sunglasses
October 17th 2007 01:10
“Put ‘em on your face!”, that was the tag which sunglasses manufacturer Bolle insisted on. Fair enough, although I’ve never been a fan of Bolle’s designs. I prefer the old school wares, like the Raybans’ warefarer design, made famous in the movie Less Than Zero.
The Aviator design, also by Raybans, has been a fixture for decades, made famous in the movie Top Gun, but pilots have been wearing them since the 1920s. Personally I prefer the less ostentatious look of the classic black 1950s look which Italian actor Marcello Mastrioanni wore in Fellini’s 8-and-a-half. If I could find a piar like that I’d be a happy man!
Actors like Jack Nicholson have made wearing sunglasses de rigour. He even wears them to the Academy Awards, and doesn’t take them off! It’s that kind of ridiculous behaviour reminds me of that infectiously inane pop song from the 80s by Corey Hart, same sort of deal.
But hey, we’ve all been there. I know I’ve worn shades inside, usually because I’m dreadfully hungover. But occasionally because I thought it looked cool. Oh, the silly things we do when we’re young and impressionable. Still, there is something distinctly aesthetic about great looking shades on the face. They can make or break your fashion pose. They are possibly the most distinctive accessory one can adorn, simply because by covering and hiding the eyes you immediately draw attention to yourself.
You can be even more contentious by wearing mirror shades so that anyone talking to you see only themselves reflected, and that can be damn annoying, even intimidating at times. But it does look impressive from a short distance, you can’t deny it.
Elton John made a career out of sunglasses. Well, he certainly made sure they spoke volumes, just in case he wasn’t loud and obnoxious enough during the 70s and 80s he wore over-sized and absurdly glam sunglasses to off-set his behaviour, just a tad. Now we get pint-sized celebrities such as the Olsen twins, and vacuous socialites, such as Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie making over-sized shades trendy for impressionable teens. It smacks of bad taste.
Bono and Ozzy Osbourne have managed to get away with that pretentious, constant wear of sunglasses, I’m not sure how. Good on ‘em I say, being the fickle wannabe rockstar that I am. If you’ve got the shades, flaunt ‘em!
Like any self-conscious popstar, I wanna have a different pair of sunglasses for every day of summer. But if I have to settle for just three: the handmade acetate design, the Blackflys funk flys, and the Guccis. I actually own two pairs of Guccis, but the pair featured above are tré cool, yes, very cool indeed!
Actors like Jack Nicholson have made wearing sunglasses de rigour. He even wears them to the Academy Awards, and doesn’t take them off! It’s that kind of ridiculous behaviour reminds me of that infectiously inane pop song from the 80s by Corey Hart, same sort of deal.
But hey, we’ve all been there. I know I’ve worn shades inside, usually because I’m dreadfully hungover. But occasionally because I thought it looked cool. Oh, the silly things we do when we’re young and impressionable. Still, there is something distinctly aesthetic about great looking shades on the face. They can make or break your fashion pose. They are possibly the most distinctive accessory one can adorn, simply because by covering and hiding the eyes you immediately draw attention to yourself.
You can be even more contentious by wearing mirror shades so that anyone talking to you see only themselves reflected, and that can be damn annoying, even intimidating at times. But it does look impressive from a short distance, you can’t deny it.
Elton John made a career out of sunglasses. Well, he certainly made sure they spoke volumes, just in case he wasn’t loud and obnoxious enough during the 70s and 80s he wore over-sized and absurdly glam sunglasses to off-set his behaviour, just a tad. Now we get pint-sized celebrities such as the Olsen twins, and vacuous socialites, such as Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie making over-sized shades trendy for impressionable teens. It smacks of bad taste.
Bono and Ozzy Osbourne have managed to get away with that pretentious, constant wear of sunglasses, I’m not sure how. Good on ‘em I say, being the fickle wannabe rockstar that I am. If you’ve got the shades, flaunt ‘em!
Like any self-conscious popstar, I wanna have a different pair of sunglasses for every day of summer. But if I have to settle for just three: the handmade acetate design, the Blackflys funk flys, and the Guccis. I actually own two pairs of Guccis, but the pair featured above are tré cool, yes, very cool indeed!
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Comment by Cassandra
All very cool and interesting shades. I have to admit though... I sorta like those rosy pink ones.