When sunglasses make you look like an insect
Cats: Uncategorized|It’s true. Those big supersized sunglasses are not your friend when you have a smallish head.
Just look a Posh Spice when she wears them.
Poor Posh. Here she is thinking she looks so stylish when really, they make her look like a house fly. I’m sure she never meant to project the “House fly chic” look. But alas, there she is in her big glasses looking like a fly with compound eyes and 180-degree peripheral vision.
Jackie O could wear them because she had a big head and, well, a certain class and style.
But Posh? Not so much.
But then, fashion is funny. It convinces us to wear things like bubble shirts and then ten years later we look back and shake our heads.
Remember the Olivia Newton John headband- and-legging look from the 80s? Or the poofy prom-girl dress of the 90s?
Trust me, the supersized sunglasses are the poofy prom girl dress and the eighties headband and leggings of tomorrow.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I wholeheartedly disagree.
I love my Jackie=o sunglasses, they keep my skin hidden from the sun.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:01 am
We demand pictures of you in housefly chic! Let the people be the judges!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Posh has a smallish head? I always thought she was a bobble-head, but perhaps that’s only because her body is so freakishly small.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Finally, a fashion that represents a practical and effective way to protect one’s eyes from potentially damaging ultra violet rays.
It’s so rare that a fashion has any practical benefits that I think we should let this one slide. Hopefully practical fashion will prevail. Just think, no more blackfly bites under the ass floss!
June 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Allison, I bet you have the face to support the big sunglasses.
Deepti, neva.
Barbara, yes a small head on an emaciated body. Relatively speaking it looks bit but against the supersized sunglasses, it’s still looks like a house fly.
Dick, I’ll be expecting to see you with the supersized sunglasses on when you come to visit this summer
June 28th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Did you ever wear parachute pants?
Doc
June 28th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Maybe you need to wear some just like Bono’s, so that you can croon “I still, haven’t found, what I’m looking for.”
June 28th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I think a lot of it has to do with hairstyle. Jackie O. had some big hair. My youngest favors those huge sunglasses, and while her head is healthy size, she’s got a full head of curly hair.
Put those glasses on someone with short/straight hair, or hair that’s pulled back tight, and I think you get the effect you’re talking about.
Now I’n going to be noticing this all day while I’m out.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:57 am
My mom has worn those huge glasses since I was a child. She was elated when they came back into style so that she could get some new ones. I think the ones that she was wearing were actually from the 70’s. And when I think about it, she has a pretty huge head, well, actually her head is normal sized, but her hair adds about 4 more inches all around.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Doc, no, thank god
WP, hate to admit it but I love Bono and have tried to wear his Bono-style glasses
Bubs so true, hairstyle and age also helps. The youngun’s can pull it off
MdG, my mother wore em too. Funny how what’s old is new again
August 18th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
The latest fashion and style magazines are full of tips on what sunglasses to choose based on your face size and the size of your nose. According to an InStyle recent issue. Those bug glasses make big noses look smaller too. Some people try to get away with the bug glasses by having big hair, but a small face is a small face, try the streamlined aviators and rimless styles those look great for small faces and keen noses.