How can I know whether to wear brown or black sunglasses?

What is your complexion like? What color is your hair? What kind of a statement do you want to use your sunglasses to make?

For men: Shoes may be the “classiest” accessory (women will particularly notice them, thus don't let them fall apart and take care of them), Watches and ties may be the most “professional”; jewelry can be the “flashiest”, but Sunglasses… Sunglasses are the “coolest”. What ones you choose need to be loved by you and thus give you confidence when you wear them. Remember women noticing your shoes? Well women look people in the eye, it will be one of the first things they try to do to a man, those sunglasses are the closest they get until you take them off, so why not think about that when buying a pair?!?

If you live in a place where you use them regularly, build a collection and then you can have both Black and Brown (I'm assuming you mean Tortoise colored when you say brown). But if you're investing in a quality pair and you need to choose…

First and only rule: Whichever ones you love the most? The ones that give you confidence the moment you try them on? Yeah, get those ones!

Beyind that; consider these comments.

Tortoise Shell sunglasses were practically invented for the fair-skinned, light-haired people out there. A cool (temperature now, not awesome) skin tone will be more pronounced with flat black sunglasses, a warmer Tortoise color will compliment it.

This is Damien Lewis in Life (great show, DAMNIT why didn't it stay on!) He’s a handsome chap with red hair and fair skin, and his Tortoise Persol 2747s suit him down to the ground.

NOW…however, you have fair-skin, but dark hair, particularly black hair, then Tortoise is going to clash with that hair, warm browns and tans next to shiny black hair?! No good.

Chow Yun Fat understands this…Chow Yun Fat understands A LOT of things. These black Wayfarers may clash with his fair skin, but with that jet black hair…they frame his face in a fantastic way.

Also this guy….

Brown hair, fair skin….he goes with Black Ray Ban Wayfarers…AND it works! One of his best films as well.

If you have dark skin both work, in fact if you have dark skin you have tons of options. Black dudes, in my opinion, can rock any damn sunglasses out there, style or color. Aviators, Wayfarers, Clubmasters (browlines), Sport Glasses, Goggles, black, tortoise, red, yellow, green, Hell animal prints can work for them…so if you’re Black, check out that first and only rule and it's all fair game.

Terry Crews has no trouble blazing a trail far from the ordinary in these bold blue Aviaator inspired square frames…note the gold hardware completing the frames…Terry could make these work with steel or gold, and both would work with blue…THE MAN KNOWS!

Or P Diddy here, a little more non-chalant Black Wayfarer style, and they work just as well for his face.

Just some examples.

Just some ideas.

And we haven't even started discussing frames yet! But remember…whatever damn accessory you want, find one that you like to the point where if someone asked “why did you get that?” You'd just say, “Because I friggin LIKED IT!” And you'll be rocking it, there's nothing cooler than someone wearing something that makes them feel confident, no matter what it is.