Designer sunglasses - Is it worth splashing out just so everybody knows you're a complete idiot?

"Designer sunglasses are the butt-end of the worst side of the fashion world. They play entirely on the idea that fashion is merely about flaunting designer labels, quality of products be damned, and boil the idea that brand names are there to be flaunted down to its barest bones or, in this case, cheap plastic base. Whether it's those once-ubiquitous Chloé sunglasses with the diamante hearts, those now ubiquitous Tom Ford figure-8 style glasses or, yes, giant black Chanel glasses, the appeal of designer sunglasses lies simply in telling people that you have happily paid over £100 for a bit of plastic tat that you will probably sit on or lose before the week is out. You may as well walk around wearing a sign proclaiming, "I AM A TOTAL IDIOT", which would be both cheaper and more self-aware."
By Hadley Freeman / more