Look Good And See Well In Marc Jacobs Aviators

Sun glasses have been around for centuries. First used in China to hide the facial expressions of judges during court proceedings, it was soon discovered that they protected the eyes from sun light. Eventually, they were also used as fashion accessories. In modern times one of the most fashionable and popular kinds of sunglasses is Marc Jacobs aviators.

Early in the nineteen hundreds, sun glasses started to gain notoriety among celebrities. Because film directors used very bright lights known as arc lamps to illuminate their movie sets, silent film actors would wear sun glasses to hide their red eyes in public. Sunglasses quickly became very trendy in the United States, and the fashion spread from there to the rest of the world.

"Aviator glasses" were created in the nineteen thirties to help keep the sun out of the eyes of air force pilots in World War Two. They are characterized by thin frames with large square shaped lenses. The lenses of aviators are usually slightly convex. This curve in the lenses is designed to offer as much eye coverage as possible and maximize protection from sun light.

Later during World War II, famed US General Douglas MacArthur was photographed wearing aviators while landing on the beach in the Philippines, putting this style of frames in the spotlight.

Though created decades earlier, aviator sun glasses started becoming popular in the sixties. In that era they were known as "pilot shades" or "stunner shades". They gradually rose in use into the eighties, when they were seen on Michael Jackson and subculture journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer can be seen wearing pilot shades in the movie "Top Gun". They also became popular among truckers and law enforcement officers.

Marc Jacobs is a fashion designer from the United States and the Creative Director at the Louis Vuitton fashion house in France. He has built a reputation for himself as part of the highest echelon of fashion industry elite. Along with high fashion clothing, Jacobs offers a line of designer aviator sunglasses.

The line of aviators offered by Marc Jacobs have become very popular among current celebrities. Lindsay Lohan, Tyra Banks, Gwen Stefani, Fabolous and Gerard Butler have been sighted in these high profile shades, to name a few. Not since the eighties have these frames been so popular.

In relation to other brands of designer sun glasses, Marc Jacobs' line is reasonably inexpensive. Usually running between one and two hundred dollars on the low end, they can be some of the cheapest fashion eye wear on the market. The higher end frames can be a bit more expensive, sometimes ranging into the thousands of dollars. The greater cost provides for more expensive materials such as sturdier metals for the frames and ornamental additions like diamonds.

Marc Jacobs sun glasses protect your eyes from harmful sun rays while keeping you looking trendy and fashionable. You can buy them from a large variety of major fashion retailers, at a number of eye wear stores and optometrist offices, or from various dealers on the web. If you want a pair of great looking shades, go for Marc Jacobs aviators.