The Coolest Sunglasses Brands To Know
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One of the original ‘sunnies from a hundred quid’ brands, Ace & Tate’s Amsterdam-based design team creates stylish, understated shades – think aviators and updated classics. The brand offers a smart home try-on option: pick up to four of your favourite frames and it’ll lend them to you for five days, free of charge, to road test.
From £98
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Founded in Kings Cross in 2012, Cubitts creates smart, unfussy shades. It also offers a virtual try-before-you-buy service: upload your face to its site and see which of its classic styles works best. The name, by the way, is the surname of three 19th-century brothers who distinguished themselves as a lord mayor, master builder and architect.
From £125
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Garrett Leight is the son of Oliver Peoples founder Larry, giving him perhaps the ultimate shades pedigree. Garrett started his own label a decade ago in achingly cool Venice Beach, where he’s still crafting stylish sunnies from acetate to give your wardrobe some of that relaxed Cali vibe.
From £259
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The most affordable name in this bunch, Izipizi creates hardwearing, acetone sunnies and offers them at impossibly competitive prices. Based in France, this new-ish brand already has collabs with some of the coolest Parisian labels (Colette, Le Bon Marché) in its locker.
From £35
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Some of the coolest new sunglasses brands of the past few years have emerged from Paris. Jimmy Fairly is one of them. With a workshop in France and boutiques across Europe, it offers a wide selection of styles, all with an understated Parisian aesthetic.
From €99
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Way back in 1899, the founder of Moscot started selling ready-made spectacles from a pushcart on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Today, the business is still in the family and you’ll find its eclectic range of sunglasses in slick boutiques across the world.
From £265
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Born in West Hollywood in 1987, Oliver Peoples is the cult brand to know. Its cool, expertly crafted designs mix classic and contemporary – and are built to last. If you need any more persuading, Brad Pitt wore Oliver Peoples in both Fight Club and Ocean’s Eleven.
From £248
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