Imperium Square Sunglasses
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Imperium Square
Sunglasses
An oversized square lens held between two metal bars, with a sculpted temple and a moulded black tip. Seven lens colourways on one frame line.
Polarised lenses with anti-glare treatment and full UV400 filtering.
Scale, without the weight
This is a big frame that does not sit heavy. The lens is cut square and oversized, but the front is built from metal bars rather than a moulded block, so most of what you see is lens and the rest is a fine gold-tone outline. The result reads bold at a distance and stays light on the face, which is the trade most oversized frames fail to make.
Photographed here in Grey Gold. The same frame carries all seven lens finishes.
Two bars, one lens
The front is a double-bar construction: a straight brow bar runs the full width of the frame and a second bar sits below it across the bridge, with the square lens carried between them. The rim closes around the lens on the outer edges and steps at the lower outside corner, which is what gives the shape its cut-off, angular finish.
Each temple is a flat sculpted metal arm that widens at the hinge into a pierced, textured section, then tapers away to a moulded black tip that curves behind the ear. Small metal accents sit at the outer top corner of each rim where the brow bar meets the front.
Where it sits
- A wide, oversized fit that covers well past the outer corner of the eye
- The brow bar sits along the line of the eyebrow rather than above it
- Nose pads on metal arms set the height and keep the lens off the cheek
- Metal bars instead of a solid front keep the weight low for the size
- Moulded tips curve behind the ear rather than gripping 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.
Seven lenses, one frame
Six colourways use the gold-tone front; Black Gradient is the same frame finished in dark metal with a black temple.
Why it costs what it costs
A double-bar metal front is more work to build than a single rim. Two bars have to be brazed level with each other, the lens has to be cut square to both, and the hinge has to sit flush against a wide temple rather than a wire one. 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 every one of the seven colourways, rather than the good lens being reserved for the expensive finish.
- Sold direct — no retail margin stacked on the frame
- Polarised, UV400 lenses rather than a plain tint
- Double-bar metal front instead of a moulded plastic one
- Nose pads on adjustable arms, so one frame fits a range of bridges
- Seven finishes at one price, including a mirrored option
| Frame | Metal alloy, gold-tone plated finish |
|---|---|
| Black Gradient finish | Dark plated metal with black temple |
| Front | Double bar, oversized square lens |
| Hinge | Metal barrel hinge |
| Bridge | Lower bar with nose pads on metal arms |
|---|---|
| Temples | Flat sculpted metal with moulded black tips |
| Lens | Polarised with anti-glare treatment |
| UV protection | UV400, UVA and UVB |
1 × Imperium Square Sunglasses · 1 × case · 1 × cleaning cloth
Is this a large frame?
Yes. The lens is cut oversized and square, so it covers noticeably more than a standard frame of the same width. On a narrow face it will read big, which for this shape is the point.
What does the second bar do?
It carries the lower edge of the lens across the bridge and sets the height of the frame on the nose. It is structural, not decorative — it is what allows the front to be built from bars instead of a solid rim.
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 gold-tone finish wear?
It is a gold plating, and it keeps its finish best when the pair goes back into its case rather than loose into a bag.
Can prescription lenses be fitted?
The lens is large and square-cut, which makes reglazing more involved than on a small frame. The cut of the rim is the deciding factor.
How should it be cleaned?
Rinse under cool water to lift grit, then dry with the cloth supplied. Dry-wiping a dusty lens is what causes the fine scratching people blame on the coating.
Seven finishes, and not many of each
Each colourway is held in a small run. The mirrored and the blue move fastest, and when a finish goes it is not always brought back — the frame is carried, the lens is not.
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.