Sunglasses are a (big) girl's best friend

Before paparazzi, before the rise of the entertainment website empire, before the invention of the Manolo Blahnik shoe, there were sunglasses. Lovely, chic, shapely sunglasses.

It's not always easy for a big girl to look glamourous, but I really love a bit of glamour. And I'm not into pain. (Well, maybe once in a while in a saucy, aren't I naughty sort of a way.) So super high heels just don't work for me.

But sunglasses. Dang. They're great and I've always loved them...from the ClubMasters and the powder blue leopard cat-eyes in high school to the amazing leather Tod's aviators I rock with regularity today. Luckily, I've fallen into the optical industry and a true treasure trove of sunglasses that would make Carrie's shoe collection in Sex & The City look like a passing fancy. My personal collection includes sport looks to styles that would make circa 1970s Elton John feel envious, and the time has come to share the looks I wear, want to wear, and the stories that make sunglasses so fantastic.