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So, first there was designer glasses frames and now we have gone one step past that, to designer eyes. Now, you can get contact lenses with the ‘CD’ logo etched in alongside gold flakes…because everyone knows nothing brings out your inner vampire like unnatural eye colors!!

The contacts have a ‘CD’ logo etched on the left side and a gold strip covering the entire right side. There’s also what appears to be a black rim surrounding the circumference of the contact. Am hoping that the wearing of designer contact lenses doesn’t limit you to mascara that makes your eyelashes go all clumpy like that though…not a GREAT look!!

That Blogger is not completely sold on this new fashion item to be honest…We are all for non-permanent ways of playing around with your look, but branding your eye ball? Is that not taking things just a smidgen too far. Can’t wait to see what the designers at Louis Vuitton and Gucci can do to improve on this…LV is not known for making things subtle and understated, so the Battle of the Eyeball is bound to be an interesting one!!

According to the Most Popular Baby Names of 2009 list, released by Social Security Administraition in the USA, the most popular baby names in the U.S. right now are Isabella and Jacob. As in the Twilight series Isabella Swan and Jacob Black!! And, in keeping with this Vampire trend, the fastest rising baby name in 2009, was Cullen, as in Edward Cullen. Does this concerning interest in the supernatural mean we might need to start being on the look out for people shimmering in the daylight over the next few years??

It seems that, when the supernatural doesn’t inspire, people are looking to the White House for help (is that any better??)…because, the fastest rising name for girls was Maliyah, apparently inspired by first daughter Malia Obama (the Malia spelling also leapt up). Obviously, the Hollywood aspiration can’t be disregarded, as Isla, the Scottish name of actress Isla Fisher, made the second-biggest jump for girls.

Newcomers to the Top 10 List are Mia for girls and Jayden and Noah for boys, with Elizabeth, Christopher, and Matthew falling off. Marley, was a fast faller…perhaps parents have realised that naming your child after a reggae star or a very badly behaved labrador is not a good start to anyone’s life.

The full Top 10 list for 2009 is:

Girls:

1. Isabella
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Sophia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Madison
8. Abigail
9. Chloe
10. Mia

Boys:

1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael
4. Alexander
5. William
6. Joshua
7. Daniel
8. Jayden
9. Noah
10. Anthony

I imagine you would have to have more than a passing interest in the supernatural and “the impossible” to believe that a similar list might be available from SA Home Affairs.

Pity. Would be interesting to see our local name trends.