When you hear the name “Tom Cruise” all kinds of things pop into your head, some printable, some not. Risky Business, Top Gun, Mission Impossible, Scientology, Katie Holmes - and those are just the words we’re printing for optimal Search Engine placement…
…Don’t forget Rain Man, Magnolia, The Outsiders, jumping on Oprah’s couch…
Which raises this question… if Tom Cruise jumps on Oprah’s couch when he’s fallen in love, does he jump on Ellen’s couch when he’s getting divorced? Food for thought. I’d like to see him jump on everyone’s couch. He should do a cross-country tour where you can ask him to come over and jump on your couch. Be funny to wake up from a nap, walk into your living room and say, “Is that Tom Cruise jumping on my couch???”
Tom Cruise has been an iconic celebrity since the early 1980s and he played a huge part in renewing the Ray Ban wayfarer’s popularity. Although let’s not forget Ilene Giardini. Remember her? You don’t remember Ilene Giardini???? Hel-lo out there! No, we don’t expect you to know who she is, but she was the wardrobe stylist for Risky Business so she probably played a part too. Here is that iconic wayfarer Cruise…
Here is the current Ray Ban Wayfarer RB2140…
But he’s changed his look so much over the years. And he didn’t just revamp the Wayfarer’s popularity, he also had a hand in the Ray Ban aviator RB3025. Remember when he took our breath away…
You can look like that too - you need these…
Soon you’ll be saying “That’s right. Ice… man. I am dangerous” at Baskin & Robbins when the clerk asks you whether you want a cup or cone.
Cruise’s popularity and bankability is due obviously in large part to his face but he’s also a talented actor. He’s intense and his intensity grips you. Whereas most peoples’ sunglasses wear them he really wears his sunglasses - they are at his mercy - who’s controlling who in this action shot from the movie Knight & Day…
And even in casual every day scenarios he still owns his glasses to the point where they’re like a henchman for him…
The phone, the glasses, the smile, the laugh, the hair, the slick black suit, the finger, the teeth - this guy’s famous for a reason. That’s like a Celebrity 101 photo right there - they teach you that in acting school. “I wanna see happy. I wanna see intense. I wanna see cool, in control, but also vulnerable, a power player, but needy, you’re thrilled to be here, and excited to see what’s gonna come of it.” “You mean, you wanna see Tom Cruise?” “Exactly! Give me Tom Cruise!” Ok ok! Here! Here is Tom Cruise…
Like the glasses he’s wearing? They’re very similar to the Michael by Michael Kors M2052S style…
Here’s Tom in a candid you-got-me paparazzi photo…
Even here he looks ready. The guy’s just always so READY! “Reservation’s in ten min-” “Ready.” Oh, ok. “The wedding starts in abo-” “Ready.” “There’s a terrorist on the roof, we have to call th-” “Ready!” Ready ready ready.
The shades in the above photo are very similar to the Gucci 1011…
You want the “Ready!” test? Here he is with now ex Katie Holmes…
Who’s looking towards the car and who’s ready for that camera? But that’s the charming smiling ready-for-it Cruise. There’s also the man’s man Cruise, the reason the theatre isn’t just filled with women…
“That’s me up there scaling that building in Saudi Arabia,” men are thinking in their theatre seats. Well, not quite, but that’s what’s he’s given us. He’s a whole genre unto himself. I don’t even know what the style is - it’s definitely a cat-eye but a military one. It’s designed for scaling buildings, fighting international terrorist conglomerates, and it also provides excellent UV protection.
