Why wear sunglasses that make people look more attractive?

Not only does it help your eyes avoid glare when it is sunny, but also sunglasses that make it wear "cool" and more attractive.

Vanessa Brown, a lecturer in art and design at Nottingham Trent University (UK), has conducted research on the cultural and psychological relationship between sunglasses and our modern conception of attraction. . The results of the study helped reveal why most of us look more attractive when wearing sunglasses.

According to Brown, the first reason is because sunglasses make the owner's face look better . Just wear a pair of black glasses, you will create instant symmetry . Dark glasses will cover any asymmetric spots around your eyes. And recent research on the attractiveness of the face has shown a clear connection between symmetry and our sense of beauty.

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In addition, sunglasses provide a supportive form of scaffolding , creating an image of a clearer bone structure on the outside, whose features are relatively softer.

Another reason that sunglasses increase our appearance is that it creates a mystery . They often have many flashy reviews of others observing their eyes. If the subject covered their eyes with sunglasses, they were immediately more curious. Brown explained that the eyes are a huge repository of information and are vulnerable to human attacks. Eye contact helps us formulate an assessment of others' intelligence, confidence, sincerity, so sunglasses create a layer of coverage, pushing us into darkness, hard to bring make such assessments about the subject.

Meanwhile, sunglasses also make the wearer feel more mysterious. A revealing study, sunglasses wearers behave more selfishly and less honestly than those wearing glasses or bright-colored eyeglasses. This is said to be because dark dark glasses make owners feel more anonymous and less likely to be detected.

In her research, Brown also discovered a historical connection between sunglasses with irritability and charm. Contrary to popular beliefs, sunglasses are relatively modern items. Sunglasses began to be heavily used in the 1920s, in snow and water sports or new technology areas like aviation, but it was not until two decades later that it became a accessory. popular.

Soon after, Hollywood stars of the 1950s and 1960s began wearing sunglasses to prevent them from being detected and harassed by the public or paparazzi. In spite of this, the silver screen stars use sunglasses as disembodied items, making it considered to be associated with attractiveness and seduction. And the public crowd, including their fans, started mimicking and using sunglasses as fashion items to improve their appearance.