Robert Graham Sunglasses: Polarized Navigator $34, Brow Line Pilot Expired

There are three types of (decent or better) sunglasses:

1) Functional but cheap. Think Shady Rays, or any of the polarized stuff you get on Amazon for less than $25. These work great, are super-clear, and usually have similar materials (polycarbonate, polarized lenses, metal or acetate frames, etc).
2) High-end. These are the ones that you'll pay top dollar for, and might have *slightly* better construction or materials, and probably higher tolerances as well. These will be listed on the manufacturer's website, and will also be sold at multiple different retail locations. If you can't find a model on the manufacturer's website, and it's only being sold at one discount retailer (like EyeDictive), or maybe a few discount retailers (Kohl's, eBay, etc) then it's not really a pair of high-end sunglasses.
3) Fakes, knock-offs, and "Special Make Ups." These are crap sunglasses, maybe no better (and possibly worse) than the ones I mentioned in point 1 above. Fakes and knock-offs are one thing, usually easy to spot, but "Special Make Ups" (SMUs) are a little different. The discount retailer (say, EyeDictive in this case) goes to the brand (say, Robert Graham) and says "we'll pay you a bunch of money if we can put your name on a crappy pair of sunglasses, make up some sky-high MSRP, and let us sell it at a massive discount but still make our normal profit on it." The brand doesn't care because they get a bunch of money and it doesn't cheapen their name out *that* much, the discount retailer gets to sell things at their normal profit margin, and the customer usually doesn't care because they think that they got a great deal. Of course they just paid $30 for a pair of $10 sunglasses, but hey, they were probably mostly concerned with the brand on the side anyway.

So yeah, if you want actual good sunglasses with an actual good brand on the side, double-check to make sure that they're actually listed on the website, and being sold at other reputable retailers. Of course, then you probably won't get a $220 pair of sunglasses for 1/7th the cost, but in all honesty you weren't getting that here anyway.

Source: I used to do 3rd party manufacturing for a major sporting goods brand. We paid them a licensing fee and got to slap the brand on whatever stuff we were going to make anyway.

You actually inspired me to login and see how long I've been lurking. 14 years and now 10 posts. Just because we don't regularly post does not mean we don't shop daily in a frugal manner.

I would guess it is much more common than you would expect.

Men typically have larger heads and faces than women. For a proper fit, there should be frames for each sex.