Shades of '97
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Your support makes all the difference.Why people insist on wearing sunglasses with a hideously coloured tint that makes them look like they suffer liver problems, I don't know. If Frank Butcher in EastEnders had only heeded these few words of good advice, Pat would most probably never have chucked him. But sunglasses are very useful things and you don't need to spend a month's dinner-money for a pair. Make sure, however, that the pair you buy conforms to British Standard (BS) 2724:1987 (the European Standard hasn't been finalised yet, but it will be soon). Otherwise, you could just be buying a pair of dark- coloured glasses that will make your pupils dilate but will not cut out any of the actual light. And your eyes won't be very happy about this, believe me.
Clockwise from left: Black square frames with yellow lenses, pounds 87 at Cutler & Gross, 16 Knightsbridge Green, London SW1, 0171 581 2250. Black square 'Romeo' lenses, pounds 130, by Kirk Originals, 36 Earlham Street, London WC2, 0171 240 5055, and Angela Campbell Opticians, 10 Market Chambers, Market Place, Ramsbottom, Lancashire, 01706 821634. Silver frames, pounds 386, Christian Dior. Enquiries: 01423 538 005
From left: brown tortoiseshell square frame glasses, pounds 30, Fabris Lane, from Harvey Nichols, as before, and department stores nationwide. Enquiries: 0181 974 1642. Ochre glasses with black arms, pounds 87, Cutler & Gross, as before. White pearl glasses, pounds 75, by Byblos, from Bromptons Opticians, 202a Kensington High Street, London W8, and Sheinman Opticians, 106-110 Abington Street, Northampton. Enquiries: 0171 629 4534. Yellow square glasses, pounds 99, Calvin Klein. Enquiries: 0800 722 020
Large green frames, pounds 160, Donna Karan, from David Clulow, 185 Kings Road, London SW3, and Dolland and Aitchison, 29 Smichford Way, Birmingham. Enquiries: 0181 755 1181. Blue square frames, pounds 109, Cutler & Gross, as before. Clear plastic frames, pounds 10, Mondo, leading department stores nationwide. Enquiries: 0181 974 1642
From top: Black glasses, pounds 95, Emporio Armani, at Bromptons Opticians, as before. Bronze glasses, pounds 18, by Mondo, department stores nationwide. Enquiries: 0181 974 1642. Oval frame glasses, pounds 127, DKNY, Boots stores nationwide. Enquiries: 0181 755 1181. Silver frames with blue lens, pounds 125, Gucci by Safilo, at Harrods, Knightsbridge, London SW1. Enquiries: 01372 843620
From left: Red plastic glasses, pounds 39, Fabris Lane, as before. Black square frames, pounds 14.99, Next, 189 Oxford St, London W1. Enquiries: 0345 100 500. Gold Space Bugs, pounds 50, Global Eyeware, American Retro, Old Compton St, London W1. Enquiries: 0181 965 5768. Pink Fifties-style glasses, Dorothy Perkins, branches nationwide. Enquiries: 0171 291 2604. Tortoiseshell glasses, pounds 42, Agatha, 4 South Molton St, London W1. Mail order: 0171 495 2779
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