As someone who doesn't remember life without glasses, I know how important it is to find frames that are cute and comfortable. The thin, rectangle-shaped spectacles that I wore throughout primary school were considered the opposite of cool and so, as most teens, I opted for contacts. It was only recently, in my twenties, that I started wearing glasses as a fashion statement, and not just for practical reasons.

Big, bold frames are the fashion set's eyewear of choice – and nowhere was this proven more true than at Paris Fashion Week. Saint Laurent paid homage to its late designer, Monsieur Yves Saint..

. Charlotte Vossen.