Size counts in the sunnies side of life

Large, colorful and flashy - sunglasses fashion this summer is definitely conspicuous.

"Colorful frames are hot, as are frames with way-out patterns, like spider webs, peace signs or skulls," says Gabriele Gerling of Germany's Central Association of Opticians in Dusseldorf.

Retro is the catchword nowadays but not just from the 1950s and '60s; everything from the 1930s to the 1970s is represented.