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" Not long ago, we presented you with a list of the ten best pairs of sunglasses in cinematic history. On that list: Cary Grant&amp;#039;s iconic tortoiseshell shades from Hitchcock&amp;#039;s masterful North by Northwest. Not on that list: who made them, and how to get your hands on them today. Now, we&amp;#039;re here to remedy that, thanks to the good folks at Slate, who recently named the sunglasses the &amp;quot;coolest thing anyone has ever worn.&amp;quot; They&amp;#039;re vintage Arnels, by Tart, and you can get a pair right here. And though we&amp;#039;re hard-pressed to find something cooler, we should say, for the record, that there are a lot of things that contend for the title. McQueen&amp;#039;s Thomas Crown three-piece for instance, or Redford&amp;#039;s peacoat in Three Days of the Condor. Or, hell, Grant again, but his shawl-collar tux in To Catch a Thief. All of these things were, of course, imbued with such coolness thanks in no small part to the men who wore them. Which is the crux of Slate&amp;#039;s argument: that the shades themselves \u2014 orangey tortoiseshell, with green lenses \u2014 aren&amp;#039;t actually that cool on their own, but made cool by Grant. We say they&amp;#039;re half right. The sunglasses get a leg up from Grant wearing them, but he doesn&amp;#039;t make them cool. He makes them cooler. Which is important, because, you see, they&amp;#039;re already cool. A little offbeat, with a little more personality than your standard Wayfarer, yes. But cool, nonetheless. Why? Why is anything cool? It&amp;#039;s a damningly difficult thing to pin down. But still: These are. Which means you should feel free to wear a new pair that takes a cue from Grant&amp;#039;s version. Go for the lighter color on the frame. Have at with the green-tinted lenses. And should you wear them with all the confidence and charm that Grant does, well, all the better. [HT: Slate; Movie Shades Identification] Follow The Style Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQStyle "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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