Kanye and I Don't See Eye to Eye
It's difficult to realize what will be the great fashion faux pas of 2009 when you're still living in it. However, I am going to cast my vote for "shutter shades."
These eyeglasses work against the very purpose of eyeglasses: to improve vision. Shutter shades are cheap plastic glasses that have bars that run across the eyes, obstructing one's vision.
Take a peak:
I shudder at shutter shades.
As a popular item among concert attendees and party-goers, shutter shades add to an already tipsy-turvy-tilt-a-whirly atmosphere. But at what cost? It's like putting lines of bumper stickers on the rear window of a car, obstructing the half of the view.
Like the grillz and pimp goblets before them, shutter shades began as an onstage trend. With a little time and exposure, young people made a ruling on shutter shades; they passed with flying colors.
Many colors. Even some that glow in the dark.
The shades invaded common retailers, like Rue 21. They are also cluttering up pictures on Facebook and other social networking Web sites.
Here I find myself puzzled. Kanye West is such an intelligent recording artist. He must have foreseen a (half)blinded youth. Perhaps it's an experiment to see how far people will go to emulate celebrities. Even though I'm 99 percent sure it's not, I choose to believe Kanye has a grand plan for us.
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To be fair, Kanye was not the first one to violate the sanctity of sight for fashion. Here are two other examples of musicians who would rather be seen than see. Here they exhibit the rare "fly eyes" style, which thankfully, has not gained popularity among the masses.
Britney Spears in her video for "Toxic," 2003
Avril Lavigne
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Special thanks to Mr. Leemhuis for helping me with the pictures of Ms. Spears and Ms. Lavigne.
These eyeglasses work against the very purpose of eyeglasses: to improve vision. Shutter shades are cheap plastic glasses that have bars that run across the eyes, obstructing one's vision.
Take a peak:
I shudder at shutter shades.
As a popular item among concert attendees and party-goers, shutter shades add to an already tipsy-turvy-tilt-a-whirly atmosphere. But at what cost? It's like putting lines of bumper stickers on the rear window of a car, obstructing the half of the view.
Like the grillz and pimp goblets before them, shutter shades began as an onstage trend. With a little time and exposure, young people made a ruling on shutter shades; they passed with flying colors.
Many colors. Even some that glow in the dark.
The shades invaded common retailers, like Rue 21. They are also cluttering up pictures on Facebook and other social networking Web sites.
Here I find myself puzzled. Kanye West is such an intelligent recording artist. He must have foreseen a (half)blinded youth. Perhaps it's an experiment to see how far people will go to emulate celebrities. Even though I'm 99 percent sure it's not, I choose to believe Kanye has a grand plan for us.
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To be fair, Kanye was not the first one to violate the sanctity of sight for fashion. Here are two other examples of musicians who would rather be seen than see. Here they exhibit the rare "fly eyes" style, which thankfully, has not gained popularity among the masses.
Britney Spears in her video for "Toxic," 2003
Avril Lavigne
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Special thanks to Mr. Leemhuis for helping me with the pictures of Ms. Spears and Ms. Lavigne.
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