Sunglass innovation has been lacking lately. Sure, we had Google Glass, but look how that turned out...
Attempting to break that cycle is Oakley with its new Latch shades, which feature a clip in the frame which is both innovative and useful.
Let me paint a picture.
You're in California, skating around the palm tree lined streets. Like so:
But you need a break, so you stop at a convenience store... You head to the rear of the shopand enter the restroom. The bulb is brokenand it's dark, so you take off your sunglasses and hook them to your t-shirt collar.
You do your businessand then slowly lean forward to flush...
*Splash*
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Your shades plummet into the grimy toiletbowl. 10 points for a perfect somersault. 0 points for urine soaked specs.
All jokes aside, it's a common problem, whether it's a toilet-related incidentor run-in with concrete. I've lost tons of sunglasses that way.
Back to Oakley Latch.
This clip secures the sunglasses in place on a t-shirt, saving you from urinesoaked toilet-eyewear.
The glasses were designed in collaborationwith the Oakley Design team and Skate icon Eric Koston, photographer Atiba Jefferson and two young talents Sean Malto and Curren Caples.
We think they look great, and during the past week wearing them at MWC in Barcelona and while driving over the Alps, we didn't drop them once.
They're available now, priced between £110 - £160.
As the Style and Travel Editor at T3, Spencer covers everything from clothes to cars and watches to hotels. Everything that's cool, stylish, and interesting, basically. He's been a part of T3 for over seven years, and in that time covered every industry event known to man, from CES and MWC to the Geneva Motorshow and Baselworld. When he's driving up and down the country in search of the greatest driving roads, he can be found messing around on an electric scooter, playing with luxury watches, or testing the latest fragrances.
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