What Are The Best Women’s Sunglasses?

FASHIONABLE:

Umm hellooooo! Have you seen our Runway style sunglasses? These cat eye shape sunglasses might get you a catcall, and we’re truly sorry about that, but it’s just because people are confusing you for a movie star. These shades are too hot to handle. Anyone see that reality show on Netflix? Yup, another cringe-worthy, binge-worthy reality show.

Cat eye glasses are a style that has been around for nearly a century, and has managed to evolve into its own distinct look each decade. Cat eye glasses were born in the 1930s after Altina Schinasi walked by an optician’s office and noticed the lack of stylish options for women. Inspired by masks Schinasi saw in Venice, Italy, she designed glasses with exaggerated framing around the eyes. The style eventually caught on in a New York City boutique. The trend for cat eye sunglasses grew in the 1960s when Audrey Hepburn famously wore them in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Hence our Hepburn inspired pair, an all black cat eye, called Brunch is the New Black. Since their big break in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, top female fashion influencers such as Barbie, Marilyn Monroe, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, have been seen rockin’ cat eye frames.

The Runways, goodr’s version of cat eye sunglasses, are priced at $35 and have rubber touchpoints on the nose and ear pieces. Even more exciting, they come in TWELVE different colors, each with coordinating classy metal accents. They come in mirrored lens options, and non-reflective lens options, these are ultra pretty sunglasses. Whether you’re walking down the runway, or running through the finish line of your first marathon, these sunglasses will have you feeling like the girl boss that you are. They are the ultimate sunglasses for females (and equally fabulous on dudes!).

goodr women’s sunglasses come in five different frame styles. They are, the OGs (a classic frame originating back to the 50s), BFGs (big sunglasses with more coverage), Runways (the cat eye sunglasses discussed elaborately above), Superflys (a retro frame made with cyclists in mind), Circle Gs (goodr’s new round frame sunglasses). So many options! If you’re trying to look sporty, or spicey, or really nice-y, you’ll always be appropriately fashionable with goodr sunglasses.

FUNCTIONAL:

Hey ladies, what’s your thought on the importance of performance?

No, not like in the sack, like SUNGLASSES performing on your face. goodr shades were built with athletes in mind, taking into careful consideration varying head shapes between gentlemen and ladies. They are meant to perform no matter what activity you’re doing. Every style is tested to see if it is truly “no slip” and “no bounce.” If they don’t pass the test, they are lit on fire and cast to Hell. We don’t fuck around when it comes to no slip and no bounce.

How many times have you effed up the “fashion over function” decision. Thank goodness for booze in college, because there were definitely nights when it was too cold for that short sleazy dress and lack of socks... Amirite? The endless internal “fashion over function” debate is now OVER. The thought is 100% irrelevant when it comes to goodr sunglasses because they are always functional. Run an ultra race in them. Wear them to a wedding. CrossFit class? No problem. These puppies will keep you lookin’ fly even while during burpees-- no matter how ugly your sweaty “suffer face” is.

But really, what’s the purpose of sunglasses?

Some may say they are to guard the secrets of your soul. (Might we suggest mirrored lenses to prevent receiving or being seen giving dark creepy stares). The original purpose: eye protection. Isn’t this the #1 reason we wear sunglasses? ...Or at least at some point in our human existence it was, before Corey Hart decided to preach to the world that wearing sunglasses at night makes sense and now sunglasses are perceived more and more as a fashionable accessory compared to a form of retina protection.

It is important to note that goodr sunglasses have UV400 protection. That means, they block ALL those pesky ultraviolet rays trying to F up your vision and age your eyes. UVA and UVB your fun and games are over.

goodr sunglasses, except a few of our clear and low-light lenses are also 100% polarized. Polarization is meant to reduce glare from surfaces that reflect light. Like from the hood of that shiny red convertible you wish you had or the ocean. The way it works is similar to how blinds and certain window dressings control sunlight through the window. The sunlight bounces off of horizontal surfaces and then strikes the person’s eye like a dagger (that might be a little dramatic), this glare makes it hard to see objects in front of you. Polarized sunglasses can prevent this discomfort! The polarized lens has a surface that contains only vertical stripes, therefore, it blocks the horizontal light from bypassing the filter, and voila! Your eyes are saved.

What’s that you say? Oh, you’re blind as a bat? goodr sunglasses are RX friendly! Although at this time, we can’t pop the prescription in for you, your eye doctor can hook it up. Just bring your goodr frames in during your next appointment and they will get you set up with lenses. No slip and no bounce is even better when you can see clearly.

AFFORDABLE:

The ffordability factor… AFFORDABILITY. Damn Carl, now you got all of us pronouncing it like we have beaks. We were ROTFL… which apparently is “ROFL,” according to Urban Dictionary… (rolling on the floor laughing for noobs, but really… who decided that the “the” wasn’t important in the acronym??!) while reading an article about the “best women’s sunglasses.” The glass chosen for “affordability” ranged between $60 to $90 bucks, BUT if you wanted polarized lenses that jacked the price up to over $100. FOR SERIOUS???!! Pop quiz: What is the price of goodr sunglasses? Oh, $25 and $35 AND THEY ARE ALL POLARIZED. Oh, okay...

When further trolling the internet, for articles about ladies sunglasses (I mean, we had to make sure ours were the best before writing about it!) we came across one that stated, “purchase a timeless frame, so you can keep wearing them season after season…” You know what we say to that? SCREW IT. goodr offers incredibly timeless frames, classic styles found in magazines and runways consistently over the years. However, we also offer wild colors, and crazy collaborations (like our recent Wonder Woman release in partnership with Warner Bros!). Don’t be a stick in the mud wearing the same black shades year after year. Embrace the NOW. If those orange sunnies are calling your name, buy them! If orange becomes the most hated color of the future, well, you only paid $25 bones for them. So buy a different color and pass the orange ones on to your sister-in-law.

If you’re someone who enjoys matching, we have a color and frame style for every outfit, mood, holiday, party, marathon… the list goes on and on, and a price that allows you to have all the options without breaking the bank. SCORE.