regarding kanye’s glasses (post below)
December 22, 2008, 12:02 pm
shutter shades (the “Authentic Original Since 2007,” according to the site), are as stupid as trucker hats. maybe stupider. at least trucker hats have mild utility. warning to trendsters: if you wore these for any extended period of time, you will go blind. they offer no UV protection. in fact, i hope you wore them while laying in your tanning beds with your eyes open. this looks like a total LA trend: like ugg boots in southern california. pointless.
but kanye makes them look so good.
Kanye is a complete joke! And Oprah ruined Uggs.
I didn’t know this was a new thing. I saw them this and last summer on St. Mark’s (hipster central in lower Manhattan)–although more for sale than being worn around.
a version existed in the 80′s. but their rapid re-rise is something that happened in the past year or so.
i want to slap them off the face of people who wear them.
I had a pair of glasses like that when I was a kid. they were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed and included a little squeezey ball that let you squirt water out of the middle of the frame when you squeezed it. They were red and oh so cool. Unlike these lame, water-less ones the kids wear today.
Sigh. Because I’ve been w/o cable for the past week and a half, I failed to note this: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/91671/3/Was_Kanye_West_lip-syncing_on_SNL
Hm. Maybe he really doesn’t make those crappy glasses look so good.
Oh and Uggs in Southern Cali… I wouldn’t call it pointless. Uggs derviving from the surfer scene, and created by surfers in Australia. I hardly see that the Ugg trend is pointless in a surfing community… Say what you will, I’ve been sporting Uggs for the past 8-10 Years, and there is not a day I don’t get razzled outside of my bubble… and for all you folks that say Uggs is a womens shoe are clueless!!!