Astra Sunglasses

The Pair You're Not Afraid To Lose

You own a pair of sunglasses you love and barely wear.

They're in a hard case, in a drawer, in the good bag. They don't come to the beach because of the sand. They don't live in the car because of the heat. You wore them to a festival once and spent the whole day checking they were still on your head.

Sunglasses you're frightened of aren't sunglasses. They're a small, expensive source of stress you've agreed to carry around.

Verceri's Astra Collection is the other kind.

The pair that lives in the cupholder. That goes in the beach bag with the sunscreen and the half-empty water bottle. That you hand to a friend who forgot hers. That you can sit on, lose at a wedding, or leave on a rental scooter in a city you'll never go back to — and feel nothing at all.

That freedom is the entire point. Everything below is why they're also genuinely good.

The specs

• UV protection: UV400 / 100% UVA + UVB
• Lens: Polarized
• Frame material: Polycarbonate 

Why they're $9.95?

Because you're not paying for a name.

A large share of what a $200 pair of sunglasses costs is licensing — the right to print a fashion house's logo on the temple. The frame itself often comes off a production line that makes several brands at several prices. We don't license anything, we don't wholesale, and we don't have a retail markup stacked on top. You're paying for the frame and the lens and nothing else.

That's the whole explanation. There isn't a catch and we're not going to pretend there's a warehouse fire.

Before you buy

"Will they actually protect my eyes?" Yes, powerful UV400 lenses that are polarized, keep your eyes safe

"Will they fit my face?" Astra is a medium-narrow frame. They are made to fit both narrow, normal, and wide face shapes

"At this price, are they going to fall apart?" No, as they're built of durable polycarbonate. They're built to be used rather than displayed — which is, again, the point.

Fast worldwide shipping. Easy returns and exchanges.

Buy the pair you'll actually wear.