Sunglasses — are you classic or quirky?

May 04, 2023

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