man it's bright out here!

I always hear that..."man it's bright out here." And I always have to wonder if it really is, because unlike the majority of my friends, and the rest of the friekin world, I do not wear sunglasses often. Obviously, I would if I weren't blind as a bat without glasses. And yes, I have tried contacts and unfortunately found them extremely itchy and, since I have seen my face with glasses since 5th grade, unattractive. Ok so now that I can't wear sunglasses......I'm obsessed. And while I am generally able to control my sunglasses obsession, I just spent a week in the presence of 3 people with insane amounts of sunglasses in SoCal, I am finding myself weak in resolve after such exposure. 

My absolute favorite shape for anyone in sunglasses is the aviator. Extremely easy to find and usually flattering. They always look great with metal frames (and super reflective lenses!) but are really fun with plastic frames. I personally prefer a lower, thinner drop shape, but the width and length of lenses differs on different face shapes.

Another classic shape is the wayfarer, the original Ray-Bans (in fact, as I remember, sunglasses were actually not cool in middle school before someone unearthed their parents old Ray-Bans...) I love the color of these.....actually color always makes or breaks the sunglasses for me.

Aside from those more classic shapes, recently a million other fun lens shapes have come around. I love the glamorous cat-eyes, the Lennon rounds, the old school half-frame half-lenses, and even the giant Hollywood glasses. 

These first 2 pictures are from Cuffs Boutique (where, by the way, there are about 100 $15 sunglasses and clear glasses!)

The next one is from SoCal where Lily Rothrock and I found some fab cat-eye glasses last year

The last one is an awesome round frame from Proenza Schouler

There are probably around a million more slight variations of shape and color of sunglasses that I love, but at the moment I'm hounding after some cute heart shaped ones. Currently searching and open for suggestions!! So please, readers, please do my shopping for me and find me some heart shaped sunglasses <3


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