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Avila

Sunglasses

Avila

Tom Stewart & Michael Charley

San Francisco, CA

Price

$68.00

About this piece

Avila is a lightweight and versatile frame with striking metal equally at home on city streets and dusty trails. Designed without protruding nose pads to snag, catch, or break, it delivers a clean, modern look that performs through every adventure. This unisex silhouette a midsize fit with moderate coverage, ideal for small to medium faces. Coverage: Medium Wrap & Angle: Low Frame Width: 140mm Bridge Width: 22mm Lens Width: 50mm Avila features our high-quality, polarized TAC lenses that block 100% of UVA/UVB/UV400 wavelengths and pass the FDA basic impact test. Curve: Base 6 Category: 3 Slate: Non-Mirrored, Grey tint, 10% VLT Terra Fade: Fade, Amber, 10% VLT Forest: Non-Mirrored, Green, 11% VLT Rose: Mirror, Slate tint, 11% VLT Amber: Non-Mirrored, Amber, 15% VLT

About the artist

Tom Stewart and Michael Charley launched Sunski in San Francisco in 2012 via a Kickstarter that raised $157K — the third-largest fashion campaign on the platform at the time. They built the brand around recycled-plastic frames and a lifetime warranty, then in 2018 launched the Treeline glacier sunglass and grew an Alpine Collection that's now standard kit for the National Ski Patrol. Climate-neutral certified, 1% for the Planet member.

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