Friday, December 29, 2006

Tip for Women #14: Clunky, Dark-Rimmed Eyeglasses


I'm bringing this one up because your glasses are implicated by your profile photos. Full disclosure: I abhor the clunky, dark, thick-rimmed glasses (and/or crazy shaped and/or coloured, thick-rimmed glasses) trend that refuses to die, 10 gazillion years on.

I've tempered my opinion, though, and I've come to accept that some of you, sometimes, can pull these off. Just be careful, okay? I think a good rule of thumb is to not wear glasses with more "character" than your face. Seriously, some of you wearing those things are really pretty, and the glasses distract from that. Maybe keep the clunky Prada glasses as a back-up pair, and choose something that doesn't overpower the rest of your face. At least wear your hair down if you insist on wearing them . . .

Guys, I think, pull this look off better, although only marginally. Maybe it's because we can grow facial hair, which draws some attention away from the glasses.

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