Guest Post by The Hubster

Today’s guest post on Menswear Mondays is by non other than my Hubster but you may call him Max. I can’t say enough amazing stuff about this guy so here are just the basics: he’s an awesome teacher, amazing singer and all around smarty pants. Although he doesn’t write about fashion he does have his own blog Conversion 2.0. I am pleasantly surprised I convinced him into writing a little something, so I hope y’all enjoy it! 

I’m supposed to write about a fashion influence, and there are many wrapped up in these sunglasses. These Ray-Ban Wayfarers are the 54mm kind, which means they look super huge and sort of like alien eyes. It also means that they’re just, like, a smidge too large for my head. They’re a little hard to rest on top of my head in my hair when not in use, for example. But I got them on eBay for more than half off and I’m not really complaining. They look classic. A nice pair of tortoiseshell sunglasses goes with anything and instantly ups your cool factor by orders of magnitude.

Just so that I don’t look pretentious or misleading, I’ll admit that I first started wearing these things when a few of my best friends started wearing them. Pack mentality, okay. But they were right to do so. You’d think that, as a man, I’d make a bigger deal out of the fact that Bob Dylan reinvented himself by wearing Ray-Bans in his late-‘60s “goes electric” phase. Or that Jack Kerouac occasionally donned a pair. But in truth, I’m way more floored by Audrey Hepburn when she wore them in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It’s one of my favorite movies and the weirdness of plastic Wayfarers alongside couture dresses and bling helped Audrey exude that effortless swag.