Hip shades hog the spotlight

If your future's so bright you gotta wear shades, naturally, they can't be any shades.

While everyone's incorporating a few Swarovski crystals these days, no one does it bolder than Vera Wang, who uses them to surround a pair of limited-edition Amelia Earhart-inspired aviator goggles.

Here, actor, singer and man-about-town Joey Caldarone wears a pair of the $4,000 available at the Vera Wang boutique at Halekulani.

With these on, mere mortals -- of the sort who are by now scratching their heads and asking, "Why?" -- dare not stare directly at your eyes at risk of being blinded.