Posts with tag shades

So you scored an invite to a swanky poolside bash this summer, or, maybe it's not so swanky, but you still have people there you want to seriously impress. No doubt you're going to sport some killer shoes, and you'll probably have a fabulous bathing suit and cover-up planned. To finish the look, though, don't forget your sunglasses!

Aviator sunglasses are so hot this season, but that in itself sometimes creates a problem -- everybody's wearing them. We always like to take a trend and find a slightly different way to rock it out, and that's why we're loving these.

I have to admit, I have a pretty serious collection of sunglasses, but hey -- I live in the south and it's always sunny! And eye health is important, y'all! Plus, almost all of them are really pretty.

Out of all my sunglasses, though, I only have one pair of Oakleys, and I really just got them for sports because they stay put so well -- I certainly didn't get them because they made me look like Audrey Hepburn. I really always thought that Oakley sunglasses were generally designed with rednecks and baseball players in mind.

It's August, gorgeous guys and girls, which means it is the height of summer. What on Earth are you doing still indoors?!?! Styledash wants you to escape the Internet and go outside -- except to read Styledash, of course.

Out in the summer funshine, you're going to need sunglasses to protect those baby blues, or baby browns, or baby hazels, for that matter, so we're giving away 10 pairs of Foster Grant sunglasses to 10 lucky Styledash reader -- one pair each weekday for 10 days!

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment on the post that we'll put up each weekday at this time (Noon PM, EST). We'll pick the winner randomly from the comments each day!

The first in the Pair-a-Day Giveaway is the pair pictured above.

How to play:

1) Leave a comment on this post (it doesn't matter what you say).

2) No duplicates! In other words, you may enter only once per day.

3) You may only win once. If you win, get dolled up, put on your shades, go twirl about town, but don't get greedy about trying to win another pair. How many pairs of sunglasses do you really need?!?! (Don't answer that.)

Today's contest will stay open until noon tomorrow (Friday), when the next pair of shades will be revealed. From then on, each contest will start and end at noon (except for weekends).

Foster Grant (www.fostergrant.com) has been named as one of the top 100 brands by Women's Wear Daily. Retail value of Foster Grant sunglasses is $18-$25.

Full legal-icious rules after the jump...

It seems like the policy of most school administrators is to figure out what's trendy with their students, and then forbid them from wearing it to school. At least that's how it was when I was a student -- and I constantly was being griped at for my hair, or my sagging pants (don't judge, it was the 90s), or whatever.

But apparently Australian educators are getting hip -- they're not only encouraging, but mandating that their kids wear sunglasses on the playground.

Granted, the move isn't some nationwide fashion statement, but rather an attempt to protect children's eyes from the blazing Australian sun. However, that doesn't make it any less cool that every single student will running around sportin' their coolest pair of shades.

FabSugar recently pointed out these alarmingly un-sunglassy sunglasses by Dolce & Gabbana. It seems like the D&G designers were too focused on creating something sleek and new to notice that the shades look exactly like safety glasses.

The massive, clear lenses and transparent framing scream "With these babies, I ain't gonna need no stinkin' eye wash stations!" But at $275 a pop, is it really worth it? It's hard to imagine how desperate a person must become before buying a pair. Even the fully opaque version of the design on the website isn't that nice, with that extra, gaudy, gold bit in the center.

The saddest part is that I have worn more fashionable safety glasses in tenth grade Chemistry. In fact, they were neon green and shaped like aviator shades and I was always a little reluctant to take them off at the end of the class. Yes, I just said it: I would rather wear bright green plastic than shell out money for this Dolce & Gabbana mistake.