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October 13, 2011 10:05 PM

What is this style of sunglasses called and where can I buy them?

I can only find one picture online that's close to what I mean (above), but they're often seen on Mod musicians and French New Wave characters and the like. What I like about them:

1) They are very mirrored
2) The plane of the lenses is totally flat, not curved at all
3) They have very simple lines with very little "chrome" around the lenses. I feel like I've seen some that are even more "all straight lines" that the picture of Belmondo.

Thanks!

posted by drjimmy11 to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (5 answers total)

one of the terms i think you might be looking for is "rimless" or "half rim". that means the frame doesn't go all the way around the lens.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 10:36 PM on October 13, 2011

Etsy is great for sunglasses.
posted by Ironmouth at 11:08 PM on October 13, 2011

Response by poster: Hmmm. I rather obsessively searched Etsy last night and could not find any I really liked. I am stumped.
posted by drjimmy11 at 3:52 PM on October 14, 2011

drjimmy11, your name pops up in my "nearby users." Have you tried taking the photo to Hotel de Ville in Los Feliz? I've found them to be very knowledgable.
posted by roger ackroyd at 6:19 PM on October 14, 2011

As you probably know, that's Jean-Paul Belmondo. Here's one photo of him wearing those shades and here's another. Here's Klaus Kinski wearing a very similar pair.

I believe they are vintage Dior, possibly 2150 frame.

They could also be old Ray Bans. They are reminiscent of Ray Ban 3186s or 3183s.
posted by Sutekh at 5:09 AM on October 16, 2011