Fashion Girls Are Putting Away Their Normal Sunglasses In Favor of This Controversial 2026 Trend

Rosalía blessed us last night with her highly-anticipated fourth album Lux. The record explores religion and feminine mysticism, both themes that she has been heavily leaning into with her outfits for recent press. She is often wearing all-white or all-black—the duality of lightness and darkness is a key motif in Lux.

Last night, at the Los40 Music Awards in Valencia, Spain, Rosalía arrived in head-to-toe black, wearing a custom Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2026 look. She wore a cropped feathered top with her mid-drift exposed and a long low-rise taffeta skirt with a thin Balenciaga logo belt. The look was quite literally topped off with a bejeweled pair of bug-eye sunglasses, the headpiece covering her halo-dyed hair like half-a helmet.

The bug-eye sunglasses look has been picking up since Mrs. Prada put it on the runway for the Prada Spring/Summer 2025 show, although instead of a bedazzled headpiece, her iteration featured a removable polk-dot head scarf. Everyone on the internet had much to say about this collection and the accessory in particular. It marked a stark aesthetic shift to funky and freaky instead of streamlined and subtle. The collection felt like a death knell to the 'quiet luxury' look.

Against all odds, what felt destined to be a niche fashion girl look, reserved for only high-end editorials and those in the know, has now become...quite popular. Just look around and you'll notice all the most stylish people are wearing big sunglasses these days, and the Prada ones in particular have been a best seller now for a handful of seasons.

And while Rosalía's exact Balenciaga pair haven't hit stores just yet—they are Spring 2026—we're expecting they'll continue to usher in a big bug eye sunglasses movement. Thankfully, we're ready for it.

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