I Don’t Wear My Sunglasses at Night
I started wearing sunglasses at a very young age. I was fifteen when I bought my first pair at the local 7-11. Now, millions of Americans wear these tinted lenses and look good doing it. I’m not saying I started the trend, mind you. The key, I found, is finding a pair that fits your face. Me, I have a roundish face. This means aviator shades are out and boring square frames are in.
The only reason I can wear sunglasses is the fact I wear disposable contact lenses. I tried prescription sunglasses, but after losing a pair of $300 frames, I decided against opting for a second one. Hello contact lenses — and hello any $5 pair of shades on the Boardwalk.
I groove on Cory Hart and that whole “Sunglasses at Night” thing. Of course, I think his paean to shades was a reaction to the fad that started in the 1980′s. Who can forget Tom Cruise — in any movies in the 1980′s — and Huey Lewis and the News? A decade of Ray Bans (does anyone remember Spuds McKenzie?) has left its mark. Now, you can find a stylish pair at any local corner store.
Being a life-long James Dean fanatic, I’ve always fancied a pair of shades like his. These were not Ray Bans or even Persols. They were dime-store clip-on shades. He’d just slip them over his prescription glasses and be done with it. Of course, Dean was beautiful no matter what he wore. What is hard to stomach is how ridiculous aging boomers look wearing sunglasses. Case in point: Peter Fonda.
Nicholson, like all celebrities, loves to hide behind a pair of $1000 shades. A pair of shades, a funny hat, and turned up collar is all most of them need to attract the paparazzi. Nothing sets off the paparazzi alarms like a pair of shades on Sunset Boulevard. Me, I’ll stick to the dime-store shades and wait for the cameras to start clicking.
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