Recently we've noticed a lot of dudes recycling the white-rimmed Ray-Ban shades they bought last summer, throwing in some eyeglass lenses for a '09 update. This look definitely lends itself to certain degree of monochrome stylization—cue black bow tie and jazzy white tuxedo jacket! But there are chiller ways of nerding out too: beat-up and battered army boots or baggy shorts layered over long johns put a little Kurt Cobain on your Pee Wee Herman.
On the Street: White Frames
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Photographer Samantha Smikle
May 26, 2009