Black Narrow Oval Hinge Sunglasses
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Black Slim Narrow Oval Sunglasses with Metal Hinge Trim
A very slim oval with a shallow lens and a low-profile front, tilted a few degrees at the outer corner. Rounded metal trim inserts at the hinge, and UV400 lenses.
Slim fronts are made in short runs rather than carried.
In the playground at pick-up
School pick-up, the playground full, everybody standing in the same bright corner waiting for the same door to open. Conversation happens sideways and at close range here, and there is nothing to hold or hide behind. The frame is the only thing you are wearing that anyone will remember.
Slim does something different from oversized: it does not cover the face, it draws a line across it. The front sits low against the brow and tilts a few degrees at the outer corner, so it lifts like a cat-eye without becoming one. Another mother decides, in the second look, that you have thought about this. She is right.
She asks on the walk out, and not casually.
A shallow lens and a low line
The lens is cut shallow and the front kept low in profile, which is what holds the line of the frame so low on the face. The frame is a high-quality PC with strong pressure resistance — polycarbonate, which flexes under impact instead of snapping.
The point a slim frame normally fails is where it meets the temple, so there are rounded metal trim inserts at the hinge, carrying the joint on metal rather than on a thin section of frame. The lenses carry UV400 protection, blocking UVA and UVB.
What the line does, and what the lens does
- A very slim oval front with a shallow lens
- Tilted a few degrees at the outer corner
- Rounded metal trim inserts at the hinge
- UV400 protection, blocking UVA and UVB
- Polycarbonate frame, specified for pressure resistance
Three finishes, two lens tints
Black and White carry a near-black grey lens; Tortoise is the tortoiseshell finish, paired with a warm brown one. The shape is identical across all three.
What travels with it
Order more than one piece at a time and a complimentary gift travels in the parcel, chosen here and added without being requested.
| Piece | Sunglasses |
|---|---|
| Material | Polycarbonate |
| Lenses | UV400 |
| Hinge trim | Rounded metal trim inserts at the hinge |
| Front | Low-profile, tilted a few degrees at the outer corner |
| Lens depth | Cut shallow, which keeps the line low on the face |
| Filter | UV400, blocking UVA and UVB |
| Impact | Flexes under impact instead of snapping |
| Colours | black, tortoise, white |
A slim front is made in short runs
A very slim front with metal trim set into the hinge is harder to hold to tolerance than a thick one, which is why the frames come in short runs rather than continuously. A return of the same run is not guaranteed.
Sold direct with no retail margin on top, so the price goes into the metal hinge trim and the UV filter rather than the shop floor. Fourteen days to send it back.
