While Texas may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of fashionable places, our state’s capital happens to be one of the hippest cities in country. Cool people flock to Austin for its local food, boutiques, and especially for music festivals like Austin City Limits and SXSW. Just last month Fashion’s Collective tweeted “it’s like Fashion Week’s been transplanted to SXSW” in Austin. Celebrities and socialites like Alexa Chung can be seen strolling downtown and on South Congress. Lucky for me, Austin is only 100 miles away—a mere one and a half hour drive. Although I didn’t get to go to Austin for SXSW, I did go in February to see what the cool people were wearing and scout out potential trends. After incessantly bugging people for their photos and snapping close to a hundred pictures, I narrowed them down to the coolest of the cool and spotted a trend I really haven’t seen noticed anywhere else yet: plastic sunglasses in playful primary colors. Think Jean-Charles de Castelbajac or maybe Jeremy Scott. They don’t have to be wayfarers, but they have to be big. They’re an easy (and potentially inexpensive) way to make a bold statement or add some color to your ensemble. For extra cool points, top it off with a bright-colored hat like a couple of these Austinites have done.
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