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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

In the shade

Damien Hirst
Hirst's glasses are no mere prop. They're really his. He wears them to see out of Photograph: Suzanna Plunkett/Reuters
Bono
Bono has made tinted lenses something of a trademark ... Photograph: Albert Ferreira/Rex Features
Ozzy Osbourne
... as has Ozzy Osbourne Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features
Tim Burton
Now figures as outwardly unlike one another as Tim Burton, Mickey Rourke and Flavio Briatore seem to be trying on frames from the same shelf Photograph: Patrick Rideaux/Rex Features
Mickey Rourke
What are they for, Mickey? Photograph: Laruffa Antonelli/Rex Features
Flavio Briatore
Sadly, the most likely reason that these guys are wearing tinted glasses is because they believe tinted glasses are cool Photograph: Rex Features
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