ROUND GLASSES: A STYLE INVESTIGATION

New York, London, even LA- The hot eye wear look of 2008 was pretty much defined by plastic Wayfarer knockoffs, garish neon trapezoids often seen color-coordinated with a plaid shirt and sneakers. Or else it was "shutter shades," (which i detest) those ventilated blinders popularized by Kanye West. This summer, however, the memo for sunglasses says circles are in. Very round shapes, as round as goggles in some cases, appeared in the recent women's collections of Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler; and, for men, from Ralph Lauren, Zegna and Lanvin (most costing from $300 to $400). according to NY Times "Round frames last appeared as a fashion trend about two decades ago. In 1989, when Alain Mikli introduced a thick-rimmed version, Woody Hochswender wrote in The New York Times that "a modified John Lennon look is the newest old thing." round sunglasses are so not square!! Terrence Phearse