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Sunglasses // Men // Summer

There are times, often on a Saturday or Sunday morn, that I’m sure I’m part Mogwai. Sunglasses are an essential. I’ve done expensive, a beautiful pair of Oakley T-wires.

Oakley T Wire // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

They were pretty much perfect for my face and even if I say so I looked pretty fit in them. But they sadly met a death underfoot whilst camping at Brighton Pride. Apparently I can send them to Oakley who will fix them for free. I’ve know this for nearly two years and they still sit in their little box all forlorn and twisted out of shape.

I’ve done cheap, thank you Topman. Genuine love for last summers matt colour blocked RayBan inspired numbers. Whilst neither my red nor my blue pair lasted particularly long at £12 who am I to complain.

So it’s now June and I am without a pair, and left squinting like a newborn, unable to properly admire the hotness summer brings without looking like a bit of a perv. The security a pair of sunnies gives you to eye up randoms must never ever be underestimated. They also hide disdain better than I ever could. Which is yet another reason to invest. But I’ve tried on every cheap pair I can find and they aren’t sitting just right, so a summer of near blindness looks like a real possibility. I’m gutted. Maybe it’s time to bite the bullet again and fork out some decent cash.

But with who? Well I’m clearly in love with Glassing. So that could well be an option. Especially the green aviator style ones.

Failing that we have the following contenders…..

Persol Sunglasses // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

Persol the brand worn by Steve McQueen. Get in!

Instant vintage cool. Yes please. Especially these 2989S, thank you very much! Which are available over at Oi Polloi

Oliver Peoples Sunglasses // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

Next up we have these beauts from Oliver Peoples. I’ve clearly not moved on from loving a bit of vintage framing and tortoiseshell.

Sunglasses Summer // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

Again another lovely vintage look. I’m also liking the scarf/jumper here, but feel this may be slightly less easy to pull off round LDN, than posing in a Riva. The sunnies, I’m guessing Armani, but its difficult to tell.

Oakley Sunglasses // Oki Ni // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

I could always fall back on the oul faithful of Oakley, and these Frogskins are available at Oki Ni. But as lovely as they are I’m not into the branding down the arm.

Toms Eyewear // Bainser Menswear Style Blog

Or if I was being a bit charitable I could go for these from TOMS. Ok so they aren’t yet available on the UK site , which is quite frankly a crying shame! But I love the ideology of TOMS. For every pair of shoes or glasses in this case you buy, they donate a pair to people in the developing world. Guilt free fashion is somethign I can live with. Especially when it looks this good.

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