With talks about gender parity crossing borders, fashion and body wear for both sexes have become just as popular. Take for instance the following items: a tee and a pair of jeans – the apparel of a contemporary human, regardless of age, gender and background. When it comes to eye wear, understand that it is not just all about eye makeup; it's about wearing the right stuff for your eyes. In this list, you'll find a list of eye wear that both you and your man can sport. Read on to find out what they are.

• CONTACT LENSES. When you want to do a number of physical activities while freeing up your hands from holding on to the eye glass handles, you might want to get yourself a pair of contact lenses. Lacking the bulk of conventional eye glasses, contact lenses combine aesthetic, therapeutic and corrective functions.

What's great about this eye wear is that you also get to choose the color of your pupils. Aside from clear contact lenses, a number of varieties come in attractive designs and colors. Disposable ones offer no cleaning fuss, but those intended for reusing require attention and some practice to cleaning, storing, wearing and taking off the pair.

No matter how trendy you find contact lenses to be, do not forget to get a valid prescription for them. Otherwise, consult an eye care professional for the best advice as this complicated piece of eye wear is not meant for everybody.

• EYE GLASSES. When you want the stereotypically wise look exemplified by school professors, principals, geniuses and grandparents, feel free to wear eye glasses. Although they lack the hands-free feature sported by contact lens, eye glasses are relatively inexpensive and hassle-free. You put them on when you use them and you keep them at your bedside table when you plan to snooze. Cleaning them is as simple as using a lens cloth to wipe the dust and moisture off your glasses.

Clear glasses without grades are particularly used in laboratories. You may also procure corrective eye glasses over the counter. However, if you have vision problems, you need to get a prescription from either an optometrist or an ophthalmologist before you can get the right pair of glasses for your eyes. Prescription glasses are rarely purchased; they are often custom-made to match your specific needs.

• SHADES. Tom Cruise's look in “Top Gun” has had a lasting impact in eye wear: You wear glasses to look appealing. Whether you're getting the square-shaped rims, the circular ones or the ovals, shades or sun glasses not only keep you from squinting, they also protect your eyes from overexposure to dry air and dust particulates. The best deal with sun glasses is the aesthetic part because these babies make you, the wearer, literally look as cool as ice.

Tints vary from traditional black, grey and brown to the more retro blue, yellow, green, red and pink. Shades are perfect to sport outdoors as in the park, beach, campgrounds and stadium bleachers; they are also almost a staple getup in hoodless car driving sprees.