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Sunglasses Count as an Accessory at the Football Game, Sis Tiger Stadium in September is no joke. The sun sits right on you during a 2:30 kickoff, and b...
Tiger Stadium in September is no joke. The sun sits right on you during a 2:30 kickoff, and by the second quarter you're squinting so hard you can't tell if that's your friend two rows down or a stranger in the same purple tank. So yes, the sunglasses you grabbed on the way out the door are doing real work.
But they're also part of your outfit, whether you meant them to be or not, and that's worth a minute of thought before you head to Baton Rouge.
Think about where your sunglasses land on your face. They sit dead center in every photo somebody takes of you on the way in, in the tailgate line, holding a drink under the tent. That's more visibility than your shoes get all day.
A pair that actually goes with your game day fit does two jobs at once. You get the squint relief, and you get a piece that pulls the whole look together instead of a random pair that happens to be in your car console.
The trick is treating them like you'd treat your earrings. You wouldn't grab whatever's closest for a Mardi Gras ball, so give the same courtesy to the thing sitting on your nose all afternoon.
Here's what I mean by matching. A tortoiseshell frame reads warm and a little classic, so it plays nice with gold jewelry and those cream and purple game day pieces. Black frames feel sharper and go with a bolder, high-contrast look.
Gold-toned metal frames are a sneaky good pick for LSU day. They echo whatever gold you've got going on in your earrings or your bag, and metal frames photograph a little more polished than chunky plastic ones.
If you tend to run bright... and around here, a lot of us do... a colored lens or a fun frame can be the whole personality of the outfit. Amber and rose-tinted lenses are flattering in that harsh stadium light, and they warm up your photos too.
Small frames are having a moment, and they're cute, but a tiny lens does very little against a full-sun Saturday in south Louisiana. You'll spend the game squinting around the edges.
Go a size up for outdoor events. A slightly oversized frame gives you real coverage, reads a touch more done-up, and honestly looks more intentional in pictures than the barely-there styles.
Round faces tend to balance well with a squarer, more structured frame, and softer, rounded frames flatter angular features. That's the same logic as picking earrings, just up a few inches on your face.
You don't need your sunglasses to match your shoes and your bag and your scrunchie. That's a lot, and it starts to look like a costume. Pick one thing for them to talk to and let the rest be.
If your earrings are gold, let the frame nod to that. If your bag has a pop of purple, a warm-toned lens ties in without being loud about it. One connection point is all it takes to look coordinated instead of like everything came from the same three colors.
The pieces we pull for game day at Evelyn Rose are chosen to layer this way on purpose, so your sunglasses, your earrings, and your bag feel like they belong to the same outfit without you standing in the mirror doing math.
Sometime around the tailgate photos, or when you head inside, or the second the sun drops behind the stands, those sunglasses come off your face. And they have to go somewhere.
Hooking them in the neckline of your top works and looks casual-cute. Sliding them up onto your head is fine if your hair can take it. What I'd steer you away from is tossing them loose into a bag with your keys, because that's how a good pair gets scratched before you've even parked back home in Youngsville.
A hard case or a padded pocket in your bag is a small habit that keeps a nice pair looking nice. If you're carrying a smaller cross-body for the stadium clear-bag situation, tuck them in a soft pouch so they're not knocking around.
The best game day sunglasses aren't game-day-only sunglasses. A warm tortoiseshell or a clean gold frame goes right on to Sunday brunch, to Festival season, to a Saturday errand run down Chemin Metairie.
That's how I think about accessories in general, and sunglasses are no different. One versatile pair you actually reach for beats a drawer of novelty frames you bought for a single event and never touched again.
So when you're pulling your fit together for the next home game, give the sunglasses the same thirty seconds you give your earrings. They're on your face, they're in your photos, and they're the one accessory you'll be wearing the whole time. Might as well let them count, sis.