I'm like Arabella. I love sunglasses. I actually rely on them for sight when I'm outdoors,…read moreregardless of the sun shining or not. And I love how they can change the shape of your face, each pair making you look subtly, and sometimes ridiculously, different. Sunglasses are my fave accessory, steadily followed by bags and then shoes. And although I love the range of designer labels and the look of the fabulous range of glasses, I've always been too intimidated to ask to try them on. I mean, I'm the sort of person who can stand trying on glasses for over an hour. Easily. And I just don't think it would be appropriate to annoy a salesperson for that long, trying on everything she has in her beautiful display cabinet. It's that, and the fact that these beautiful sunnies would cost my kids their uni fund. And because I'm the sort of person who sits on my glasses, drops them, leaves them in harms way (i.e kids), I probably average a new pair a month, its just not possible for me to shop here. They are beautiful though.

I don't have many addictions, but sunglasses certainly number among the few. At once glamorous,…read moremysterious and just ruddy good sense eye-health wise, there is nothing more fun than shopping for sunglasses. And sometimes a trip to prosaic ole Sunglass Hut just won't do. My other favourite option? Moot Designer Sunglasses. Located within Melbourne Central station, Moot Designer Sunglasses stocks an incredible range of sunglass brands, from the expected - Tom Ford, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - to the local - Ksubi, Le Specs - to the very expensively nichely hard to find. Balenciaga, Linda Farrow Luxe, Cazal, I'm talking to you. Prices are predictably frightening, staff predictably pretty and stock predictably locked away under lock and key. If I could change one thing about Moot it would be this. Sunglass shopping is so much more fun when you don't have to ask to try embarrassingly inappropriate things on.

I love nothing more than a quick mozey around a sunglass shop unencumbered and I know Sunglass Hut…read moreis known for its aggressive sales technique but crikey o'reilly, the Melbourne Central store is full on! I've also worked in retail so I know that a little sales patter is necessary but to be asked a) how you are, b) what you're doing, c) why you're not at work and d) what you're looking for within the space of roughly five seconds is a bit much. That said, Sunglass Hut does stock an enviable array of designer sunglasses and when I visited their sale was on which offered excellent value for money but the service is just a bit full on. Must try - less - harder.

I ordered sunglasses online. I never got a tracking number despite the promise of next day…read moredelivery. I tried to call the customer care but was left with a recorded message for over 20 minutes. The company is clueless when it comes to customer service. I will never order from them again. When will companies invest a bit in customer service? Customers need to blacklist those that don't provide any customer service.

When I'm a wee bit older I don't want to be revered for my intelligence a la Germaine Greer or…read morecelebrated for being enduringly aesthetically pleasing like Sophia Loren. No, no. I want to be able to rock a pair of spectacles like the lovely lady at Fokus. A tiny little boutique located on Centre Place with its sights set firmly on the eyewear market, Fokus sells an incredible range of its own brand sunglasses and spectacles alongside pricier frames by brands including Sydney favourites Isson and ultra high-end label l.a.Eyeworks. Fokus' own brand sunglasses are fashion forward and beautiful looking - if a little flimsy feeling - with prices at around the $90 mark. And with more than a little of a Karen Walker eyewear feel about them, Fokus' sunglasses are as stylish as the pricier brands on offer but much more accessible. Whoever does the buying for this boutique obviously knows their stuff, as alongside an incredible eyewear collection, Fokus sells a few choice accessories - numbering hats, wallets, jewellery and more - which adhere firmly to the label's cool, functional aesthetic. If you're sick of the Guccis, Versaces and Ray Bans of the sunglass market, get yourself along to Fokus. Your peepers will thank you.