VIEUX Moda Sunglasses, Melrose

Very little light comes through Melrose. It is the darker of the two Moda tortoiseshells we carry, a red-brown. The lens is solid brown, so the shade is even from brow to cheek.

The Moda is the frame VIEUX call their everyday pair. A gently sloping brow, sculpting kept low, 50mm lenses on a 21mm bridge. Paul and Jack Surman, father and son, have it made by hand in hard density cellulose acetate, with a 24k gold plated beta titanium wire run through it to hold the shape.

The details are the ones you find later. VX signature tips inlaid into the end of each temple. Ink-filled detail along the arm. Seven-barrel hinges engineered in Italy by COMOTEC. A laser-etched number on every frame, because VIEUX make no more than 100 frames in any one colour and do not repeat them.

Spec

• Hard density cellulose acetate
• 24k gold plated beta titanium wire core
• Japanese CR-39 lenses, anti-reflective and hard coated
• 100% UVA and UVB protection
• Seven-barrel COMOTEC hinges, Italian engineered
• VX signature inlaid temple tips
• Laser-etched frame number
• Lens 50mm, bridge 21mm, temple 145mm

Fit. A medium to large frame with a titanium core, so it adjusts without losing its line.