Clark Kent, Jenna Lyons, and the late Iris Apfel all understood the power of a pair of statement glasses. And now Reese Witherspoon is getting in on the look.
The actor and avid reader adopted a pair of geek chic specs while out in New York today. She wore thick, oversized black frames that took up a good deal of facial real estate. The squared-off frames demanded the most attention, but that doesn’t mean that the rest of Witherspoon’s outfit wasn’t worth noting.
An exemplar of spring transitional dressing, Witherspoon looked businesslike in a white mid-length shirt-dress, which she wore underneath a camel coat. Keeping with the warm, neutral tones, she also wore a pair of mahogany brown pointy-toed slingbacks, and added a smattering of gold jewelry, including rotund rings, a chainlink necklace, and hoop earrings. Tucked under her arm was a black Loewe purse.
In her go-getter glasses and no-nonsense collared shirtdress, Witherspoon looked like the grown-up version of Tracy Flick, the overeager class presidential candidate from 1999’s Election. Swapping her character’s precocious sweater vests for her camel coat and business-friendly heels, it almost feels like Reese Witherspoon is teasing us with her take on a 2024 Tracy Flick. Maybe one day we’ll actually get that Election sequel…
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