"I have a sunglass fetish," jokes Michele Franchi, who wears a variety of bold designs all the time. She liked that this pair of gold Gucci frames from Neiman Marcus in the Natick Collection matched her dress.

While Franchi goes full-tilt glam in her evening outfits, she prefers a natural, unfussy look for hair and makeup, achieved with Trish McEvoy cosmetics and regular appointments with hairstylist Stephen Hanson at the Daryl Christopher salon on Newbury Street.