In store · One day only
Thursday, November 12 · 11 AM to 5 PM
Mondo Uomo · The Village on Venetian Bay
For one day, Vuarnet is bringing its full collection to the shop. Frames, colours and lenses we don't usually keep in the case, all in one place. Come try them on and take your time. If your pair isn't in stock, we'll special order it for you right there.
Bring in an old pair of sunglasses, any brand and any condition, and take $50 off a new pair of Vuarnet.
Paris, 1957
Roger Pouilloux, a Paris optician who loved to ski, created the Skilynx: a mineral glass lens that sharpened contrast on the mountain when the light went flat.
He gave a pair to the French skier Jean Vuarnet, who wore them to downhill gold at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The two went into business together, and the brand has carried his name ever since.
Sixty years on, Vuarnet still makes its own lenses in France.
Photo: Vuarnet
Worn by
For sixty years the same French glass has turned up in some very good company.
How it's made
Most sunglasses today have plastic lenses. Vuarnet's are mineral glass, and Vuarnet has made its own in France since 1957. Glass is the harder material to work with, and the better one to look through.
Clearer
Glass gives a sharper, truer view than plastic, with less distortion at the edges.
Harder to scratch
It stands up to sand, salt and years of being tossed in a bag, which is why a good pair lasts.
A lens for the light
Skilynx for flat light, Polarlynx to cut glare off the water, Pure lenses for everyday clarity.
Where it comes from
Vuarnet's first frames were built for skiers and climbers, for snow and glare at altitude. The Glacier, with its round lenses and leather side shields, comes straight from that world, and it still looks right a long way from the Alps.
Gulf light, French glass
Glare off the snow and glare off the Gulf are the same problem. A polarized glass lens takes the shine off the water and keeps the colour true, which is why Vuarnet feels so at home here.
In the eighties, “it's a Vuarnet day” meant a sunny one. In Naples, that's most of them.
In the case now
A frame you'll keep for years, with a lens that's better to look through than anything plastic. These are a few we carry now, each a single piece. On the 12th Vuarnet brings the full line, and anything you find can be special ordered that day.
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Glacier Sunglasses
$675
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Edge 01 Sunglasses - Dark Green / Brownlynx
$430
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Belvedere 01 Sunglasses - Havana / Skilynx
$345
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Belvedere 01 Sunglasses - Shiny Transparent Sand / Pure Grey
$310
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Legend Sunglasses
$325
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Racing 01 Sunglasses - Matte Dark Green / Grey Polarlynx
$325
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Belvedere 03 Sunglasses - Dark Havana / Photochromic Yellow Lynx
$345
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Alpine 03 Sunglasses - Black / Greylynx
$385
The trunk show
When
Thursday, November 12
11 AM to 5 PM
Where
Mondo Uomo, The Village on Venetian Bay
4232 Gulf Shore Blvd. N, Naples
How it works
In person only. Try everything on. If your pair isn't in stock, we'll special order it for you that day.
Bring in an old pair of sunglasses, any brand and any condition, and take $50 off a new pair of Vuarnet sunglasses that day. We'll donate the old pairs.
