Spring 2010 Sunglasses Trends According to Style Dot Com

Photo: accessories.about.com


OK, let me just say up front that it's not easy to take serious style advice from a source that tells you to "diversify your leggings portfolio," but Style.com is in the business of throwing lots of colorful, trendy stuff at the walls and seeing what sticks. In other words, they know that everyone takes their advice with a pinch of salt. Or a shot of vodka.

Anyway, they have a piece about sunglasses trends for next spring. To my untrained eye, it appears that by spring 2010 we'll all be sick and tired of this whole worldwide economic recession and ready to tie one on and have fun. At that time, sunglasses, a style staple that is already meant to have some fun built into it, will be giddy, irreverent ways in which we give the fashion rules and the economy the one-finger salute at the same time.

What you see above is a pair of "shield" shades that went down a runway on a Marc Jacobs model a few seasons back. (Doesn't her hair look as if it's been raised by twisting her head, like a giant lipstick?) Runway looks aren't usually very closely tethered to reality, so you're forgiven for thinking that the giant sunglasses she's wearing look like your grandma's cataract shades.

However, if there's anyone qualified to give the fashion world the finger, it's Marc Jacobs. And as it turns out, he has several shield type sunglasses that have just the right hint of irreverence. Like the MMJ-032/S. He also has some styles that are downright gorgeous, like the MJ194/S, with Brown Havana frames and brown gradient lenses that can be fitted with a prescription.

I'm not quite ready to declare how I'll feel fashionwise next spring, but remember this: sunglasses may do you plenty of practical favors, like keeping you from getting deep squint lines and protecting your retinas from UV damage, but they should also be a happy accessory. If you're going to obsess over fashion - and I'm not for a moment suggesting that you should - save it for worrying about diversifying your leggings portfolio.

Labels: Marc Jacobs MJ194/S, Marc Jacobs MMJ-032/S, Marc Jacobs sunglasses