I’ve been wondering for weeks how the New Year’s Eve novelty sunglass industry would handle the year 2010. The position of the 1 digit in the number promised to botch the oh-so clever “two 0′s for two eyes” design — what ever did the revelers wear before this decade? A 1 placed over the bridge of the nose would no doubt look and feel awkward, not to mention meddle with the balance of the eyewear entirely, with a left-leaning 2 jutting off there on its own. So yesterday I headed to Walgreens (2120 Polk at Broadway), which reliably stocks the holiday kitsch, to see what those eccentric party sunglass designers had come up with.
Alas, the 2010 party shade’s 1 has been bloated to fit in with the other fat kids in the lineup, its serifs just hanging out above and below that “must-have” 0 shape. Looks like a penguin to me. I have to say, I’m kind of disappointed; I hope this underwhelming “solution” isn’t a sign of things to come for the new year.
