By now, it’s old news, and Katy Perry and Russell Brand have already been married. Nevertheless, when the pop star known for “I Kissed a Girl” and “California Gurls” arrived in India last week, she had on an odd pair of designer sunglasses. With a cat’s eye style, the A-Morir shades had a gold chain hanging from the nose to the temple. Going across the right side of Perry’s face, the sunglasses, in pictures, gave off the appearance that Perry pierced her nose and was wearing a traditional bridal ring – on the wrong side. As Starcasm.net explains, Perry wore the ring in the same place that any “lady of the night” would.

But this isn’t really surprising, considering the several questionable decisions Perry has made with her attire over the past few months. From a whipped cream can bra in the “California Gurls” video to the recent Sesame Street appearance that never aired, Perry’s fashion choices haven’t been the greatest. The pair of A-Morir sunglasses, on the other hand, just made Perry look like she was having yet another fashion faux pas at a distance.

The A-Morir shades, from the looks of it, are right on target with the latest trends. With an angular cat’s eye style, the designer sunglasses have frames lined with small rhinestones. A medium-sized gold chain is attached from the nose area to the temple.

While these sunglasses look like they’re heavily piling on the bling, other celebrities have gone after this same look. Earlier this year, we saw rapper Kid Sister sporting studded shield sunglasses, with rhinestones and metal decorating both sides of the frame. Similarly, Snooki of The Jersey Shore also went for the shield look, and was spotted in a pair of designer sunglasses covered entirely in rhinestones – both frame and lenses.

Not all designer brands can be Gucci or Chanel. Some start, have a short but successful lifespan, and then close. Others, such as Ungaro, appear to be dying a slow death, sped up by the occasional poor decision (hiring Lindsay Lohan to be your creative director, for example). Where does Christian Lacroix, a fashion house that debuted in 1987, fall?

According to an article published recently in The Huffington Post, it appears that the brand has not decided its fate and, instead, continues to trudge on by unveiling a line of designer sunglasses. The article mentions that the fashion house has never turned in a profit in all of its 23 years, and Creative Director Sacha Walckhoff wants to take the brand in a new direction. Their sunglasses, apparently, pave the way for a new future.

Lacroix’s sunglasses will be the first licensed product since Christian Marie Marc Lacroix left. The Huffington Post article gives a preview of Lacroix’s new sunglasses, and although interesting, they offer nothing unique at the moment. At $250 to $600 a pop, the designer sunglasses are somewhat of a luxury item.

Nevertheless, the collection of designer sunglasses is promising. With women’s and unisex styles, the frames by Lacroix are generally oversized and characterized by embellishments: a few rhinestones around the temples, some metal highlights down the side. But as far as unisex styles go, the wayfarer and aviator frames seem nearly indistinguishable from Gucci sunglasses, with the exception of a few embellishments.

Lacroix, apparently, went into administration in 2009, and for the past year, the fashion house, which never really caught on, has faltered, with only 12 employees on staff. Nevertheless, the sunglasses, unlike other Lacroix clothing, have a practical appearance and, if the economy improves, could be a luxury item in the same vein as Gucci.

Get ready for colder weather with bold colors, fringe, and snakeskin, because some trends just simply refuse to go away. But then again, when the designers using these looks continue to incorporate them into their latest collections, having them disappear seems far more difficult.

Both of these trends are captured by Burberry’s Fall 2010 collection. If fall makes you think of berries and apple cider, Burberry’s collection is reminiscent of key lime pie and snakeskin boots. Nevertheless, bold colors pervade nearly all handbags, with lime green, aqua, royal purple, and yellow being drawn from regularly, but snakeskin, chopped up and colored in, is also seen often in Burberry’s collection. Additionally, most bags have a basic clutch style.

Prada juxtaposed neon and black last year, giving all handbags an early 1990s appearance. This color contrast is still present in Prada’s Spring 2011 collection, unveiled recently at Fashion Week. Bold colors, with an emphasis on purple and red berry shades, and stripes characterize this collection of clutch and tote bags.

Gucci, on the other hand, seemed to take a back-to-basics approach with its 2011 collection. While brown leather with gold buckles is a dominant theme, Gucci’s approach to boldness is to simply color an entire handbag gold. Embellishments, additionally, are scarce on most Gucci bags, but tassels, like small dots of fringe, pop up on a few designs.

Marc Jacobs, on the other hand, seems to think that Boho is still in, and adding brighter colors to mid-1990s-style fashions somehow makes them new. Nevertheless, his Spring 2011 collection at Fashion Week was different from most of the others shown. If you’re looking for a western look, Marc Jacobs handbags clearly have it, as nearly all designs have a hobo look lined with fringe and tassels.

On some occasions, you see stars carrying the same handbag. In a few of these rare instances, the stars manage to wear the handbags in two completely different ways. This appears to be the case with a Chanel handbag, which was seen as of recent on Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus. Although quilted leather has been a minor trend this past year, Chanel handbags, at least in the designer world, have been the primary source for this look.

A basic quilted Chanel handbag, such as the one seen on Kim Kardashian and Miley recently, has a flap style, with material made from quilted leather. A longer strap is attached. When Miley carries this purse, she wears it much like a cross body bag. Perhaps her small frame – she is still an adolescent, after all – makes it seem more like a cross body bag instead of an ordinary purse. Additionally, she appears to wear it like a sophisticated messenger bag. Along with casual attire (how much more casual can you go beyond a t-shirt and jean shorts?), the quilted leather handbag ends up standing out and seeming out of place.

Kim Kardashian, although no less visible than the Disney star, seems to generally have a better sense of style. But then again, that’s to be expected somewhat, as an adolescent, child star or not, is still trying to find her sense of self. While Miley Cyrus, at the moment, can’t be tamed, Kim Kardashian is the only one from her televised family who seems to skirt away from controversy – and to look fabulous at the same time.

Because of this, it appears, Kim Kardashian seems to know how to appropriately wear this Chanel handbag. Granted, she’s known for her curves, and the thin strap wouldn’t work as cross body style in her case, but coupling the bag with formal attire – or at least a dress and coat for going out – is a far more appropriate pairing.