My new sunglasses. Are they ridiculous?
That was pretty much the sentiment expressed by my husband when I tried them on to show him yesterday. He didn't actually say those words. He couldn't BECAUSE HE WAS LAUGHING TOO HARD. What he did manage to splutter in between gasping hoots was this: "They…make it look….like you have a….double-decker forehead*"
The thing about sunnies is that they are extremely difficult to buy. When you are looking at yourself in the shop mirror, everything is rather dark, isn't it? And that's how tragic mistakes can be made.
Some more background: the glasses in question are by Tom Ford. I am not usually a fashion victim in this way but it had been a long week and I was a bit giddy to be in a shop without….
…..a Small Person nagging me for food. This goes some way to explain why I spent the equivalent of a small car on some sunnies that possibly make me look like I am wearing two side-plates on my face……
Leaving Jason convulsed on the floor with laughter, I went in search of back-up.
"Luca, what do you think?"
"Nah, you look like Harry Potter gone wrong." I don't even know what that means but coming from an 11 year old, I understand it's not a ringy-ding-ding endorsement.
You know things are getting sad and desperate when you're forced to ask a 3 year old for her fashion opinion.
"Coco? Do you like Mummy's new glasses?"
She looked at me quizzically and I could actually see her weighing it up.
"Not really Mummy." And then – in classic female form – she decided she needed to soften the blow. "Well, maybe, hmmm, you know, well sort of." She thought I looked like a nutbag but she wanted to be supportive. Bless her.
Remy's only contribution to the sunnies vote was to try and eat them. I'll consider that an informal vote.
Just when I'd decided that yes, they were ridiculous and should be returned, a couple of girlfriends told me that only women understand Big Glasses and that I shouldn't be swayed by what my son and husband think.
So now I'm totally confused. Which is where you come in. Keep or return?
*to those members of the Mia-You-Should-Really-A-Fringe commenters club who – at every oppportunity – urge me to get a fringe because it will obscure part of my giant forehead yes I know you are currently nodding your heads vigorously and are all, 'if only she'd listened to us, those over-sized forehead days could be behind her…'
EARLIER ON MAMAMIA….
How many sizes do you have in your wardrobe?
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You know, I have a pair of sunglasses like these because on really bright days when I don’t have contacts in, they sit over my normal glasses quite nicely.
Plus, the bigger lenses block out more sunlight.
Wear them!
The sunglasses are awesome Mia!
You rock on!
KEEP. Every girl needs her big bug sunnies! Perfect black so suitable for winter and great for summer!
my husband thinks my new sunnies are too big, but u know what? do what makes u happy, if u feel gorgeous in them, its not about the glasses anymore because people will notice how gorgeous u are!! u go girl!!
One guy once commented to me that the reason guys find big sunglasses so horrible is that they obscure the face so they can’t tell if the girl is good looking or not. To quote him ‘you think they’re hot and then they take off the sunnies’.
If only sunnies could hide his mouth.
Mia they are ridiculous and deep down you know they are cause you are asking the question! Please, don’t wear them. If I saw you on the street I would feel pity for you – sucked in by a sales assistant/brand name and no girlfriends brave enough to be honest with you.
Test: have any of these friends who claim to love them tried them on? No, then offer to let them wear them for the day – bet they use them as an Alice hairband cause they wouldn’t want “fly eyes” themselves.
Just thinking of you. Buy a new pair. Perhaps regift these to one of those fakers who told you they were “hot”, perhaps one of your readers would like them?
I have no problem with the big sunnies concept. I have the glasses and not contacts problem like someone else mentioned, so I’m destined to have no fashionable sunnes EVER, I fear. Anyhoo… I wonder if something less dark would work better – less fly-ish/bug-ish.
Hi Mia-
To be blunt – you have an adorable face & the sunglass frames appear to be too large in proportion to the size of the rest of your facial features. It is a little ‘bug-eye’. I like the idea of a curved feminine shape on your face but these are simply too big. I see sunglasses rather than YOU!
