I bought these shades in the 1980s, I guess they're from the 1960s or older. I didn't have a clue about "Ivy" but I knew what I liked, I was instinctively wearing it without consciously knowing it. I still wear these shades and now I'm older, I need reading glasses and want them to be like these. Only yesterday I learned they are a "P3" shape (thanks to no other than CC's Ivy Style blog).

1966 wrote:

I bought these shades in the 1980s, I guess they're from the 1960s or older. I didn't have a clue about "Ivy" but I knew what I liked, I was instinctively wearing it without consciously knowing it. I still wear these shades and now I'm older, I need reading glasses and want them to be like these. Only yesterday I learned they are a "P3" shape (thanks to no other than CC's Ivy Style blog).

http://i43.tinypic.com/6y1h0y.jpg

I needed some more reading glasses so I searched ebay for P3 frames and lots came up. I bought a pair of vintage frames quite cheaply and sent them to one of the internet optician companies; I think it was Glasses Direct. They fitted prescription lenses for about £30. The service was very quick and easy, they sent me a pre paid mailing kit to send the frames to them.

You need to know your frame size and your prescription to do this.

Fitzgeralds Closet wrote:

Shurons are great but in my age bracket there's too many Hackney hipsters in similar below par exanples.  I swear by Oliver Peoples Gregory Pecks or Rileys. Both P3 shaped and timeless in look.

Oliver Peoples do their own Shuron clone for two times a bit on the price of the originals. They do have some good frames though, I was a loyal customer of there's before I joined the Air Titanium fad in the mid-90's. The Gregory Pecks in tortoise look grand indeed.

I'm currently a bonafide Malcolm X style Shuron Revelation wearer, took a while for half-frame style to click with me. They reveal all their glory when the clip-on shades are added.

Anglo american 406 - currently wearing them in amber tortoise.  I tried on several Oliver Peoples in the P3 shape but none of them sat quite right on my face.

A pair of these:



Zyloware Invincibles

I tried the Freeways and they didn't suit my face, I notice you have Shurons Ronsirs on it that photo: indestructable with real provenance and still American made. They're is also good to deal with outside the States, they're focused on the customer, probably because they know once they get you, their superior quality means you will be back for more.

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Jimmy wrote:

Fitzgeralds Closet wrote:

noblesurfer wrote:

Anglo american 406 - currently wearing them in amber tortoise.  I tried on several Oliver Peoples in the P3 shape but none of them sat quite right on my face.

They seem to be the only ones to sit right on my face. Its my oval features.

You see too many online who wear frames that don't suit them just because they've read that they're the 'right' frames to have. A shame.

Ditto: clothes too

4F Hepcat wrote:

I tried the Freeways and they didn't suit my face, I notice you have Shurons Ronsirs on it that photo: indestructable with real provenance and still American made. They're is also good to deal with outside the States, they're focused on the customer, probably because they know once they get you, their superior quality means you will be back for more.

Actually, if you look more closely, you'll see that they are indeed Freeway Fades.  Tried the Ronsirs but the nose pads bothered me.  It is always a bit irksome to look up and see some tight-jeaned hipster with your exact glasses on (and trust me, Atlanta is full of these types) but you just have to remove yourself from it and just realize that every classic will be bastardized by someone at some point.  Chuck Taylors for instance...

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I like Worried Man's style.
It's a timeless, classically cool style. Tony Perkins, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Kerouac et al.

Nice to see someone not in a fucking blue crew neck jumper

Prof Kelp wrote:

Thee Beatnik wrote:

I like Worried Man's style.
It's a timeless, classically cool style. Tony Perkins, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Kerouac et al.

Nice to see someone not in a fucking blue crew neck jumper

Lol yes, but with all those man made fibres in his black T then I bet kissing him is a bugger.

HA! The man made fibers would be the least of your worries!!

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Prof Kelp wrote:

Worried Man wrote:

Prof Kelp wrote:

Lol yes, but with all those man made fibres in his black T then I bet kissing him is a bugger.

HA! The man made fibers would be the least of you worries!!

Now I'm not sure if your scaring me or exciting me?

Welcome.

Must they be mutually exclusive?  Alas... I digress.

I'm so unhip I'd never even heard of Shuron. Just think of it! I want me some of that Sidewinder action. I barely need glasses, but I'd make sure I wore them a decent amount. Don't care how many hipsters are in em. Everybody should wear Shurons.