Kanye West started it with his venetian blind shades. Beyonce stoked it with the metallic curtain sunglasses she wore in the opening sequence of her "Diva" video, and the "out there" sunglasses trend continues between the pages of high fashion magazines. This month's Arise Magazine -- which put on one of the biggest shows during NYC Fashion Week -- featured these Hussein Chalayan acrylic mold spectacles that might as well be called wearable face art as they don't appear to even contain lenses.
I LOVE 'em, but since they don't appear to block UVs, not to mention the fact that they're "priced upon request," the trend takeaway for those of us who aren't shooting a music video or an editorial spread is: go for sunglasses with some sort of distinctive feature.
Here are 3 Things To Look For when you're hunting for on-trend shades:
1. Shape. Round beatnik shapes, like the white-rimmed Christian Dior shades below, are really trending right now.
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