In the fashion world, August is largely considered the industry’s summer break: The men’s and haute couture shows are over by mid-July, and the spring collections don’t start showing until September. Essentially: If you are going to take a vacation–a real, do-not-disturb vacation—this is the monthlong lull to do it.

Which leaves us in a bit of a predicament. When we wanted to do a shoot of the season’s best sunglasses, who was around to book if all our favorite models were off gallivanting around Europe? So, amid the dog days of summer, we decided to go with…the dogs.

With the help of Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek, the Vienna-based photographer known for his idiosyncratic, anthropomorphic calendars “Doggystyle” and “Monkey Business,” we had six canines model shades from Gucci, Loewe, Coac

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