I've never owned sunglasses in my life help
Am hoping to pick up some sunglasses before the weather gets warm, but I am utterly clueless. Looking for suggested brands or stores to check out. I don't exactly have a great frame of reference for how much sunglasses cost so whatever "mid range" is.
Was looking through old top waywts from summer and aviators are jumping out at me but would be open to being given brainworms in another direction as well. Definitely prefer more understated designs than bolder ones for stuff like this.
Also any info that I might need other than where to buy would be appreciated as I'm truly unaware, do sunglasses have sizes? Is it important to try them on in person?
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Hi, i think there are many sunglasses that aren’t aviators that work with your style
And sunglasses do have sizes! But it’s usually one style is one size and not like they come in different sizes
And luxottica gets a bad rep but they do have stores everywhere for you to try on just to see what kinda sunglasses might suit your fancy
are there maybe specific words for styles that might also fit that I could poke around for? def need to do more inspo searching, should head back to the waywt backlog.
is it the kind of sizes where I need to get myself measured somehow, or the kind where I try things on until they fit
not one near me but maybe can visit one while traveling, ty
There are so many sunglasses haha I can’t really provide any examples but there’s a lot that are kinda like aviators but not
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yeah I more so meant like I'm unsure if there's more "general categories" of designs than just "aviator"
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Theres basically acetate and wire glasses and they all have different shapes. And materials and tint colors
You can go somewhere like Zenni or eyebuydirect to get some for cheap if you just wanna try some out
got it, these are good words to have
glasses also come in a super vast price range
I'd figure out what you are willing to pay first
midrange for me is around 200 per pair but that might be different for you
also if you arent getting prescription lenses, that def brings the price down a bit unless you're going for something really designerly
if you go in person, find a pair that fits your face really well that has measurements available online so you know generally what sizes to look for
most important measurements are the total width and the length of the arms
200 sounds like a reasonable amount to me too, probably would not be smart to go over that for a first pair anyway
Hello this is ur fellow luxottica rep here, giving you some quick tips:
luxottica brands have really bad quality control when it comes to a lot of their luxury brands.
If you want sunglasses from them id stick to the following brands:
Tom Ford
Gorgio Armani
Rayban (especially the made in japan ones)
Oakley (lenses scratch incredibly easy but the frames are a rock)
Maui jim (2 year warranty from maui themselves)
Oliver peoples
Persol
If you have any questions about anything sunglass hut related lmk
Also if you want me to proxy you anything i get 50-70% off
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heres a list of brands that zach compiled if you want some style inspo
although most of these are in the really expensive realm
In the $200ish range, I'm a big fan of Cubitts
My reccs for non luxottica brands also:
matsuda
dita
native sons
Kumahachi
Kawada
Taylor with respect
Gentle monster
ty for all this info I am writing down to digest
I definitely agree with this btw, especially if you dont know your measurements
I see sunglasses and eyewear like shoes, you need a feel for them irl
yeah that's what I was wondering, makes sense
:letsfuckinggo: we can go to gentle monster, we gonna get u in the tekken colab
:blushcatto: i also may need some sunglasses i almost copped when i was at the vegas store
not these but other stuff there shit is nice
hell yeah
The old MFA posts are still valid https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/comments/778bcv/a_list_of_independent_eyeglass_makers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/comments/v76y8q/guide_to_independent_glasses/
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Ssense also has a good brand list
For classic style frames, Shuron is good as well
Jomashop sells a lot of greymarket frames for cheap, always worth a look
Sunbuddies is good too
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Browline (famous one is Ray Ban Clubmasters), Wayfarer, Keyhole, etc are classic styles. Cat's Eye and Butterfly are more commonly marketed to women but you can obviously wear w.e you want.
the MFA substack has a backup of an old page on sunglasses, this is the more pertinent part:
I feel like rn are the lowest times for classic styles
beyond that, sunglasses come in so many form factors and designs that there's no real definition to them beyond shape, material, size, color, etc
appreciate the names anyway
think the plan gonna be to check out some places when I'm in NY and see what strikes me with desire
and crawl around inspo until then
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as always, my best inspo album