Blinded By The Light

You can definitely tell that summer has officially arrived, due to huge amounts of capris, sandals, sundresses and SHADES (or should I say sunglasses). Now, I truly love the look of summer and all that it has to offer, but one thing that upsets me is a nice summer attire look with the wrong shades or sunglasses. Sunglasses are accessories and therefore should enhance your entire look, not diminish it.
I love Tiffany’s new line of eyewear! I admire that they have increased in their design of their sunglasses. The Fall 08 collection has a whole lotta BLING added to specific pairs. I think that it is the cutest thing. Now for the past six years or so, I’ve seen other sunglass designers dib and dab in added sparkle and bling to shades, but often the bling was too bulky so it looked like shing or the bling was too little so it looked like nothing (ha,ha).

I think Tiffany has gotten the whole bling on the sunglasswear right! They’ve associated the bling to enhance and compliment the entire design of the eyewear piece.

Now ladies, I have a couple of steps that I’ve gathered throughout the years that I ALWAYS follow when picking out the right sunglasses:

Step 1: Always consider the outfit/piece that you are buying the glasses to accessorize with….

Step 2: The tone, shade and color of the frames should always be an undertone of the color of your ensemble; example: if you are wearing hot pink, PLEASE DO BUY HOT PINK OR ORANGE SUNGLASSES!!

Step 3: If you plan on carrying a clutch or bag with this outfit, make sure that the sunglasses that you buy go in line with your bag, shoes, jewelry, all accessories (IT HAS TO BLEND WELL)

Step 4: If you are considering buying a pair of sunglasses that has a little bling, always make sure that the bling does not overshadow the entire look the glasses or vise-versa, the glasses should not overshadow the BLING!

~ Nekiwa Smith