Style: LVMH up, Kate Hudson's dirty makeup and the best $16 summer sunglasses

Shhh. Don't tell luxury goods behemoth LVMH that the economy is looking more and more like a waif. WWD reports that sales for the retailer jumped 12% in the first quarter of this year.

The Rage loves any woman who admits that she doesn't always wash her face and slather on La Mer before she snoozes. But when a celebrity admits to such hygiene laxity, she does a cartwheel. In this week's People, Kate Hudson says: "I like the leftover makeup in the morning. You've got to wash your face but there's always the leftover eye makeup, I love that." Okay, maybe she washes. But she doesn't scrub enough if she has residual smoky eyes.

Sunglasses get broken. Sunglasses get scratched. Sunglasses get lost. All the more reason to spend less than $20 this summer on a pair that is, well, expendable. These Flat Top Aviator shades from Urban Outfitters come in great vivid colors (red, mint green, blue and yellow -- to name a few) and at $16, you can buy a pair for every day of the week.

Photos: Louis Vuitton; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Urban Outfitters

Comments

[kat]

I suppose high fashion items will be the canary in the coal mine for the economy. As much as people are complaining about gas prices, it doesn't seem to be slowing them down any.

But from what I hear, cheap fashion is now quite the hippest. Places like Steve & Barrys (see NYtimes article today) and Forever 21 are evidently thriving with the hipsters. Personally, I love Forever 21. I can send my poor college student neices a big box of goodies for $100. They love aunt kat who's now using her love of fashion to live vicariously through them since she is too old to enjoy it herself.

I did buy myself a pair of Naughty Monkeys though. When I stumbled across this breath of fresh air in the staid pointy toed world of over priced shoes, I must say, I nearly cried.

[sugar o'shea]

who needs 7 pair of sunglasses? Why not just spend the $112 ($16 x 7) bucks on a good pair of 100% UV blockers at Costco and be done with it? Pay attention and don't lose them.

Not to mention that 7 pair of sunglasses is not eco-friendly; if they're as disposable as you say, they'll all be in the landfill next summer.