Sunglasses

When you get up in the morning, and the light hurts your head
The first thing you do, when you get up out of bed
Is hit the streets a-runnin, and try to beat the masses
And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses

Spied a little thing, and I followed her all night
In funky fine Levis, and her sweaters kind of tight
She had a west coast strut that was as sweet as molasses
But what really knocked me out was her cheap sunglasses

(solo)

Now go out and get yourself some big black frames
With the glass so dark thay won't even know your name
And the choice is up to you, 'cause they come in two classes:
Rhinestone shades or cheap sunglasses

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

what do you mean? i have been seen in sunglasses

I've seen Gareth in sunglasses. I've also seen Gareth make heavily sarcastic posts.

Right now my sunglasses look is big, black, Breakfast-At-Tiffanys-style shades from Top Shop. I am the one with the dark red hair wearing said sunglasses.

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Those look FANTASTIC. (Sorry to say, but I don't like the ones on the left much. Sorry!)

Agreed! Anna, yours are great.

Thank you ladies.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/470638999_b4b48c71a2.jpg
i lost these ^^^^^ ;_;
in dante's inferno no less.

I still love that picture.

Damn, I missed the mini-flame war..

xxpost that'sone of my fave ilx related pics.

Yeah, I think it could become the new ilx icon.

i don't have any sunglasses

wtf at that deeznuts mentalism

the big sunglasses kids are the cool kids.

i had some but i lost them before i wore them

One of my ears is 1cm higher than the other, so sunglasses look wonky on me (or look straight but the arm hovers 1cm above my right ear.) Hence I have never worn them. I wear hats, pulled down low over the eyes. However, learning how to drive has made me realise I need some. And which to get? I am clueless. Will people laugh at me if I wear cheap £5 ones from Oxford Street? Are those racks unisex, or have I been trying on girl's glasses? Black? Brown? Metal rims? No rims? Big, yes, but how big? (I have a VERY small head.)

Aghrr. It's a whole world of taste and distinction that I had previously given no thought to

i never realised people put such thought into wearing sunglasses

get massive ones Jamie. as big as possible.

Nor did I, until I decided I should get some. I'm terrified.

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Are you sure? My head really is small.

i almost never wear sunglasses, pretty much only when i'm driving. this is dumb, because my eyes are way sensitive to bright light, and may-septembet i'm pretty much walking around outdoors with my eyes screwed as tight as they can be without actually being closed. this is why my youthful good looks will soon expire. i just can't do it, though. there's something about sunglasses, deep down in my psyche, that i equate with 'flashness' i'm not really comfortable with. i think other people look great in sunglasses, but i have this crazy thing where, when i wear em, i feel like i look like i'm trying to be 'cool'. i am insane.

i remember my primary school teacher had her sunglasses stolen by a pupil (hello south london) and she flew into this crazy rage, screaming "i needed those because of my hay fever". but i didn't really know what the word "fever" meant, beyond the movie "saturday night fever", and assumed she was angry because she wanted to wear her sunglasses to a disco.

These are the first sunglasses I've owned in many years:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/456169477_ed3b0f8d1f.jpg?v=0

They're kind of your standard issue frat boy sunglasses right now but I think they look ok on me.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/72/039_31619~ZZ-Top-Posters.jpg

sunglASSES

sungLASSES, to be less crude...

I can't wear sunglasses because I have regular glasses. Although I think I may look into this look:

http://www.thesportstruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/kadeem-hardison-as-dwayne-wayne.jpg

contact lenses, dude, it's what i did!

i have very fetching ray-bans (bought by my dad when he went to new york), but no camera handy :(

No, I like glasses, I hate the maintenance of contact lenses. I need to be able to pass out at any time, at a moment's notice, with impunity.

carry a small lens-case around with a bit of cleaning-fluid?

Dude, you're lucky I remembered to bring pants.

:-D

Eh, I love my (regular) glasses as well. No contacts for me. Then again I have only (re)started glasses about a half year ago? Sth like that.

Hurting, you look GREBT (w those sunglasses)!

I want some of those tinted contact lenses that the outfielders wear.

These are my sunglasses:
http://www.raybanaviatorsunglasses.com/images/Rayban/Optical/images/RB5063.jpg

They are prescription as I am blind. I must wear sunglasses outside b/c the sun and I are enemies.

I rilly like the Nic Cage Wild At Heart metal-type wayfarers

http://www.exclaim.ca/images/wild_at_heart.jpg

But I fear they'd be v hard for me to get away with. 8/

I still cannot find any that are not a vise grip on my skull. No one will let me wear theirs for fear of ruination.

Ally I admit to stealing your look stolen from Unabomber but I just look like a prank Precious Moments parody. No worries?

yeah i kind of broke my gf's sunglasses the other trying to put them on my fat head.

other day

Is some hipsterish (or even Hot Topicish) store selling the plastic framed wide sunglasses that have the little mirrored coating on the sides so you can see behind you? I had a pair when I was a kid that I got from sending in Rice Krispies box tops or something, but I think I saw half a dozen people with these this summer at concerts.

in the last two months, my sunglasses have survived being left in a trash can during an impressive thunderstorm and being run over more than once by an NYC subway

I don't own any sunglasses. Never really saw the need. My girlfriend wants a pair, but she claims that everything she tries on looks ridiculously huge and cartoonish. Notwithstanding the fact that her head is indeed rather small, I think that's sort of the style?

They might have 'em at a Halloween store or novelty joke store, mh. I don't know if there's a heavy influx of Halloween stores in your town; three showed up in a 10-square-mile area here in the past week.

RIP, pair of aviators that i had for 12 years. :(

i replaced them with... a new pair of aviators!

I got wayfarers for christmas
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j171/mdanielwalter/n825925121_2067654_6648.jpg

also a gingha beard

http://www.giarre.com/php/tmp/persol-sunglasses-2759s.jpg

http://www.designersunglasses.net/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/persol_2759_lg.jpg

my frames are the second pair, with lenses the color of the first pair, and they cost a boatload but are probably my favorite possession.

Rockin' the Wayfs this summer! Black frames, tempted to go with some clear ones, but that would be silly now.

Fuck Wayfarers especially in Zany® colours.

I think girls can pull off the wacky colours. They're a design classic, I bet you won't see many people wearing snowboard-dude Oakleys in 30 years time.