Accessories

Shades That Speak

Sunglasses with attitude for every taste, from classic frames to bold statement shapes. Shop sunglasses to finish any outfit.

Leather Belts: What To Know

Buy a leather belt to your trouser waist, not your natural waist. I cover what changes what you buy, then everyday picks and lighter ones for warmer weather.

Saint Laurent Eyewear: Structured Frames and Softer Rounds

Saint Laurent was founded in Paris in 1961 by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, and eyewear has been part of the house since the designer's own nearsighted, glasses-first look. This edit sorts the current sunglasses and optical range by shape, from squared acetate to rounder, softer frames.

Designer Belts for Women

Designer belts for women to finish any outfit. Shop leather and statement designer belts in classic and logo styles.

Running Accessories: Caps, Socks, Shades and Gloves

The finishing kit — running caps, performance crew socks, shades and gloves that complete the runner look.

Croc and Snake Effect Bags, Belts and Shoes

The reptile-effect pieces everyone is buying: 40 croc and snake-effect bags, belts and shoes from Khaite, Toteme and Saint Laurent.

Pucci Dresses: Prints, Swim and Sunglasses From the House

Pucci dresses come from the house Emilio Pucci, a Florentine aristocrat, founded in 1947 after a photograph of his ski outfit ran in Harper's Bazaar. I go through the dresses, shirting, swim and sunglasses.

Bottega Grasp Belt: A Styling Guide

Styling Bottega Grasp Belt is mostly a question of proportion, and the rest follows from there. One piece should lead and the rest should stay quiet; two competing pieces read as an accident.

Prada Eyewear

Prada Eyewear gives a familiar accessory category the house's preference for sharp proportion and visual tension. Prada began in Milan in 1913, and its dedicated eyewear line launched in 2000, bringing the brand's design language to sunglasses and optical frames. The current shapes are polished, graphic, and never quite anonymous.

Belts Under $500

Belts under $500 are the quickest way I know to change the proportion of an outfit without buying another outfit.

Belts Under $300

Belts under three hundred dollars are the small accessory decision that can change the entire proportion of an outfit.

Miu Miu Eyewear

Miu Miu was launched by Miuccia Prada in the early 1990s as a more personal and playful counterpoint to her main house. Its eyewear extends that logic through retro references, unexpected proportions and polished acetate. A frame can change the entire mood of a face, which is precisely why these are not shy accessories.

Belts Under $250

Belts under two hundred and fifty dollars are the accessory equivalent of editing a sentence.

Loewe Sunglasses: Geometric, Cat-Eye and Coil Frames

Meet Sculptural Without Being Silly

Belts That Fit Your Trousers

Choose a belt size by the trouser loops you actually wear, not by a belt measured flat on its own.

Belts: Suede and Leather Belts That Are Not an Afterthought

The belt wishlist: 40 suede and leather belts from Déhanche, Khaite and 8 Other Reasons, priced $35 to $3,350.

Jacques Marie Mage Sunglasses: Thick, Sculptural Acetate Frames

Jacques Marie Mage sunglasses are thick, sculptural acetate frames from a Los Angeles label that designer Jerome Mage launched in 2015. I look at the shapes you can spot from across a room, from square tortoiseshell to butterfly frames.

Belted Energy: Belts and Cinched Jackets for the Waist

Waist belts and cinched jackets are the quickest way to change a whole look.

Belt Edit: Chains, Suede, Leather and Embellished Styles

The belt edit is about proportion: chains, suede, leather and embellished belts for the waist of a dress, trousers or an open jacket.

Illesteva Sunglasses: Best Mykonos, Cat-Eye and Havana Frames

Marissa Grossman's favorite Illesteva frames

A Dress And A Belt Is A Second Outfit

The same dress belted reads as a different outfit, and a belt weighs nothing. Eight midi dresses, eight short dresses and eight belts from $200.

Gucci Eyewear: Horsebit, Bamboo and Double G Sunglasses

Gucci started as a leather goods shop in Florence in 1921, and its sunglasses still speak the language of that workshop: Horsebit hardware, bamboo and the interlocking G. Notes on the house behind the frames, and which pairs wear best every day.

A Dior Belt

AKA Hardware Doing All The Talking

Glasses That Do the Talking: Cat Eye, Round and Square Optical Frames

A guide to designer glasses with a prescription in mind, from cat eye and butterfly shapes to round, oval, square and aviator frames. It covers how to read the numbers inside a temple and how to pick a shape that suits you.