TINTED LOVE
Some people see the world through rose-colored glasses. Celebs like Courteney Cox Arquette and Leonardo DiCaprio, on the other hand, like to be seen in them. In fact, whether rose, blue, green, purple or yellow, lightly tinted shades have become the chicest way to show one's orbs. "They make you look hip and edgy," says Jennifer Tilly. "I feel like a '50s beatnik intellectual." Adds Troy Schmidt, president of L.A.'s Dita Eyewear (Tori Spelling and Jenny McCarthy are Dita clients): "Tinted sunglasses are all about instant cool."

Not that the eye-centric look isn't practical. MTV veejay Kennedy, a prescription-lens wearer, says, "I don't have to change pairs between indoors and out—and I like [the fact] that people can see your eyes." Fashion stylist Jessica Paster says the trend has also virtually eradicated the wearing of dark sunglasses indoors: "You can't see. People laugh at you," she says. "You're not cool."