Golden round glasses with brown wood effect

Round sunglasses with a printed wood-grain front

Two thin gold-tone temples run back from a frame that is otherwise all brown. The wood grain is printed across both rims, in uneven darker lines that deepen towards the edge of each lens, and the front is wide enough for that pattern to read from across a table. Turn the pair over and the same grain carries on inside the rims, right up to the hinges.

Thin gold metal, and not much of it

The metal appears in three places. A small raised arch of a bridge steps over the nose, sitting above the line of the lenses rather than level with it. Two screws stay visible at each hinge, where the temples meet the rims. The temple rods themselves keep the same slim gauge all the way back, until they finish in matt black plastic ends.

Part by part, what the finish looks like

Four parts, four different finishes:

Summer days when you will reach for them

The even grey-blue tint stays quiet next to linen, denim or anything in cream and khaki, which makes this a pair to keep in a bag rather than save for an occasion. The round shape suits people who find a square frame too severe, though it is worth holding both up before deciding: what else the shelf holds gives you the comparison.

On the hottest days they travel well alongside a lightweight square scarf, folded into the same corner of the bag.