I'm getting these

and

At one point, I owned 3 pairs of Revo glasses @ $295 a pop....along with 3 pairs of Ray-bans no less than $120 each...and lost or broke ALL OF THEM!!!!


So now, I have 2 pair of high end glasses for going out...and two pair of $40 cheapies for work....along with the ballistic glasses and goggles that the Army issues us....

Pretty much a Ray-ban man....but I have found some decent Perry Ellis, Polo or Tommy Hilfiger on the cheapie rack....

i usually just get cheap aviator lookin' glasses.

i don't like wearing shades, but when i do, i like feeling like a smutty '70s person.

Anx said:

I have those as well but I LOVE my Oakleys

I try not to spend more than $20 on sunglasses as I am constantly losing them or breaking them. That said, I probably have about 4-5 pair at any given time. I buy them whenever the fancy strikes. If I somehow forget them at home and I'm on my way somewhere I'll stop to pick up a pair. I HATE being without sunglasses. And I tend to have funky taste in them as well.
Better for your eyes, and helps prevent wrinkles (reduces all that squinting!).

OMG I am NUTTS over sunglasses.

I have shades laying around like some people have pony tail holders.

I buy both good ones AND cheap ones.

My fave are the ones with white rims.

Like the ones I'm wearing in Aksels avatar.

OK, I'm a fashion whore - so I have:
2 pairs of Chanel
3 pairs of Versace
1 pair of Prada
1 pair of Gucci
1 pair of Valentino
1 pair of Rayban
2 pairs of Barry Kieselstein Cord
1 pair of Cartier (my most expensive pair)

The pair I have now are prescription brand name but I can't remember who but I usually buy whatever looks good on me.

NAnomaly said:

Are they the glasses that get darker in the sun?

Big "JackieOs"



Different colours
Different styles
Different labels
New and vintage, but always big.

SHANNA said:

I've been doing those for the last few years too.



But I mix it up a bit here and there also.

CarrieMpls said:

I used to try to mix it up for myself by buying smaller sizes when I found a really cute pair, but then would never grab them to wear, so I stopped.

CarrieMpls said:

Me too...I love the big retro styles. I usually try to keep them to less than $20 a pair -- I just can't see paying more than that.

reneGade20 said:

the CHEAP ones are $40?!?!




wow.



i get $10 sunglasses from walmart! i had some expensive sunglasses once. (expensive as in. $25-30 ) the lenses got all scratched up. now i have a cheap pair that i've had for about two years. i love them, i think they look good on me, and if i lose them it's not a big deal.

fantasyislander said:

Well considering how much I used to pay for glasses, $40 is pretty inexpensive....

I'd love to have all those expensive glasses, for sure...but I'm like a total ditz with them....I've sat on them...dropped them....once, I lost a pair of $150 Ray-bans an hour after I bought them...just left them on a counter....it was hours before I even noticed I didn't have them anymore.....

I have shitty vision and can't wear contacts, and I wear funny-shaped glasses, so I spend a fucking fortune on sunglasses (compared to the $20 options that are widely available for people who can see).

I have one pair of custom clip-ons for my regular (totally hot Mikli) frames, and I have a pair of vintage black frames with rhinestones that belonged to my grandma, which I had rx lenses fitted for. Love those.

I SO wish I could wear a cheap pair for swimming and stuff. I absolutely hate getting into the water (or the potential for falling in, eg. kayaking) with my gazillion dollar glasses, even with a dork strap, or hiking or camping or whatever. I should just go to some one-hour glasses place and get a pair that might not be optically wonderful, but that I can afford to damage or lose.

I just can't buy cheap sunglasses or shoes.

I always end up spending a lot on sunglasses because I usually get a prescription put into them.

finding it harder and harder to find ones i like
but winners has some nice ones $15 - $20
nine west or liz claiborne

i can't do big or glitzy... just not me.
even the colored lenses lol... i try them on and put them right back

this is about as crazy as i go..


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Personally I think Ray Ban´s are the best shades. A gentleman should aways have a quality pair of shades and lighter.

I like designer glasses but I get them at Ross
I've never spent more than 25 bucks on glasses.

I had the perfect pair of Tommy glasses, I lost them when I fell off of a SeaDoo

Why am I so trashy?

I have never spend more than $12 on sunglasses. Or perfume. And don't get me started on shoes.

Weirdly, I wish I had the ability to buy expensive clothing/accessory items. I just can't do it. I feel incredible guilt when I spend that much money on myself. I'm not weird about people who do it, and I don't think I'm right. It's only money, eh?

But I always scold myself with how many meals it could buy an African orphan. I'll walk out of the store and go right into a record shop and spend my whole fucking paycheck whilst wearing cheap shit. Where's my guilt when I'm carrying a crate of vinyl to my trunk? Fuck.

I always buy cheap sunglasses because i always lose them. I would really like a nice expensive pair because i've heard that they are really comfortable and they come with a nice case but i'm so afraid that i will lose them. if i lost a pair of really nice, expensive sunglasses, I think that i'd cry.

JasmineFire said:

Actually, hearing the sickening crunch of expensive glasses under your foot or when you sit on them is inherently worse than losing them....trust me....I've done it more than once.....

I only buy cheap sunglasses..I have a tendency to always lose or break them, or the kids will get ahold of them, just so long as I can get the dark lenses ( don't have wrinkles and don't want any!)

INSATIABLE said:

i am the EXACT same way!!!