Looking Smart

I'm ten days into my summer, but I've already started preparing for my first year of university.  As I will be moving away for university, one of the things I needed to do was get a spare pair of glasses, in case anything happens to the pair I have now.  Currently, I own a pair of black Dolce & Gabbana glasses:

After years and years of wearing glasses, I've come to realize that a more rectangular frame seems to complement my face shape.  I can somewhat pull off coloured frames, but they tend to look a bit severe, so I prefer black.  However, despite these two guidelines that narrow down the selection significantly, finding the perfect pair of glasses is still no easy feat.  Going into the eyewear store, I was definitely dreading searching through rows and rows of glasses, and being forced to find one that I would be willing to spend hundreds on.  Amazingly, I found The One in less than half an hour.  It was a pair of black and blue Tiffany & Co. glasses:

What attracted me to this pair was the pure simplicity of the side.  I find that glasses nowadays are much too heavily decorated on the sides, drawing attention towards the glasses themselves, and away from the face.  This pair of Tiffany's boasts a sophisticated, slim side, with a small, engraved heart near the temple.  I instantly loved how unfussy it was, and how it was fun, but sleek.  The colour too, is worth loving.  The inside of the frame is made in Tiffany's signature baby blue, with just a hint of the blue peeking out at the temple, making it quirkier than an all-black pair of glasses.  With a slight turn of the head, the elegant side of this is revealed, making me look smart, but stylishly so.

Image Source: D&G, Tiffany