Octagonal Fashion Sunglasses
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Octagonal Fashion
Sunglasses
An angular cat-eye cut with flat faces instead of curves, in thick acetate with a wide temple. Five colourways.
Polarised lenses with anti-glare treatment and full UV400 filtering.
A cat-eye with the curves taken out
The classic cat-eye is drawn with a sweep. This one is drawn with straight lines: the lower edge cuts in flat, the outer corner lifts in a sharp point, and the top edge runs level to the bridge. The lift is still there, but it arrives as an angle rather than a curve, which is what keeps the frame from reading retro.
Photographed here in the black finish with blue lenses. The same front is offered in five colourways.
Cut in flat faces
The front is moulded acetate, thick across the brow and thicker still at the outer corner where the shape rises to its point. Every edge is a flat plane rather than a rounded one, so the frame catches light in facets — that is where the angular look comes from, not from the outline alone.
The temples are wide flat arms on metal barrel hinges, each set with a raised metal marker on the outer face behind the joint. Several colourways run the temple in a pale contrast tone against a dark front, so the frame reads one colour head-on and another in profile.
The frame is acetate; the translucent finish is the same material left unpigmented.
Where it sits
- A medium-wide fit that lifts at the outer corner and clears the cheekbone
- The angled top edge sits just under the brow rather than covering it
- Thick acetate spreads the weight across the bridge instead of pinching it
- A moulded acetate bridge, so the height on the nose is fixed rather than adjustable
- Wide temples sit flat against the head rather than standing off it
Filtered, not just tinted
The lenses are polarised with an anti-glare treatment and full UV400 filtering across UVA and UVB. Polarisation is what removes the flat white shine off a wet road, a windscreen or open water; UV400 is the protection figure, and it is the number worth reading on any pair.
The gradient colourways run darker at the top and clear towards the bottom, which keeps the lower field of vision open for reading a phone or a menu.
Five colourways, one front
The five options are listed as Purple, Pink, Black, Brown and Beige. The two frames on the right share a black front with a pale contrast temple and differ in the lens tone — pick by name from the options above the page.
Why it costs what it costs
A thick acetate front cut in flat faces is not the cheap way to build a frame. Every plane has to be finished and polished separately, the wide temples need a proper barrel hinge rather than a pressed pin, and a polarised lens costs more than a tint. None of that is where the usual shelf price comes from.
We sell direct. There is no shop floor between the frame and you and no distributor taking a cut on the way, so the retail margin that normally sits on top of a build like this is simply not in the price. What that money pays for instead is the lens — polarised with UV400 on all five colourways, rather than the good lens being reserved for one finish.
- Sold direct — no retail margin stacked on the frame
- Polarised, UV400 lenses rather than a plain tint
- Moulded acetate front rather than a thin printed plastic one
- Metal barrel hinges on a wide temple, not a pressed pin joint
- Five colourways at one price, including a translucent finish
| Frame | Acetate, moulded |
|---|---|
| Finishes | Solid, tortoiseshell and translucent |
| Rim | Full rim, angular cat-eye shape |
| Hinge | Metal barrel hinge |
| Bridge | Moulded acetate, fixed |
|---|---|
| Temples | Wide flat acetate with a metal marker at the hinge |
| Lens | Polarised with anti-glare treatment |
| UV protection | UV400, UVA and UVB |
1 × Octagonal Fashion Sunglasses · 1 × case · 1 × cleaning cloth
Does a cat-eye suit a round face?
It is the shape usually recommended for one, because the lift at the outer corner adds an angle the face does not have. This version pushes that further by replacing the curve with a straight edge.
Are the nose pads adjustable?
No. The bridge is moulded into the acetate front, so the height on the nose is fixed. An optician can warm and reshape acetate slightly, but not the way metal pads adjust.
What does polarised actually change?
It removes the flat glare that bounces off horizontal surfaces — wet tarmac, a car bonnet, water, snow. Colours look deeper and you squint less. It is separate from UV filtering, which this lens also carries at UV400.
Will the contrast temples scuff?
Pale acetate shows a mark more readily than dark acetate, but it is surface only and lifts with the cloth supplied. Keeping the pair in its case rather than loose in a bag is what makes the difference.
Can prescription lenses be fitted?
The opening is angular and cut short at the lower edge, which limits what can be ground into it. Take the pair to an optician and ask before ordering lenses.
How should it be cleaned?
Rinse under cool water to lift grit, then dry with the cloth supplied. Keep acetate away from heat — a car dashboard in summer is what warps a frame, not wear.
Five colourways, and not many of each
Each finish is held in a small run. The tortoiseshell and the translucent purple are the two that go first, and when a colourway goes it is not always brought back.
Pick your colourway above and add it to the bag. If it is not right on your face, send it back — the only thing you risk is missing the one you wanted.