The idea of big sunglasses is great & of course, very contemporary but I think it looks best when they are only slightly larger for each individuals face & not overpowering. Perhaps the same frame concept but a little smaller. These may work: http://www.shopbop.com/saskia-sunglasses-chloe/vp/v=1/845524441847963.htm?folderID=2534374302029451&fm=browse-category-viewall Just a thought. There are so many to choose from.
Although it is really hard to ’see’ ourselves objectively especially when it comes to sunglasses or glasses in general, the most important person who needs to be happy with your selection is you. OK – that’s my two-cents.
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Ain’t no shame in a giant forehead, it means a giant brain!
Mia I like them. Growing up with 2 big brothers and dad has given me this dilemma over and over again. For example a shimmery high waisted skit – they all burst into laughter when i walked into the loungeroom, but Mum and all my girlfriends and others commented on it when I was out that it was fab.
But then theres the females-are-too-nice-to-your-face-and-men-are-honest dilemma. I try to balance it!!
Hahaha phew, thanks Mia.
I’ll try and preview my comments first..
Back to the sunglasses. I really like them.
And I dont think there is anything wrong with your forehead! Actually..I have a bigger than normal forehead and used to hate it until I saw Tyra Banks embrace hers..I kinda thought..why the hell not? If it works for her, why cant it work for me?
Mia,
My husbands reaction when I bought mine was that I look like Fearless Fly from the cartoon series. I still love them – they make me feel fab! If your do – keep them , as some other bloggers have written – men dont get big glasses
The one who said you look like Nuala/Nyala S….octuplets lady….anyhoo, weird comment but she looked like Angelina Jolie remember so that is a compliment…in case we thought otherwise.
Space Insect styled by Rachel Zoe. Still, I do actually like this look and think it looks good on you. I would be in the “looks ridiculous/like a mutant bee” group if I tried to wear them, but you look great! Very on trend.
No Mare – you not banned either! Nobody banned!
No Jaz! Of course you not banned! I can’t even imagine what I would ban you for!
No idea why not working….
Ugh, never listen to men when it comes to fashion! They look gorgeous!
My husband still questions it when I wear belts… “but they’re not holding anything up!”
Mia – not sure if there has been much ‘fringe/forehead’ discussion on this post as I don’t have time to read back through the comments…..BUT, I am also blessed with a large forehead and was, surprisingly, quite ignorant of this fact for many years until I started to get comments about it after my little girl was born along the line of….’wonder if she’ll get your enormous forehead??’
Anyway, I succumbed to the fringe option last winter for the first time since my mother forced it upon me when I was seven. I did like it, mainly as it covers up pesky forehead wrinkles and I looked younger. But I could only stick it out for a few months, it didn’t feel like me.
Embrace the large forehead! At least when we wear big sunnies our faces don’t go out of balance, still plenty of skin to show off!
Look too big on your face, in Italy high forehead is a sign of an intelligente person, love to all ooxx
no, not ridiculous at all! guys just don’t understand fashion lol
Mia, you look great
Mia,
My boyfriend had the same reaction as your husband when he saw my sunglasses, it looks very similar to yours. He just couldn’t stop laughing. According to him, I looked like a gold fish…
I think you look fantastic!
Ridiculous? No. They look fine, but I think that it seems smaller type sunnies are comming back.. something like the ones Katie Holmes was wearing last week.
Jaz, I cant comment anymore unless I preview before I post ( never had to do that before ) – maybe try that?
Although, now I think about it, am I banned too?
You have a lovely shaped face but it’s swamped by those sunglasses. My vote is to return them.
Mia I think the glasses are fab. Definitely keep!
Oh and I also belong to the ‘five-head’ club, and am currently sans fringe too. I think you look smashing without one (but perhaps I am bias??)
I tried commenting on this post 3 times..and none of the posts worked.
Am I banned?
