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Sep 24, 2023

Sunglasses — are you classic or quirky?

There’s something tribal about summer. Bikini or swimsuit? Suntan or sun ban?

There's something tribal about summer. Bikini or swimsuit? Suntan or sun ban? Boho or bo-no? Legs out or legs-remain-my-own-business-whatever-the-weather-thank-you-very-much?

And then there's the sunglasses thing. Are you all about the classics? Does a nice pair of cat eyes, the kind that would have graced the face of, say, Grace Kelly, make you miaow? Or is your response to such a predictable variety of, ahem, ocular UV protection more of a "meh"? Are you — like most of the fashion pack — team bonkers?

Which means what? It might mean lenses outsize enough to present as cool or comic, depending on your bias, or conversely so small as to come across as a tad — how shall I put this? — steampunk. Or it might mean