Fancy tinted sunglasses with gray and black shades

Sunglasses with a faceted lens edge and wood-effect arms

The facets run along the upper edge only. Each one is a short flat cut, angled a little differently from its neighbour, so the light breaks up instead of sliding across in one clean line. Turn your head and the row flickers. The lower edge is left plain, which keeps the effect at brow level where it shows.

Where the cut stops

Follow the row outwards and it ends at the gold-tone mount that grips each corner. That mount, the bridge and the hinges are the only metal on the front, so the cut edge has the whole width to itself. It is a small thing, and it is what separates this pair from a plain oversized frame. For other shapes in the same spirit, look through the oversized and butterfly frames in the range.

What the pair is made of

Wearing them through a British summer

The brown of the arms is warmer than a black frame and sits comfortably against camel, oatmeal or olive. A plain shirt lets the faceted edge do the talking. With no rim to outline it, the pair also reads lighter on the face than its size suggests, which helps if you usually keep away from a large frame. Add colour near the face with a printed square to knot at the neck.