Black Small Flat Front Sunglasses
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Black Small Slim Flat Front Oval Sunglasses
A small flat oval on a slim frame, with a narrow rim, slim tapering temples and a moulded bridge. UV400 lenses, and a polycarbonate frame that flexes under impact.
Narrow rims are moulded to a batch, not to a line.
At the drop-off kerb, engine still running
Terminal drop-off, hazards on, somebody behind already impatient. You get out, take the case off the back seat, and for about four seconds you are the single most visible person on the kerb. The man on the pavement with the clipboard looks, then looks again.
A front this flat and this small sits low against the brow and gives nothing away. It is drawn from a nineties proportion, which is why it reads as decided rather than borrowed, and at kerb distance it is the only thing about you that needs no explaining. The second look settles it before the doors close behind you.
He waves you through without asking anything.
A flat front and a narrow rim
The front is close to flat rather than wrapped, which keeps the frame low against the brow and gives it the nineties proportion it is drawn from. The rim is narrow, the temples slim and tapering, and the bridge is moulded into the front.
The frame is a high-quality PC with strong pressure resistance — polycarbonate, which flexes under impact instead of snapping, so a slim section is not a fragile one. The lenses carry UV400 protection, blocking UVA and UVB.
The proportion, and the filter
- Small flat oval front on a slim frame, with a narrow rim
- Slim tapering temples and a moulded bridge
- Drawn from a nineties proportion, kept low against the brow
- UV400 protection, blocking UVA and UVB
- Polycarbonate frame with strong pressure resistance
Two finishes, two lens tones
Black comes with a near-black grey lens and Tortoise with the tortoiseshell finish and a warm brown one. The shape does not change between them.
What travels with it
More than one piece in a single order and a complimentary gift goes into the parcel, chosen by us and added at no cost.
| Piece | Sunglasses |
|---|---|
| Material | Polycarbonate |
| Lenses | UV400 |
| Front | Close to flat rather than wrapped |
| Proportion | The nineties proportion it is drawn from |
| Temples | Slim tapering temples and a moulded bridge |
| Filter | UV400, blocking UVA and UVB |
| Impact | Flexes under impact instead of snapping |
| Colours | black, tortoise |
A narrow rim is made to a batch
Holding a narrow rim and a slim tapering temple to shape in polycarbonate is a moulding job with little tolerance, so the frames are made to a batch rather than carried as a line. A return of the same run is not guaranteed.
Sold direct with no retail margin on top, so the price goes into the UV filter and the frame material rather than the shop floor. Fourteen days to send it back.