The sunnies are fine, but I can’t say I love them. I think you’d look better with something smaller, but that’s just an opinion. Do you they make you feel hot and glamorous? if they do, bugger what anyone else thinks and keep them. If they don’t, swap them.
Kelly
TOTALLY get the knowing you look a bit silly but still needing to feel fashionable. And THAT is something that no man will ever understand. Well, possibly no hetro man.
Fashion is for fun and big sunnies won’t be in forever so live a little/lot, embrace the ridiculousness and keep ‘em.
To the first Kate who posted about hubby accusing you of welding – spilt my coffee. VERY amusing.
I love them and want them, do they have a name?
I’m with Aimee… Every time I see big, huge sunnies all I can think is Paris Hilton try-hard!!! Sorry. It’s like when I see Guess bags – I think cheap & tacky. it seems every trash-bag has one these days…
I spent a fortune recently on a gorgeous pair of hand-made Oroton sunnies that I love, but you know they just aren’t as comfortable nor, do they look as good, as my $100 Roc ones. RETURN THEM Mia and go for something a tiny bit original.
Mia, I’ve agonised long, and hard about this, but the sunnies have to go, and whilst I’m at it, will the fringe tragics give it up, please ? Mia, without sunnies, and fringe, is my final say, on this matter, of great import……..
I vote take them back. I think glasses that big scream fashion victim and try-hard. Sorry.
HOT!, Keep them!
You have posted loads about your frustration with your wardrobe and how you wish you could channel some of your friends who pull off that effortless chic, I have felt the same way since I was ummmm about 15 and I have decided that the answer is that I have to start being a bit more brave with your wardrobe choices. So keep them but remember if you walk arounmd thinking ‘I look ridiculous’ then you will, if you think I love these glasses then you will do them justice. Afterall you do live in Sydney!!!
Love them, they look fab on you and you know it!!!
Get smaller ones, these obscure too much of your face.
Mia
Unfortunately, i dont love over the top large sunnies on anyone, so I am going to have to vote ‘No’.
BUT … I’m also a firm believer in wearing whatever you want, and not concerning yourself with other peoples opinions… so if you love em .. go right ahead.
Mia, I think you are great. The sunnies I believe are not. Sorry, but they remind me of the time about a year ago, when I was stopped by an old friend for a chat who was wearing a pair of sunnies very similar. Soooo big. I found it really hard to not laugh out loud. Like you, she is a very attractive woman wearing what I belive are ‘joke’ sunglasses. I think the designers make them on a challenge to see how many people actually buy frames which make people ‘fashionable’ yet look silly.
Sorry, but this issue is just on the back of a weekend in wine region, where we drank a bottle of wine which is actually descibed as having the taste of ‘bushfire’. Yes bushfire. We thought it would be subtle but oh no. Again, i beleive the makers of the bushfire tasting wine actually asked each other, “Can we sell a wine which tastes like burnt timber?” Yes they did make it and yes we did buy it. Fool us!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the sunnies! I too have an extremely large forehead, but I have a blunt fringe to hide the extremely large forehead!
Keep the sunnies though, they are hot!
I had the opposite problem last Christmas.
My husband bought me D&G bugeyed sunglasses and I was so gutted that he had spent so much money but he agreed I could take them back. We tried dozens of pairs on like my old pair, but then after the sales assistant said that the new ones suited me best and my husband’s constant praise I kept them, and now love them.
Seems my husband has more fashion sense than me…
I think they look good on you.
But I bet I would die if I knew how much they cost. I bought my last pair of sunnies at Target, and when they broke 2 days later I returned them & made then give me a new pair! (Tightarse much?!!)
I don’t have much of a clue on fashion but I do know that big glasses are in…
Although ‘fashionable’, I think they do hide too much of your pretty and petite face
And the fact that you have some doubts by asking for others advise, rather than trusting your own concrete strength judgement, I’m sensing you should take some time out on your own and find a pair you know you look great in…
LOVE THEM!!!
