10 Cool Sunglasses For Summer

Summer is approaching, and that means you’re going to need the right gear to survive the heat. According to scientific experts the stylish threads you had from last year are not only passé, but also now inadequate to protect you from the harsh summer rays. Regardless, everyone knows that no matter how many flip-flops and pastel colored polos you have, no summer outfit is complete without a pair of sweet, sweet shades.

While any chum with half a brain can pick up knockoffs of the latest styles at Wal-Mart, it takes a truly stylish trendsetter; an avant-garde thought leader; to find and model sunglasses like these. If you really want to be as hot as the summer is bound to be you need to be sporting one of the eye-popping fashions below:

10. ZIPPER SUNGLASSES

Lee Cooper and Alan Mikli collaborated to create this denim themed pair of glasses with zipper teeth carved into the lenses. Practical?  No. Cool? Definitely.

9. MECHANICAL SUNGLASSES

I can just picture myself putting these on and acting out scenes from The Iron Giant or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

8. NOSE PROTECTOR SUNGLASSES

These glasses that cover your nose may make you look like a Penguin action figure, but you’d be the awesome snowboarding Penguin version at that.  There’s something really cool and Cali about them.

7. SOLAR POWERED SUNGLASSES

Finally we humans have the power to harness the enery of the sun with our eyes.  Stroll around the block in these Yanko designed glasses until your iPod runs out of juice.  Hint: you’ll be walking forever because it’ll never run out of power. 

6. GOLD CHAIN SUNGLASSES

Taken straight out of a music video and slightly less opaque than Kanye or Rihanna’s choice of shades, these iced-out glasses make you cool even when you’re hot.

5. CENSORED SUNGLASSES

Want to stand out in a crowd and be unseen at the same time?  Censor yourself with these nifty black bar glasses.

4. EQUALIZER SUNGLASSES

Perfect to light up the club with your Tokyo Flash watch. These glasses look totally normal and unassuming (but still pimpin’) during the day and light up at night.

3. ANNA TER HAAR’S DRIPGLASSES

As I mentioned earlier this summer is going to be hot. With these Dutch designed glasses you can take that literally and make it look like your sunglasses are melting right off of your face.

2. LEGO SUNGLASSES

It’s a well known fact that everyone likes LEGO. Time to bring out your inner child and display that love for all to see. Right on the side of your head.

1. HELMET SUNGLASSES

If Shutter Shades and Crocs had a baby, this would be it. These are awesome and no further description is needed.