Flip-up Sunglasses

I've loved these ever since I watched A Different World on network TV back in the day. They're cool by virtue of being more often than not superfluous, but then when you need them: BAM! Sunglasses!  Square to hip in 0.5 seconds! Flip-up shades to me are a stand-in for a whole class of objects, like garish wristwatches (more on those later) and those resin chairs shaped like giant hands, that are really silly and of questionable utility yet strangely appealing. Flip-ups are the mullet of the eyewear world--business on the bottom, party on top. Whatever happens, you'll be prepared.