Aug

24

Eyewear for the Office

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Many women have several sets of eyeglasses. Professional frames are for the office while creative or colorful frames are for your own personal time. Men are more simple and usually have a single pair of simple glasses and a back-up pair in case they lose the original. Having a few stylistic options isn’t bad. I personally have a pair of simple black frames by Tom Ford that I use when I dress up or have a serious affair of some sort to go to. For my everyday glasses I had a bit more fun and bought one of Alexander McQueen’s more casual designs that are red and silver framed with simple square lenses. Both options work with almost everything I own and wear. I also have contact lenses from Acuvue for extremely fancy occasions where simply no pair of eyewear would do.

Eyewear for the office, however, was a bit more difficult to shop for. You want something professional, of course, but also something that makes a statement. In any business setting you need to advertise your work ethic as well sa your boldness and ability to think outside the box. If you show up at the office dressed like a square people will expect you to act like one and hardly expect any great or innovative ideas from you. So, for the sake of your career, attention must be paid to your wardrobe starting from the top down. Think of a brand that isn’t mainstream but isn’t unknown and then find a design that you hardly ever see anyone else wearing but that isn’t so new that it is awkward. Jimmy Choo is a good brand for this, as is Marc Jacobs. Avoid the too obvious Prada or Armani traps for office eyewear as they are somewhat cliché.

Aug

16

How to Choose Sunglasses

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Finding the perfect pair of sunglasses is no easy feat. Especially when you take into account the wide range of options you have from online shopping. However, there are a few quick and easy ways to rule out the fashion looks that simply won’t work for you. What’s left is a group of sunglasses in a particular style that provides a guideline for finding frames and lenses you love. I love Prada, but they simply don’t look good on me. Instead, the amazing designs of Versace provide a shape and hue that works with my skin tone and hair color. Here are a few tips to finding what works for you.

First, put your hair back away from your face as tightly as you can. Looking in a mirror, determine the type of face shape you have. Round, triangle, heart, oblong or square? Once you have determined your shape you can start looking at frame shapes. For round heads, you’ll want something that makes you look less round, so look at rectangle frames. For square heads, do the opposite. Heart shapes look great in bigger, Jackie O frames, and oblong heads look alright in everything.

Now examine your skin and hair colors. Darker skin and hair look better with gold frames or bold colors. White frames are a bit blunt on darker skin, and lighter frames stand out a great deal. On lighter skin, silver frames or pastel colors look the most natural, though bronzes and browns also are pleasing. You hair color plays a part as well. Now that you know what color and shape to look for it should be a bit easier to find the right sunglasses to fit your face!

Aug

9

Top Gucci Sunglasses Models

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A somewhat surprising eyewear customer survey showed recently that aside from Ray Bans, which have always been extremely popular in North America, Gucci sunglasses are the most popular and sought after brand in North America. While this may surprise some folks, keep in mind that Gucci is one of the world’s most well known brands, with established outlets in every major fashion city on the planet. Gucci’s designs are innovative, bold and iconic without being a mimic or second-best to any other product.

Some of the hottest Gucci brands are those that resemble the Aviator Ray Ban look. Where Ray Ban does it in a casual and all-American way, Gucci tries to be a bit more formal and inviting, to both the North American crowd as well as the Asian, European and Australian audiences. To do this, Gucci had to recruit people from around the world to understand what different cultures want in their eyewear and then attempt to create the perfect design that caters to everyone’s needs. Their international acclaim is one of the key reasons Gucci is so successful while other designer companies are struggling amid the recession.

Some of the best selling Gucci sunglasses are in the men’s design arena. This may surprise many men who formerlythought of Gucci as a female design house. Aside from their international aspirations, Gucci attempt to create designs that will be pleasing for both men and women alike, and along this line have created some charming male designs.

Thus, whether you be male or female, or hail from any country on the planet—Gucci is attempting to create the perfect pair of designer sunglasses that will cater directly to you.

Aug

1

Top Five Ways to Look More Dignified Through Fashion

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For anyone recently out of school you’ll need to find a way to dress up your look and fast. You can’t go out and apply for a job in your denim jeans and college shirt. To dress up your look you’ll need a few key accessories. Designer eyeglasses are the best and easiest way to class up any suit. Try the frameless and fashionable glasses by Jimmy Choo. If you wanted to up your wow factor, look pulled together organized and chic without being cliché, you’d have to go with Jimmy Choo.

Some of the other prime design houses make amazing glasses but because of overuse in the market they become somewhat clichéd. Bypass your more well known designs when it comes to getting a dignified look. Dignified folks don’t flash designer brands, they exude confidence and fashion. The more dignified and posh the look, the less mainstream it will have to be. For some slightly more prestigious fashionable looks you’ll have to do a bit more research then simply nabbing up the highest fashions with the most wear in your neighborhood. Avoid your Prada, your Dior and your Versace and do a bit of back-breaking groundwork to find the Jimmy Choo jewels in the fashion accessory world.

For a few other high-class looks you’ll have to try Alexander McQueen, whose high class fashion shocked London and Paris with clean, crisp lines infused with splashes of color and flare. Alexander McQueen fashion has moved from a lesser known design to one of the premiere designers.