Hello there, lovelies!
Over the past couple of years, I have gotten way too comfortable when it comes to sunglasses. I have found a few pairs that suit my face shape and overall style – typically tortoise shell, large and either square or slightly cat-eyed – and have stuck like glue to only that type. About a month ago, I was perusing mytheresa.com for bathing suits and Summer vacation accessories for my trip to Curaçao and came across these retro and sassy Saint Laurent cat-eye sunglasses and immediately fell in love! Of course, I was completely nervous to splurge on sunnies like this, being that they’re completely outside of my norm, but my experience with returning items to mytheresa.com has always been a breeze so I knew it would be no issue to return them if they didn’t suit me! So, I quickly moved them into my cart and hit the purchase button so as to not let myself get into my head too much!
Two days later, my mytheresa.com package arrived from Germany with my sunnies inside waiting to woo me! Let’s pause and give mytheresa.com a round of applause for having the ability to get packages to the U.S. in 48 hours at NO additional cost to the customer. I find that to be incredibly impressive especially after living abroad. It was impossible to receive a package from the States in less than FIVE days and, on top of that, I’d have to pay to have the package released for delivery. It is much harder for our friends abroad to shop our retailers so we are truly on the better end of the deal over here. After singing Hallelujah for how quickly they arrived, I opened the neatly prepared package and tried on my new sunnies and almost didn’t recognize myself. They added a chic, posh element to my look simply by putting them on. I wouldn’t say they are ‘everyday’ sunglasses but I think they are super fun for strolling along the promenade in the French Riviera or Miami Beach or heading down for a poolside or beachside cocktail with your girlfriends!
I decided to pair them with this coral blouse, my favorite white denim skinnies and pink loafers for our first night in Lisbon. What do you guys think?
After allowing these cat-eye sunnies to showcase my sassy side for a bit, I started to get inspired to try some other new Summer sunnies! Here are the three that I love and have gotten the most use so far!
Ray-Ban Round Double-Bridge Sunglasses
These round Ray-Ban sunnies were actually the ones I fought to embrace the longest. I have had a love / hate relationship with round sunglasses ever since they started becoming trendy a couple of years ago. My best friend, Kristan, looks SO CUTE in them and I just look … weird, ha! I also just haven’t found a pair that I absolutely love but I found these on my recent trip to Italy and really liked the double bridge and blue reflector detail. So, after listening to Victoria demand I get them for 20 minutes while I mulled and mulled over them … I decided to concede. She thought I was being completely ridiculous and that they looked great on me so, I’m just trusting they do, ha! We all need to venture outside of my comfort zone stylistically sometimes, right?
You guys have seen me wear them on Instagram lately and I styled them with this look we just shot in Porto the other day! I found them on mytheresa.com, as well, and the price is comparable to the price you’d pay in the States.
** Outfit details will be linked in a future Instagram post or blog post **
Chloé Poppy Heart-Shaped Sunglasses
How adorable are these heart-shaped sunnies by Chloé? They’ve sold out at most of the popular online retailers in the U.S., which is knowing about mytheresa.com, is really important. European and American style is so different that a lot of the styles that we gravitate towards don’t sell as well in Europe which is great news for you when you are desperately searching for that ONE pair no one can find!
** Outfit details will be linked in a future Instagram post or blog post **
Chloé Carlina Round Sunglasses
Okay, so I’ve already spoken to my love / hat relationship with round sunglasses so go figure that I find these large-and-in-charge ones and, despite being almost positive they look so crazy and ridiculous on me, fall absolutely in love with them! I love how they fade from pink to blue – my two favorite colors – as well as the coil frame detailing. They’re extremely lightweight and always match my outfits as I tend to opt for whites, pinks and blues. They are the perfect pair of summer sunnies, also available at mytheresa.com, and are quite possibly my favorite out of these four!
** Outfit details will be linked in a future Instagram post or blog post **
Which pair are your favorite? What pair are you swooning over this Summer and / or challenging yourself to embrace? xo.
HEADS UP | I’m in Portugal for a few more days so be sure to follow on IG stories. All of my looks from the trip are being linked in the @liketoknow.it app as well as on my IG stories page. If you don’t want or have the @liketoknow.it app, you can also shop the looks without it on my IG Outfits page! Last but not least, email me any questions that you have for me vs. sending a DM. I want to make sure I get back to you and I typically lose questions easier on DM with so many coming through and not as much time to devote to getting back to you! I appreciate y’all stopping by today and hope you have a great Thursday!
