Lady Gaga Loves Eyewear

"We knew Lady Gaga had a thing for seven inch heels, insane wigs, dressing like non-existence cartoon characters and adding chunks of skin onto her body, but this eyewear thing is a new-fangled fashion obsession!" That's the post on E Online. "Apparently the 'Dope' singer already covered every other couture option, leaving nothing but eye covers to exploit." Read more.

What Stars Are Sporting for Sunwear

"Lady Gaga caused a bit of a commotion in a fuchsia fur (isn't it a little hot for that?) out and about in Sweden - I mean, when doesn't she?" notes the Hollywood Reporter. "But it was her 'Kitten Noir' dark glasses by Anna-Karin Karlsson that really set off the flashbulbs. They almost look like a harlequin mask for a ball in Venice, don't they? Well, that's a lot of sunglass - those edges are insane - and they better be at $698 a pair." Read more.

Rockers and Their Eyewear

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Remember our piece about Buddy Holly. Here's a better one that appeared in recently on the Wall Street Journal's website: "Pop-culture experts often point to those black frames as rock's first great fashion statement, one that set the stage for countless others. Without Buddy Holly's glasses, they say, the world would likely never have seen John Lennon in his granny-style glasses nor Elton John in his oversize frames. For that matter, it might never have seen Madonna in her cone-shaped bra or Lady Gaga in her meat dress, says Gregory DelliCarpini Jr., fashion editor of Billboard.com, the online home of the music trade publication. 'Holly took this accessory and made it part of his identity…The concept of a fashion item defining an artist continues today.'" Read more.

New Lady Gaga Specs from Polaroid

"It’s clear... [Lady Gaga is] onto something cool with the new glasses she’s designed for Polaroid, which focus less on what you see than on what others see when they look into your eyes—by using tiny screens in the lenses to project images outward, as opposed to inward," according to a WallStreetJournal blog.