Awesome Eyewear

After coming across someone tossing their old vinyl LPs, the guys at Parkman decided to put them to good use, transforming the old records into the veneer for their already awesome black walnut and birch wood sunglasses.

Sam Hilliard’s retro chic SomNoir eyewear collection features genuine bull horn from India, which is frequently removed to protect the herd from one another. Each pair is one of a kind and handcrafted in San Francisco.

Gucci’s anti-reflective, mirror-coated aviators feature curved lenses with circular polarized technology, optimal for movie theatre Real D systems. Coming Holiday 2010. (Thanks Thorir!)

The polymer injected frames make these Nooka Mercury sunglasses lightweight, yet durable with a matching rubber nosepiece and ear guards for added comfort. Available in 6 colors.

Whether you’re going out for a drink or already nursing a hangover, you can’t go wrong with the Grandmaster Three, with its 18K gold accents, titanium hinges and anti-reflective lens coating.

Brian Ewing’s style is the first to be released in Anarchy Eyewear’s limited edition Artist Series of sunglasses. The 4 participating artists were chosen for their influence and connection to action sports.

Grab your Members Only Jacket and slip on a pair of Nike’s Vintage ’72 sunglasses for some hip retro style. Featuring an oversized frame, you’ll get an aviator-inspired look with maximum sun protection.

Perfect for split decisions, Oakley’s Split Jacket sports Switchlock tech to easily change its hydrophobic/oleophobic lenses; also: O Matter frame and Unobtainium nose pads and stem sleeves.

Oakley’s Crosshair 2.0 shades mix classic aviator design with a two-part modern toric shield lens; it also sports a lightweight C-5 alloy metal frame and hydrophilic Unobtainium earsocks.

SUPER returns to its minimalist roots with its Spring/Summer 2010 line of frames; new lightweight silhouettes include the Andrea, the Lucia, the W, and our favorite, the People.

Cheap Monday’s Night Merge/The Tau shades boast a harder, skeletal look: too-skinny but sturdy metal legs get paired with CM’s vintage horn-rimmed Classic Night frames.

Old school meets space age with Dita’s Senator glasses, which mix the horn rim look with a lightweight titanium frame and nose pads; available in silver, gold, black, and black & gold.

Dita follows up on its aviator-style Ambassador frames; the equally large Landmark shades eschew curves for a squared, bolder profile with a Titanium frame and zyl acetate temples.

Vestal Vision is the brand’s first foray into eyewear; all six styles can be previewed online now, and feature Vestal’s own unisex take on classics such as the Aviator and Wayfarer.

Chocolate Skateboards celebrates its 15th anniversary with Super by releasing 333 pairs of sunglasses; they’re based on the Classic but use both translucent red and grey acetate.

Stay sharp and active with Oakley’s Scalpel sunglasses; the impact resistant 8.75 base lenses also enhance peripheral vision while nose pads and stem sleeves get grippier with perspiration.

Lightweight yet durable, Nike’s Defiant polarized sunglasses do double time for snow and water sports; they feature scratch- and impact-resistant lenses and a ventilated nose bridge.

We’re not big on white frames, but KR3W’s X Shades are a tasteful reinterpretation of the Wayfarer-style with a white half frame, smoked lenses, and silver accented hardware.

Oakley’s new Probation sunglasses (regular or polarized) sport a single lens with polaric ellipsoid geometry to minimize distortion and five-metal alloy C-5 straight-stem frame.

Help solve the puzzle of autism with Oakley’s TACA Fuel Cell sunglasses; each sports the TACA logo and puzzle motif on a polished black O Matter Frame with Plutonite lenses.

MST3K fans will always watch movies with Tom Servo and Crow in mind, but these laser-cut Mst3shades literally keep them in your field of vision; plans here; Ponoko-version here.

Metal but not massive, Oakley’s X SQUARED sunglasses are made with lightweight titanium alloy; also: anti-glare uV lenses that are hydrophobic, oleophobic, and impact resistant.

Ray Ban’s iconic Aviators get an upscale update with the Craft Outdoorsman; it sports a brow bar wrapped in hand-stitched genuine deer leather with blue or brown teardrop lenses.