I am a Libran as well and I KNOW that large sunnies are the way to go.
They protect your eyes, and you do look more glam than in little bitty glasses.
keep them.
My hub hated my large sunnies so much that he bought me a new, smaller pair. Now my 3 year old likes to wear the big ones around and, I gotta say, I think they suit her better.
I think they look gorgeous, Mia…uber stylish.
Ohhh, I love big sunnies.
I like them.
Mia, I’ll take your word for, that it’s you behind those glasses………………
Ok you’re gorgeous BUT I’m not a fan of round sunnies so maybe this is biased but I think super sized sqaure shades or something less rounded will look better – sorry, thats just an opinion. On the other hand they’re not ridiculous
sunglasses are the bain (bane?) of my existance – finding the pair that is right. If you have doubts and they are retern-able, maybe take one of your girlfriends with you to help pick out a pair that are just perfect. You could definately wear these ones, BUT, as someone previously commented I never feel comfortable wearing something my partenr thinks looks silly on me….but then again I have a feeling you would look great in any shape sunnies – maybe something hepburn-esque?
Hey Mia,
I’m not at all surprised to see the comments cover the full spectrum from ‘Love it!’ to ‘Hello blowfly!’ as that’s the beauty of fashion- it provides a talking point.
I say, if they make you feel hot when you put them on- keep them. However, if you’re not sure about the sunnies or how you feel when wearing wearing them- take them back. You need a pair of sunnies that make you walk with your shoulders back and your head held high!
Definitely a women-understand-only fashion item! I think they actually look pretty cool on. A little 1960’s.
Having said that, though, I can never bring myself to wear the items my husband doesn’t like. Don’t get me wrong, I have my own sense of style (and he has no idea), but I still want him to find me attractive. A bit lame? Maybe.
Alex – no offence taken. You’re right. I AM an idiot. In so many ways…..
But I get totally what you meant and I laughed.
x
It is hard to tell it is you in those pictures Mia. At first glance the photos looked a bit like Nadya Suleman.
Yes TheREalSydney BUT I AM A LIBRA. And thus utterly paralysed with indecision……
Yes Rochelle – you’re right. Men are better at knowing what looks good. But sometimes I just want to be fashionable…even if I look silly…which is silly….sigh.
The bigger the better, when it comes to sunnies. I think these really suit you!
Mia,
The sunglasses are shocking. You must rid yourself of them immediately by sending them to me. Postal details to follow.
Hmmm… the internet really doesn’t convey tone well at all. When I wrote, “You’re an idiot,” it was meant affectionately, with a bit of frustration thrown in. Hope it didn’t come across otherwise.
Firstly, Mia – you’re an IDIOT! You’re forehead is totally in proportion with your very lovely face!
It always amazes me when women (and I’m certainly one of them) fixate on a feature that no one else would perceive as odd/wrong/a curse. It amazes me because it’s such a universal: women are really rough on themselves regardless of generation, nationality, ethnicity, religion, or any other category.
Feminine self-doubt is perhaps the strongest universal there is. It goes beyond – and has been around for way longer than – our modern media. I reckon modern media just cashes in on it.
Anyway, back on topic: your glasses are great, and fringes rarewly suit anyone. Indeed, fringes designed to conceal foreheads often have the same effect as a male comb-over, drawing attention to the area.
hehe – I think my wife has the same ones and that my initial reaction was similar to your hubby. However they’ve grown on me (which is ironic because they couldn’t really grow much bigger) and while I might not admit it to her (I still like to tease her about them) I like them – but shhhh
No, guys don’t get supersized sunnies. To me it looks like you’re auditioning for Jeff Goldblum’s part in a remake of ‘The Fly’
I’m not a fan of the over sized sunnies but they do suit you.
