Steal Some Movie Style: Men's Sunglasses

Want to know the exact sunglasses that Daniel Craig wore in Casino Royale? Prefer Brad Pitt's shades from Mr.& Mrs. Smith?

Psychologists say that sunglasses evoke a mood, bring out an aspect of personality, and generally, if you have good taste, can make you look like your cool. They make a statement and the nice thing about sunglasses is they're very useful too. As the internet advances, it's become possible, sort of, to bring the store to you so now you can try on those sunglasses you've had your eye on before you buy. You can see what you'd look like when you try on these sun glasses online with the FrameFinder(sm) Virtual Eyeglass Try-On. You upload a photo of your face to their website and the website does the rest.

There is only one problem with stealing your sunglasses from a movie. It gets expensive if you want the real thing. My own point of view is that I'm slightly conflicted. I don't want James Bond to be driving around Monte Carlo in the middle of the day wearing a pair of K-Mart sunglasses, but I can't afford the real thing. However, there may be a solution or at least a partial solution. There are a few discounters named at the end of the article that offer knockoffs of some of these sunglasses for a fraction of the cost. It sure takes care of my conflict. Also, I couldn't resist the chance to review the listed movies, at least the ones I saw. They are rated on a scale of one to five stars.

Robert Downey Junior in Iron Man
Robert Downey, Jr. wears Ray Ban 3320 041/13 Gunmetal Striped/Brown Gradient Lense sunglasses in Paramount Pictures Iron Man recently released on May 5, 2008. $105.00 at Amazon.com. (4 stars out of 5)

Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
Daniel Craig's James Bond (4 1/2 stars out of 5) actually wears two different pairs of sunglasses in Casino Royale. As Bond arrives at Paradise Island in the Bahamas he's wearing metal frame Persol's Model 2244, option 834/33, brown lense with gunmetal grey satin metal frames, $139.95 from Joylot. Later on in the film, in Prague, Bond wears Persol 2720's, option 24/47, tortoise/brown polarized lenses, $170.00 from The Sunglass House

Brad Pitt in Ocean's 13
Brad Pitt wears Oliver Peoples Strummer Aviator sunglasses, gold frame with olive gradient lenses in the film. Look for this item on E-bay, about $235.00 or Sunglasses Giant for $315.00.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
When T1hit the big screen (4 1/2 stars out of 5) the sunglasses Arnold wore became an instant sensation. They will never go out of style if worn at the right time and place. Arnold Schwarzenegger wears Gargoyle, ANSI Classics, 3347016D Black/Black Ice lenses from Frames Direct, $68.00. For Terminator 2-Judgement Day Schwarzenneger changed sunglasses, this time wearing Ray Ban RB 2030 Predator 8's, frame color black w1847, lense color G-15 XLT, $87.00 from Ray-Ban Store.

Jamie Foxx in The Kingdom
Jamie Foxx plays Special Agent Ronald Fluery. Most of the time he's wearing Michael Kors MK S110 sunglasses with gold frame and green green lenses. These may be very tough to find in the correct frame and lense colors and they are expensive sunglasses. $229.00 at Zappos.

George Clooney in Ocean's 13
George Clooney wears Persol 2157-S option 618/47 sunglasses with dark gold frames, dark brown polarized lenses. This model has been discontinued but if you can find a pair, (maybe E-Bay) they used to sell at Frames Direct for $108.00

Daniel Craig in Quantum ofSolaceofSolace
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in Quantum of Solace opening 7 November, 2008. He wears Oliver Peoples Airman sunglasses, silver frame with Midnight Polarized VFX lenses. It sure looks to me that you can buy the exact same pair right now for $434.00 at Adam Simmonds. I mean, right now if you have that kind of money. But, according to The James Bond Lifestyle, Oliver Peoples will only manufacture 300 limited edition pairs of these sunglasses in this frlensend lense option. 150 with be made with grphotochromatichromatic lenses and 150 with polarized Theres'sTheres's no announcement at the Oliver Peoples website as of this writing. The same thing was done with the sunglasses forRoyaleCasino Royale.

Brad Pitt in Mr. And Mrs. Smith
ver People's sunglasses. He wore a pair of Oliver Peoples Commander sunglasses with a polarized emerald green lense which you can pick up at Amazon for $299.00. Pitt can also be seen in Oliver Peoples Nitro sunglasses with a "yellensehooting" lense. The lense color was only made in a limited edition but the Nitro line Nitroill available
You can get a pair at lenseass Gilenseor $350.00. The third pair Brad Pitt can be seen iNitro Oliver Peoples Victory sunglasses, with gold frSunglass amber gradient lense, $349.00 at Amazon. These are out of production but still available on the internet. Keep an eye on ebay. You maylenseble to pick up a pair for around $300.00 or less.

Here are the discounters:

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The Sebayass Shack (for Brad Pitt's sunglasses from Fight Club among others)
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