Cool Sunglasses

Choosing the Right Look

Choosing sunglasses that are ideal for your face shape is what makes a pair of sunglasses cool or not-so-cool. They also need to reflect your personality, your style, and match well to your overall fashion taste. You don't want to wear a sporty pair of plastic wrap-around frames with mirrored lenses with a dainty summer dress.

For tips on choosing the right sunglasses for your face shape, eye color, skin tone and hair color, visit AllAboutVision.com.

Celebrity Fashion Shades

Celebrities obviously help drive the idea of what's cool. Right now, the big sunglasses in Hollywood are just that--BIG. Oversized frames on petite faces like the Olsen Twins' are everywhere. Aviators like those mentioned earlier are also a big deal. Hollywood just loves sunglasses, really, and you'll see all types of styles everywhere you look--on television, in the movies or in real life.

Cool Sunglasses for Under $50

Cool sunglasses are often discounted replicas of their more expensive counterparts. Check out TheSunglassManOnline.com for knock-offs of designers like Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Versace, Dior and quite a few others! Stores like Target, Body Central, Claire's, Wal-Mart and other miscellaneous local boutiques offer inexpensive frames in bright colors, white, black and brown. There's enough variety to create a whole cool sunglasses wardrobe--and the price is right! Play around with color on the discount sunglasses to see what complements your skin tone, features and hair color. Unless you're going for lightly colored lenses, eye color shouldn't play into your decision too much.

When Price Doesn't Matter

Check out SunglassesPortal.com for the latest, most fashionable shades from the hottest designers available. If those prices don't suit your fancy, but you still don't mind paying more than $50 or $100, check eBay.com for deals. Be diligent about reading the user feedback, however, and make sure you know what you'll be getting before you bid.

Overstock offers designer sunglasses at just-below designer prices, so there's another place you may want to browse through. Money saved on sunglasses can be spent on a great new pair of sexy shoes, after all.

Cool Prescription Sunglasses

You don't have to have perfect vision to sport the hottest shades. You can tint almost any set of lenses any color. Whether your eyes require single vision, bifocals, trifocals or progressive lenses, your back-up pair of glasses (or a new pair) can be turned into a cool pair of sunglasses. Though prescription polarized lenses are on the expensive side, they are available and they're perfect if you like to look great and protect your eyes while you golf, fish or drive. Shop around to find the best prices.