I love them Mia, you look great. (Do you ever not look great?) I have a similar pair and the downside is they leave weird marks on my cheeks, sort of semi circles, and quite low on my face due to the size. I was oblivious to this of course, then my mum asked one day, “What’s going on with your face??!” Now I am extremely self concious of lines on face so sunnies are either on ALL day or not at all. Watch out for the cheek marks, Mia!
I love them Mia, and now want some! We live in different cities so it doesn’t qualify as style stalking if I go buy some… right?
You are a brave woman opening yourself up for opinions from commenters!
I feel like I really want to love them. Because so many times boyfriends and my mother have HATED clothes/glasses/haircuts etc that were clearly faaaabulous but they didn’t understand.
cept… i just find these a little buggy. i love tom ford but these ones just seem a little… i dunno, faddy?
Interesting comments – is this some sort of experiment Mia?
I would love to know if all the commenters who have given their honest opinions, would give you the same honest opinion face to face?
If my friend had just outlaid a small fortune on Tom Ford sunnies, and she liked them, I would NEVER say otherwise.
Fashion is a personal choice, it shouldn’t be put to a vote !! ;-}
I’m taking mine back, just read the receipt and I 14 days for refund or exchange. Sunglasses hut here I come, I have my kids on tow so watch out !
They look cute on you Mia…I think you can get away with them!
Hmm…nah. I think they overwhelm your pretty and petite face. Remember the rule (which I learnt from you): the men in your life are usually the best barometers of which trends look hot or not.
I’m not a very good judge of sunnies, I’ve been wearing the Nicole Richie-style bug-eyed sunnies long before they were remotely hip!
And I can totally empathise with having a ‘borehead’ (my fringe has just grown out and I’m particularly insecure about it) but I can’t believe people would be so brazen and rude to comment on your FOREHEAD for crying out loud! I think my Mum and my endearingly tactless beauty therapist sister are the only people I can forgive for dispensing criticism (no matter how constructive)on my appearance!
You’re a better person than I for taking it so well, Mia. Bravo
Keep, although I do wonder how they will survive with small children. Mine are always eaten and then broken.
I think they’re lovely ! This is me at the moment too. I just spent over $500 on a new pair of sunglasses and when I put them on when I got home my husband told me they look terrible. I wont wear them now and am back to wearing my old ones. I’m thinking of selling them on ebay, will the shop actually take them back ?
Love them! As long as celebrities are harassed by photographers and need big sunnies for privacy, they’ll be in style. And they look great on you. Keepers.
I have to say that they are too big for your face, just a tad bug looking. maybe something not so round???
You look gorgeous. I agree, men don’t get them
If I tell you they’re completely Posh, will that make you keep them?
They look great Mia. Wish I hadn’t let my husband talk me out of the D&G glasses just like that.
I am loving them sick on you!
Mia I think you look insanely, ridiculously …. hot! They’re awesome sunnies and now I wish I had a pair too. Except you pull them off brilliantly and I would end up looking like something from a bad sci-fi. Very jealous.
I think they look great Mia, and there is nothing wrong with your forehead! My husband doesn’t understand big sunnies either, but if you love them you should keep them.
Keep them!!!
I think they look fine! Any new glasses take a bit of time to get used to – for you and for people who look at you alot!!
I am slightly biased though as I bought a pair of Tom Ford sunglasses in 2006. At the time, I was a little bit unsure of my decision ( because of the size – they are the same shape as yours Mia but with a metal frame ) but I decided I liked them – so I bought them.
Well, 3 years later they are still going strong, they are still big and I’m still very happy I chose them. Even though they cost a fortune, they have definitely stood the test of time…
I say keep them.
Having just gone through the same existential crisis myself (my favourite AM Eyewear glasses broke and then my son bumped me as I was attempting to superglue-fix them, causing superglue to cascade over the lens … I’m still sad!), I feel your pain.
I think they look cute on you, but … do they rest on your cheeks? If so, take them back. I tried on (conservative estimate) 500 pairs of sunglasses and they either touched my lashes or slid down my nose to rest on my cheeks – both very uncomfortable. Or the perfect glasses were only Category 2 lenses.
