles Jan
14, 2010
Courtesy
of Dita
Dita's added two new styles to its Featherlite
series; the Condor & Sparrow. Both styles are made with
titanium frames and the Sparrow style features the floating lens with
color filament detail. To see Dita's collection click here.
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Maui Jim &
Luxottica Split Up Jan
12, 2010
Courtesy
of Sunglass Jim
This may be old news to some and not important to
others, but we wanted to briefly discuss the break up between Maui Jim
and Luxottica. This past October Maui Jim announced that it will no
longer be distributing its glasses in Luxottica owned retail stores.
This means that if you are a fan of Maui you won't be seeing them in
Sunglass Huts for the first time since about 1992.
So the real story behind this situation is that Luxottica tried to
dictate to Maui Jim what price they would pay Maui for their glasses.
Maui decided that they'd rather not have their product in Sunglass Huts
than settle for what Luxottica was offering them. So basically,
Luxottica once again tried to strong arm another brand into submission
and Maui said FU !
I remember once a rep from Maui Jim told me that Luxottica calls Maui
Jim once a week and asks how much to buy the entire company. You've
gotta love the integrity of Maui not to give in and let Luxottica take
over and ruin their product. The unfortunate thing is that it's us, the
customer, who really loses in a battle like this. With Maui not being
sold in Huts anymore, that will most likely put them into Solstice
stores and any boutiques not owned by Luxottica.
Solstice isn't really known for their expertise in sport &
function brands. In fact, I remember back in the day when I worked for
Solstice, I won a Maui Jim Ipod because I sold more Maui Jims than any
other store in the company and we were by far the lowest volume store
around at the time. That's bad news. I believe that Maui is banking on
their loyal fan base and figure that people will go where ever they
need to go to find their products.
The problem with that is, I remember a similar situation when Oakley
and Luxottica got into a tiff because Luxottica was producing Ray Bans
that resembled a few Oakley styles. Oakley fought back by sending
hardly any product to Sunglass Huts for a period of time and look at
how that situation turned out; Luxotica bought Oakley about 6 years
later. I truly think Luxottica will continue trying to buy Maui
forever, they're the last major brand left with that kind of huge
following.
Honestly, I hope it never happens. Can't we have at least one brand
that only focuses on high quality lenses and not world domination? What
do you guys think? Let me know, Rays Lite :)
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Barton
Perreira 2010 Optical Jan
7, 2010
Courtesy of Barton Perreira
Here's a look at Barton Perreira's 2010 Optical
Campaign featuring Giovanni Ribisi, the star of films such as Avatar,
'Public Enemies' & 'Gone in 60 Seconds'.
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Who
Wore It Best? Dec
29, 2009
Photos Courtesy of Unknown
Lindsay Lohan vs Jessica Alba vs Jessica Simpson
Who wore these Marc Jacobs best?
Comments
Happy
Holidays from CSF Dec
25, 2009
Courtesy of CSF
Another Christmas here at Celebrity Sunglasses
Finder and we'd like to thank you for continuing to support our site
and post your comments. We'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
& Happy Holidays.
Comments
New
Barton Perreira for 2010 Preview Dec
23, 2009
Courtesy of Barton Perreira
New
Barton Perreiras for 2010. Although this is just a promo showing a
couple of styles, we think they're lookin pretty sharp. Whatta
ya
think?
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Mosley
Tribes Resort Spring 2010 Collection Dec
21, 2009
Photos Courtesy of Mosley Tribes / The Social Trust
"Inside Out" track scored
by FLYNN ADAM
Our friends at Mosley Tribes sent us over a sneak
peak at their new spring lineup. Take a look-see and tell us what you
think!
Comments
Who
Wore It Best? Dec
16, 2009
Photos Courtesy of Wenn / Flynet
Halle Barry vs Kate Beckinsale
Who wore these Oliver Peoples best?