Sunwear shined during the Fall 2008 runway shows at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, held from Feb. 1 to 8...

   
 Betsey Johnson  
Betsey Johnson’s “Beat Chick” collection was influenced by the beatnik era and was full of slick pieces balanced with subtle hints of a safari. Shades of scarlet red, chrome yellow, and cobalt blue popped paired with muted darks. The Fall 2008 collection also featured a retrospective of Betsey’s favorite looks from the past 30 years and specially designed eyewear from LEGACIE in bright oversized cat-eyes and rounds...














 
 Carolina Herrera
At the Carolina Herrera show, the aesthetic was inspired by the countryside. The designer left the city behind with shades borrowed from the fall landscape, like oatmeal brown, china blue and lemon-drop yellow. Sunglass style H732, an oval hand-milled acetate, from the Carolina Herrera collection by BASE CURVE, debuted on the runway as well paired with a jaunty feather-accented, huntsman-style cap...










   

 Badgley Mischka

 
Mark Badgley and James Mischka channeled Bianca Jagger circa the 1970s for their Fall 2008 ready-to-wear collection, but they didn’t stray too far into the era of free-love to scare off their loyal clientele who come to the duo for timeless clothes and gorgeous eveningwear. For those who feel they may not be able to pull off the large psychedelic floral prints and floppy hats, or designer-sized price tag, a little bit of fabulousness can be theirs by way of the Garbo and Marilyn sunglasses from the Badgley Mischka Couture Eyewear collection from SAMA EYEWEAR.













 

 Proenza Schouler

Paper airplanes, of all things, helped inspire the Fall 2008 Proenza Schouler collection from designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. The accordion folds were apparent on jewel-toned dresses and jackets, while sunwear from the Proenza Schouler collection by Cachet, the luxury division of L'AMY AMERICA, also helped set the mood. Here, style sun PS5008 takes a stylish turn down the runway...

In other Proenza Schouler news, designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez have been nominated again for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) 2008 Womenswear Designer of the Year award. They have previously won the award in 2007, sharing honors with Oscar de la Renta. The CFDA Awards recognize the outstanding contributions to American fashion by individuals from all areas of the fashion industry and related arts...











The COSTA DEL MAR U. of Blue Tour is headed out on the road for the fourth year in a row to visit four new college campuses. At every stop the decked out Airstream trailer will feature different local and national bands hosted by emcee Matt Eastman, star of TV’s Wanna Go Fishing and tons of giveaways from sponsors like Costa Del Mar, Sperry, Emotion Kayaks, Guy Harvey and Pure Fishing. After hitting the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, N.C., on March 28, with band Badfish, the RV will hit Davidson College in Charlotte, N.C., on April 5 with Blue Moon Swamp and Frontiers, Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., on April 11 with Grayson Hill and Sister Hazel and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 19 with Eric Church and The Marshall Tucker Band. Proceeds of the trip will benefit Trout Unlimited, the Coastal Conservation Association and BASS Conservation.




BOLD FACE

 
Adrian Grenier
Early in his career Adrian Grenier played a member of a movie star’s entourage in the movie Celebrity. He currently stars on HBO as a celebrity with an entourage of his own in the series Entourage and rumor has it he is working on a documentary about the cult of celebrity and its relationship with the media. Anyone detect a theme? Here he is looking every bit the star in his Leiber Men’s JLM2001SG sunglasses from Legacie...












 
Alicia Keys
No one can belt out a song like Alicia Keys and it just so happens that No One is the title of the first single off her latest album As I Am, which has earned her two more Grammy awards to add to her growing collection. And it seems that no one can rock out better in pair of Ray-Ban Aviators, style RB3025, from Luxottica like Ms. Keys either...












 
Elton John
Elton John’s Annual AIDS Foundation Oscar Party is the Academy Award’s after-party to be at to catch glimpses of all the night’s award winners and Hollywood glitterati. In order for Elton himself to see those stars he relies on the Filled ophthalmic frame from Chrome Hearts and OSA International...











 
 Brad Pitt
Everything Brad Pitt does is newsworthy; whether he is making a new movie, building homes for Hurricane Katrina survivors in New Orleans, adding a new baby to the Jolie-Pitt family or just looking good. This time all he’s done to land himself in our pages is look good in his Mykita Rolf sunglasses in Goldline...















 

 Eva Mendes

Lots of stars get a ton of attention after a stint in rehab and most of its not good but Eva Mendes has bucked that trend by coming away from her stay at the Cirque Lodge treatment facility looking well-rested, refreshed and fabulous in her Chloe Nyssa sunglasses from Cachet, the luxury division of L’Amy America...














 
 Daniel Dae Kim
Avid fans of the ABC hit series Lost now know that Jin Kwon, the character played by actor Daniel Dae Kim, isn’t one of the Oceanic Six that make it off the island but here he is alive and well in his Calvin Klein 488 ophthalmic frames from Marchon...














 

Katherine Heigl

There is no doubt that the last couple of years have been great for Katherine Heigl. She is a bone-fide Hollywood It Girl, she is on one of the hottest series on TV, appeared in two popular movies, won an Emmy Award and gotten married. Seems she has plenty to smile about here in her Gucci GG1825S sunglasses from Sàfilo...














 
 Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe, star of the ABC show Brothers & Sisters, is one of the few actors of 1980’s Brat Pack fame that has had consistent work for the majority of his career, it could be raw talent or it could be because he is seriously handsome and doesn’t seem to age. Whatever it is, here the star is looking fine in his Cole Haan CH674 sunglasses from ClearVision.