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It's tempting to look at a pair of bedazzled sunglasses with two enormous tassels hanging off of them and think, "Maybe I should pair these with just jeans and a simple T-shirt." False. This impulse is wrong. Instead, lean into their weird, grandma's-costume-closet vibe by adding a pair of, say, rainbow palazzo pants and checkered Vans. Heck, even add some googly eyes!
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