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Why Sunglasses Make Everyone Better Looking
Newser ^ | June 29, 2014 | Matt Cantor

Posted on 06/29/2014 7:24:46 AM PDT by Enterprise

There is, somehow, an instant attractiveness boost conferred by sunglasses. But why is it that covering up our eyes creates this effect? Believe it or not, there is an expert on the topic (it was the subject of her PhD), and UK professor Vanessa Brown explains the situation to Science of Us. The Guardian notes Brown's research spun out of her catching sight of her own reflection one day—walking into a supermarket in scruffy painting clothes but looking, she believed "quite cool," thanks to her sunglasses. That may be because, first of all, symmetry makes us look better, and sunglasses hide asymmetry around our eyes. They also suggest a more attractive bone structure: one that's "chiseled" rather than "soft."

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: appearance; eyes; mysterious
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Plus it helps avoiding getting yelled at if you look at a pretty woman too long.
1 posted on 06/29/2014 7:24:46 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

And here all along I thought it was to protect
your eyes from all those bright lights in those
smoky night clubs...


2 posted on 06/29/2014 7:27:21 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Enterprise

I don’t know about all of that, but it’s nice to always have something in front of your eyes, just saying.


3 posted on 06/29/2014 7:27:33 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: Enterprise

I can’t see it.


4 posted on 06/29/2014 7:29:02 AM PDT by moovova
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To: tet68

Unfortunately round these parts, you can’t find a smokey night club anymore.


5 posted on 06/29/2014 7:30:32 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Yes. Wearing sun glasses opens up a WORLD of beauty.


6 posted on 06/29/2014 7:31:19 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

Since I quit smoking and going to night clubs, I’m
out of the loop, also have cataracts so don’t need
sunglasses, it does make driving at night exciting
though.


7 posted on 06/29/2014 7:33:34 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Enterprise

Yyyyeahhhhh. I think DWS would need a pair of sunglasses the size of her whole face.

8 posted on 06/29/2014 7:33:34 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Lord, that gal could eat corn through a picket fence...


9 posted on 06/29/2014 7:34:32 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Enterprise

I’ve always thought attractive people are LESS attractive with sunglasses, as you can’t see the eyes that help make them attractive. But what do I know.


10 posted on 06/29/2014 7:34:39 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: Texas Eagle

There’s a lot of “asymmetry” in that photo.


11 posted on 06/29/2014 7:35:18 AM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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You’d have to go to “asymmetry” to find a face as equally horrid.


12 posted on 06/29/2014 7:37:56 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Enterprise

I started wearing them because my future was so bright...then Obama got elected.


13 posted on 06/29/2014 7:39:09 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Enterprise

14 posted on 06/29/2014 7:41:20 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: FlJoePa
There’s a lot of “asymmetry” in that photo.

I believe that wasserman's face is more ass'o'metrical.

15 posted on 06/29/2014 7:42:00 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Texas Eagle

Whoa.

That broad clearly has no idea how to take care of curly hair, and I, for one, wouldn’t be the one to clue her in.


16 posted on 06/29/2014 7:42:20 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: Enterprise

Hard to take anyone seriously who made wearing sunglasses the subject of her PhD.


17 posted on 06/29/2014 7:47:44 AM PDT by Starboard
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“Whoa.

That broad clearly has no idea how to take care of curly hair, and I, for one, wouldn’t be the one to clue her in.”

Oh it’s not that bad. I heard she scrapes her pillow off once a week with a putty knife.


18 posted on 06/29/2014 7:50:42 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Enterprise

I read once that one reason movie stars wear sunglasses so much is that if they meet a fan they don’t have to worry about not seeming so interested in that person. It seemed weird, but it made sense in a way.

You know how nutty people are, they think Frank Sinatra should be a thrilled to meet them as they are to meet him.

It’s probably very nice, in a way, to be famous. But it does leave you vulnerable to crazy people.


19 posted on 06/29/2014 7:53:14 AM PDT by jocon307 (These people are (some Polish word) crazy)
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To: headstamp 2

LOL...ugh. Yep, you can tell that stuff is plastered down.


20 posted on 06/29/2014 7:55:05 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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