I finally bought some DKNY glasses that do make feel a little like I’m skiing, but I’m assured are very flattering. And, best of all, my son loves them because they have a D and K on the side and he thinks I got them because it’s D for him and K for me, bless! (Plus, they were reduced by $250, which also made my husband happy!)
PS – Please don’t get a fringe. Do you, by any chance, have a cowlick? It’s hard to tell from the photo, but you look like you might. If so, a fringe will be the worst thing you’ve ever done as you grow it out very slowly!
Again, speaking from experience! 
Your hairline is very flattering as it is.
To answer your question ‘are they ridiculous?’ I have to agree with your family and say yep they are slightly ridiculous.
A bit to much bug and not enough Mia!
I think those have crossed the line from big sunglasses (which I have nothing against – I own a pair) to ridiculous-and-somewhat-bug/alien-looking-sunglasses. Not a fan. And almost definitenly not worth what you paid for them, if they’re designer.
Hmm top pic I see a bug alien but second pic seems to work a little better so I am torn I’m afraid….I’d need a third decider image!
Hi Mia,
I adore them, any chance you can share the Tom Ford style number? would love to get a pair for myself..
I love big sunnies – but, I don’t like fly shaped sunnies.. My sister has a thing for huge sunnies, which like you – really suit her face – but I’m forever talking her out on fly looking ones..
When they’re dipped along the top (kinda shaped like a broad ‘m’), they’re fly style and not very flattering.
I think you should run with big sunnies, but not these ones.
Sorry Mia!
xx
They’re a tad too big for your petite face – exchange for a smaller pair in the same shape.
So, as a guy I don’t get big sunglasses?
Well, given your dilemma Mia I find this somewhat reassuring…you see, if you don’t really know what looks good – or at least your conviction about what looks good can be damaged by a few laughs from those with less understanding – maybe I can return to my own personal views and remark how fantastic I look walking down to the local shops in my trackie pants and bed socks…regardless of the giggles I get about from all those other people who just don’t get the whole ‘morning fashion thing’.
Personally i think they look fine (but I would probably have gone with the small car).
I don’t think you can pull these off….sorry. But if it’s any consolation, I lost my sunnies a few weeks back (the ones I have worn and replaced many times over the last 7 years because they are the ONLY ones that suit me). I went to get a new pair and, SHOCK HORROR, they didnt make them any more. I was forced to buy something similar in a hurry and when I got home…my God….checked out the mirror (in many different rooms) and I bloody well looked cross-eyed…..and I had asked my 4 year old his opinion at time of purchase. This story ends well though….I found my old ones and they never leave my side now!
They are fab, sort of, its more the buggyness than the size, I am a fan of massive sunnies, especially in OZ with all the the UV…though you look wrinkle free…so now im just jealous.
Don’t take offense, just want to give you some honest feedback … My first thought was – hello blowfly! I’m totally not into massive sunnies, Mia.
Have you tried Le Specs? Love them.
And yes, a fringe would rock the house.
That is all.
I am not a fan of such big sunnies myself- they always remind me of the Bono fly/bug eyes look.
I am a long standing member of the ‘get a fringe club’ and stand by my view that it would look great on you. I got one last year and it changed my life.
Perhaps we could photo shop a pretend fringe on your photo and then have readers vote?
They’re fabulous – men & children know nothing about fashion – go with your gut, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
Don’t let unqualified fashion comentators make you second guess yourself – esp if they are your husband and kids!!
The bigger the better !!
Big sunnies not only très chic but also sunsmart as well, thus saving your face from matching your leather handbag in years to come. Keep ‘em!
You can’t go wrong, they’re stylish and keep that nasty sun at bay.
A guy on Twitter who came here to look at the pix of my sunnies just said they make me look like a Space Insect. I thought that was quite hilarious. He may be right.
