Weard Sunglasses

Most sunglasses are quite boring and predictable. One needs a fair amount of coolness and selfconfidence to even consider putting on a pair of brightly colored  or oddly shaped sunglasses.

Kimi Raikkonen
The Ice Man is the epithomy of cool. He barely speaks but when he does, every sentence counts as much as ten tweets from Lewis Hamilton. Only that Kimi usually does not share sensitive team information with the press, only ice creams.

The Finn wears the golden Lotus sunglasses with such an ease that somehow he manages not to look like an alien with them. And yes, they are paired with an angry birds hat hear. Part of the perks of being considered "wacky" is that everybody expects the unexpected from Kimi.

Ricky Berens
The Olympic swimmer Ricky Berens is a big Longhorns fan. As such not only does he have a specially themed tattoo but he is also frequently pictured wearing the signature colors of the Longhorns.

I guess winning two Olympic Golds alongside Olympic legends Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte qualifies Ricky not to look crazy even in orange sunglasses. But let's not forget that besides several World and Olympic titles, Mr. Berens sports one of the most charming professional athlete smiles. My advice - if you are a man and want to look adorable even in weardly colored eyeglassess (say for Koninginnedag), just find Ricky's dentist. The guy certainly knows how to make a smile shine.

Sebastian Vettel
Vettel's sunglasses are not weardly colored, they are just weard, full stop. The German could be seens wearing a pair of these even before winning his first world title. In many respects Vettel is still a child, so I will not write off similar experiments in the future.

Ryan Lochte

Yes, I still have Olympics withdrawal symptoms. They happen once every four year and are an overdose of sports, I cannot help myself! Mr. Lochte's crazy fashion choices that usually bring upon him the wrath of some gossip websites have inspired me to start a blog about those that think outside the box.

People with style are unique. They always find a way to make even the most ordinary piece of cloth interesting. They are not trying to be perfect and fit in. They are trying to shine. Inspiration is a big problem in fashion - it is all too easy to become predictable. The posts in this blog aim to provide a regular dose of inspiration for those that hate being ordinary.

I start this blog about the craziness in fashion with a post about Mr. Crazy himself. An 11 Olympic medalist swimmer hardly needs a bold style to stend out but this does not stop the Floridian from causing a scandal almost everytime he does an interview. Some websites have called Lochte's surfer style "douchebaggy" but for me it is the good kind of crazy. I mean - if every single men on the planet was wearing a grey suit with a white shirt and a black tie every single day, it would have been boring, wouldn't it?

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Fashion lately has been more about following trends than making them, so it is refreshing when we see somebody that is willing to put himself outthere with his choice of outfits. Ryan Lochte has had more than his fair share of those but today's posts is about this particular Speedo that the 400IM Olympic champion was wearing in Vegas last month.

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Let's repeat. He is MAN wearing a PINK Speedo with STARS. Most men find even wearing a Speedo instead of trunks a challenge. But Lochte not only has one on but it is pink! Yes, pink is more and more acceptable in male fashion (mostly in shirts) but a pink speedo is pushing the boundaries.

Lochte designed the Speedo himself and decided to make the show complete with purple stars. Yes, one needs to be a little bit crazy to ever wear this in public. And above all - a man needs CONFIDENCE to put this on. I guess multiple world championship gold medals (26 as of September 2012) qualify as a fair amount of confidence. Thumbs up for Ryan Lochte and his bravery to be wacky in public. I'm not sure if this will start a trend but it certainly is unique.