Sunglasses: Instant Attitude Adjustment

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Sunglasses indoors at night? Maybe if you're Kate Moss, but that doesn't mean we can't learn a thing or two from the instant attitude sunglasses confer pretty much regardless of context.

Put on a pair of sunglasses right before you shift into reverse to go somewhere, and you're in that moment: driving, seeing properly without glare, and 99 times out of 100 looking way cooler than you do otherwise.

Though it may seem politically incorrect to say so, putting on your shades when you step outside for a smoke cuts off eye contact with those people around who want to see your reaction to their judgmental glances.

And putting on a fabulous pair of shades as you step onto a beach in the summer is a way of saying, "I'm here, I'm going to have a great time, and I deserve it."

That bit of attitude that a pair of classic Ray Ban Wayfarers or Italian-influenced Giorgio Armani shades give you can make the difference between confidence and awkwardness when you're out in public.

If anyone gives you any lip about buying a pair of designer sunglasses when you can buy knock-offs for next to nothing, you can feel superior in knowing that you have invested in a pair of shades that has been made to very high standards of both function and style. You're protecting your eyes from UV damage that can lead to cataracts, and you're preventing squint lines around your eyes since you don't have to squint at the sun.

And with a well crafted pair of sunglasses, unless you sit on them, you can make them last pretty much forever. What's $250 if you wear them 250 days of the year for 10 years? That's one thin dime per wearing, which is hard to beat.

You might not have the gumption to wear sunglasses inside the way some famous people do, but that's OK: wearing them when you need them looks terrific, is smart, and confers enough confidence to carry over into your non-shade-wearing activities.

Labels: designer sunglasses, Giorgio Armani, Ray Ban Wayfarers