I looooove big glasses but these make you look like a fly. You need something softer and feminine like these Dior’s http://www.hisunglasses.com/images/thumbs/christian-dior-sunglasses-very-dior-s-0HHU-thumb-420×200.jpg
Mia, I think they look great and you look very stylish. I had a pair of big sunnies once that I loved but they were SO heavy on my face that I couldn’t wear them without my nose and ears hurting after an hour. Just one thing to watch out for.
LOVE THEM!
I think you can pull off big sunnies I’m just not sure about the shape of these ones.
They are rather huge. This could be the selling point for a new larger handbag.
I love them. I think they make you look younger. Keep keep keep.
They are glamorous as hell. Keep them for sure.
Sunnies that size are also the best for sun protection as they cover more of the eye area so they were a RESPONSIBLE buy.
Look, they are pretty big and I can see how they’d look out of place inside the house. But you’ll be matching they style of women on the street, so a keeper.
I really love them!!!
I love them. They are very similar to my new ones so obviously I would say that.
Perhaps they are just very different to what you previously had?
Perhaps those you live with have no taste?
I think they look cool!! I too am a fan of super-sized sunnies. I have a pair of Burberry super-sunnies that obscure the most part of my face.
When I brought them home, my fiancé had tears rolling down his face from laughing so hard.
But, you must understand that said fiancé wears Ray Ban wrap-arounds popular with Aussie cricketers so he’s in absolutely no position to commentate on my eye-protection choice.
I love them! So I kind of want to say they don’t suit you in the hope you’ll give them to me?!!
I say keep them! Maybe just have a pair for girlfriend days and a pair for family days.
I like them! Boys so do not understand large sunglasses…or so much of the fashion we wear! I think keep them and damn the cost!
They look great! I vote keep them.
They look exactly how big sunglasses are expected to look.
Tell your husband that you will have the last laugh when 20 years from now your eyes are looking great from the bonus of extra protection too.
Mia they look great! I think you should keep them. They’re not too big, if they were they’d stick out the sides too far.
Can’t believe your daughter is Coco – we called ours Coco too!
I think keep them…although I once bought a similar pair only to have my boyfriend at the time ask me what I was planning on welding…
my first thought was how great you would look with those sunglasses and your hair pulled back -go the ‘giant forehead’ I say
I have to agree with your family… they do look like they are “too large” for your face.
I think when you get to a certain age there is just some fashion that only younger people can pull off. Or you just look quite silly and really trying to hang onto your youth, when you should be changing your fashion with your age and being able to age gracefully. BUT…. Mia you are sooooo not one of these people, I was just making a statement then.
OK the “Mia-You-Should-Really-A-Fringe commenters club” really need to be put in thier place!! Sunnies are fine Mia, men do not understand the big sunnies thing. Don’t think they are amazing (ellery’s summer designs are prob bit more fresh/new) but they def don’t look ridiculous. There will be no pointing and laughing and think of all the joy it will give you to casually remark to your girlfriends “oh where are my tom ford’s”. if worst comes to worst in your self doubting spiral ask mum, they’re usually honest and have a clue.
Love them! I am a fan of the big sunnies too. I have a pair that came free with a magazine that really suit me. My problem is that I mostly wear glasses and rarely wear contacts, so my sunnies-wearing is fairly restricted.
Fabulous. If I saw you walking down the street I would be thinking, “Oooh, love. Want ‘em”.
Mia I think they hide too much of your face! You can pull it off, but i think smaller ones would suit you better.
So long as they don’t obscure your lovely smile, they’re fine.
they are fab! keep for sure
I wish I could say I like them but I just can’t.. they’re just slightly buggy.. I understand your dilemma though, I’ve often bought sunglasses way too big that seem hot at the time but quickly seem to make me look like an alien.
I’m a fan of the big sunnies. They look great on you Mia.
Mia, the sunglasses are hot … your girlfriends were right, most guys just don’t get the supersize sunnies. These are stylish without being ridiculous – you look great!