What sunglasses tribe are you?
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The 360 socialite
This millennial multi-hyphenate doesn’t like being called an “influencer”, but she’d be pretty gutted if she didn’t influence. Sleek, chic and even a little gothic, she has eaten more small plates than she cares to remember. With her cerebral little sunnies on she loves to sit on a plane and read Annie Ernaux, or more honestly just Gabbriette’s Insta stories.
Tech fitness bro
You can catch this man having a business meeting at 7.15am, slurping a $20 superfood smoothie and preaching about how his industry is about to be totally revolutionised by whatever his tech firm is pushing. These sunglasses are brilliant for both the Iron Man he’s doing next month, and his colleague’s weekend stag do in Mexico City.
Ibiza dreamer
Ooof, what time is it? When did we go to bed? And when is the driver coming? This “mompreneur” doesn’t have a moment to think to herself, what with her new jewellery line, her wallpaper collab, her charity work, that InstaLive seminar she’s doing with Fiorella at 5. These visors are her Do Not Disturb sign, and by God does she need it.
Agent on a mission
There are vital dates in every man’s calendar, and for this actor it’s Men’s Final’s Day at Wimbledon. If his agent pulls all the right strings, he hopes to be sat in the Royal Box, in super-classic specs – a variant on a Wayfarer, or an Aviator – desperately refuelling those “new James Bond” rumours.
Riviera glamourpuss
In a topsy-turvy world, this woman is a constant: she works very hard, she drinks very good rosé and she has a very nice maxi-dress for every day of the girls’ weekend she is attending in St Tropez. These shades let her lie back on the sun lounger and channel all the Riviera starlets that she once idolised. Waiter, the Whispering Angel!
Midcentury-modern man
If everything in this man’s flat looks like it could be on Instagram, it’s because it is; every corner has been broadcast in tastefully lit grid posts of his flawless collection of midcentury design. Naturally, he has the glasses to match, all the better to peer over his Eero Saarinen monographs at night. Oh, and he has a bike. Obviously he has a bike.
The artful maximalist
The frames this busy collector wears reflect the rest of their kooky, colourful design pieces, all wibbly-wobbly coffee tables, severe floor lamps and jewel-toned fabrics. A chunky necklace is never far from reach. It’s much the same for their partner, who wears essentially identical clothes, and has essentially identical hair.
The Y2K CBK
Ryan Murphy’s Love Story marked, for this young professional, the apotheosis of a cult of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy that had seen the saving of hundreds of inspo pics, plus the unending quest for the right black cropped trouser. The wardrobe may be minimalist, but the aspirations remain absolutely maximal.
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