One of the most iconic purveyor of sunglasses is singer/songwriter Elton John. The man behind hits such as “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” and of course “I’m Still Standing” has given us sunglass eye candy from the beginning of his career. Few, if anyone, can match him at this game. For instance, where do you go from here…

We don’t even have a comparable suggestion to offer on the website for this style. Headlights, windshield wipers, under water vision. Maybe you’d also like this style…

Try wearing that on your face. That would also be a rude awakening if a friend of yours offered you a weekend getaway on their boat as friends with boats sometimes do…

“Wanna come on the boat for the weekend?”

“Yes!”

“Great. We just need you to sign an insurance waiver!”

“Why?!”

“For relaxation!”

“What kind of a boat am I going on?”

“Just a normal vacation boat. Do you have any problems going 500mph?”

Elton John has never strayed from attempting the out of the ordinary, the unusual, the bizarre. Nothing’s too weird costume-wise for him. Remember when he dressed as Mozart…

In fact it’s kind of hard to recommend any of the styles Elton John wears. They’re all too unique. Here’s Elton in a devil style…

Here he is wearing turquoise wayfarers with a little wizard on the corner…

What are we supposed to recommend for that? The cool thing about Elton’s sunglass preferences is that he’s gone through so many styles it’s no longer about looking “cool” or hip for him. He redefines hip and cool with his sunglass choices. Most of us want to look as cool as possible in our shades, or we want to hide our eyes and maintain an air of reserve, aloofness. He’s the opposite - he’s saying “Please look at me! I didn’t wear these just for me!” Nobody who wants to look cool or keep aloof would wear sparkly turquoise glasses with a happy wizard perched on the corner.

He did start out looking cool though…

He started “The Robber Fly” style that was so popular in the early 70s. Remember when everyone was doing “The Robber Fly” and moms and dads were like, “You’re not going outside looking like !@$#@! Robber Fly! Not in this house! You go upstairs and look more like a respectable insect, a bee, a butterfly maybe. We didn’t raise you to be a god-forsaken robber fly!” Ladies and gentlemen…the Robber Fly…

Still glamoury and glittery but more in the cool arena as opposed to, say, this one…

That’s more like a guy playing piano at the mall, Christmas tunes during holiday shopping, or a Chuck E Cheese or something.

I wouldn’t say he’s cooling down though if this shot is any indication…

That’s a lot of color for one man, and it’s certainly not shying away from the spotlight. In fact it IS the spotlight. You could see this man at night and you would need Corey Hart’s sunglasses to do so. Aliens are probably using Elton John’s outfits as guides to land their spacecraft here.

The classic image of Elton John is probably his Greatest Hits album cover…

And this time we do have a recommendation, the Kate Spade “Darryl”…

The Darryl will make you current in comparison to the rest of the world but you’ll still be 30+ years behind Sir Elton John. But he’s royalty and you can’t expect to be ahead of royalty. In fact, we think it might be illegal in Europe. So the Kate Spade Darryl is the only true cross-continental legal option for you.