Dictionary.com describes sunglasses as:
sun·glass·es
[suhn-glas-iz, -glah-siz]
Show IPA–plural noun
eyeglasses with colored or tinted lenses that protect the eyes from the glare of sunlight.
What a meh definition. Too utilitarian, too functional, and too idealistically modern.
As a post-modernist, I would describe them as an apathy-enhancing personality disguise, which adds to your elusiveness and mystique.
One day you are Audrey Hepburn, juxtaposing an elegant black cocktail dress and pearls with casual black wayfarers.
The next you are reality-bending Morpheus, with sunglasses so starkly minimalist that they don't even have frames.
Later that evening you reappear as a 1960s rebel wearing tea-shades, alluding to the punk-era that is to come.
Sunglasses are all about the illusion, the mystery and the androgeny - be an Elton John for the night and see where those sequins and bright lights take you.
Sunglasses are all about the illusion, the mystery and the androgeny - be an Elton John for the night and see where those sequins and bright lights take you.
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