Different from its counterpart; the sunglasses, a pair of glasses are synonimous with a certain style lable: geek chic. This stereotype enducing items are a common thought when you’re thinking of scientists, programmers, librarians and many other profession that you might consider as nerdy. But stripped down from any types of occupations – nerdy or otherwise, are a pair of glasses a turn on or the opposite? I wear a pair myself and I’ve gotten mixed reviews from friends of both genders. Some of the girls think I look smart, but the guys think I look too smart. Other girls say that without them I look pale (even though I’m an advocate for dark eyeliners and/or the smoky eyes look, without a pair of my glasses, they say I look pale – sickly, even!), and other boys say that I look better wearing them. It’s safe to conclude that some men consider that a person wearing glasses are intellegently intimidating, while some women considers that glasses are an accessory of necessity to define how someone looks.

Despite the various designer brands who constantly supplies eye wear of the non sun visored style, I don’t see a lot of people rocking the look of geek chic as a staple item. It’s just another pair of accessories to complete the look. It’s safe to say that glasses might not be as fashionable as the labels thinks it should. But wether it’s fashionable or not, I didn’t ask this – I asked if a pair of glasses are sexy or not. For the sake of argument, let’s say that the sexiest woman/man you could think of in the world (generally speaking Megan Fox for the dudes and James Franco for the ladies) wears a pair, would you think of them even more sexier? Do they become more sexier because they are already in that sexy category or does the glasses make them even more so?  Another point that would be obvious is that a pair of glasses are not the same as lacy lingerie or a well-made Italian suit – so obviously glasses should not be synonimous with the label of “looking sexy”, and yet it still does anyway. As anything else we ascociate with beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder so the jury still could not come up with the verdict. You know what I think, what do you think?

As an observer of fashion (and everything else that relates to it), I find myself wondering about the color pink. It’s bright, always associated with all things female, and a well-known singer ironically uses the color as her stage name. In color psychology, it signifies friendship, tranquility and honor. It’s also the main staple for romance… Hey, no wonder that pre-wedding photo collection that my friend showed me was themed in an abundance of the color pink. But does pink really work in fashion? When some designers create an ensemble – couture or otherwise, in the color pink, I always thought that the piece is just a play piece that was designed only to brighten up the rest of the collection. If it was a pink ensemble worn head-to-toe on a fashion runway, for me it becomes a costume. Much like how Elle Woods wears it, as well as Harry Potter’s Jane Umbridge, and Marilyn Monroe’s costume in the dance number “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from the movie ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (which was later revived by Madonna in her Material Girl music video) – all that, prime examples of how our contemporary culture portrays the color pink: as costumes. So when I decide to wear pink on my wardrobe, does that qualify myself as wearing a costume? I can’t help by wanting to add a little loveliness to my everyday outfits, but I can’t very well wear it head to toe. I know what you must be thinking: “Wear it with black!” or “Pair it with turquoise.” and others would say, “Green is a nice match…” All reasonable but I can’t shake up the feeling that it’s still a costume – not something fashionable, not something that’s fashion forward, not swanky enough!

So the real dilemma here is, most probably, I shun the stereotype of the color. Unlike orange or yellow (which is a color that only look good in certain types of skin tone), pink is more accessible and that’s why it has such a prominent color characteristics. Do you have to be an 8-year-old girl to make the color look appropriate? Do you have to be immature to make a pink ensemble look good? Does the older we get the more pink would look ridiculous on us? This is one of those never ending personal quandaries that I will be haunted as long as I have a daily struggle with the question on what to wear. How does one really get to be pretty in the color pink?