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01The tint you see is not the tint you see through

GQUEEN Mirrored Sunglasses

Every frame in the range that comes in a mirror finish: the metal pilot in blue and silver, the cat-eye in four mirrors, the retro round in rose-gold pink and the two-pair rectangle with a mirrored second pair.

  • 5 frames
  • 26 ways to buy them
  • 22 colourways
  • 62 mm lens width
  • $13.98 to $25.99

Colourways on this page: Gold / grey, Gold / blue mirrored, Gold / pink mirrored, Silver / silver mirrored, Gold / brown, Gold / gold mirrored, Gold / black, Silver / blue mirrored, and 14 more.

A mirror coat is a thin reflective layer over an ordinary tinted lens, and the thing to know is that the colour on the outside is not the colour on the inside. A pink-mirror cat-eye looks pink to everyone else and brown-grey to you. Underneath every mirror in the GQUEEN range is a polarized base, so the filter is still doing its work; what the coat adds is a few percent less light getting through, and a face that photographs.

Four frames carry a mirror. The metal pilot MOS1 in blue mirror and silver mirror, which are the two most bought mirrors on the site. The cat-eye in pink, blue, silver and gold, which between them are the reason the cat-eye is the most reviewed frame we sell. The stainless-steel retro round in a rose-gold pink. And the two-pair rectangle, where the second pair in the box is a red or blue mirror over the same matte-black frame as the first.

Every colourway here is priced on its own; the GQUEEN catalogue keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

02About these frames

Questions about GQUEEN Mirrored Sunglasses

The tint you see is not the tint you see through

Are GQUEEN mirrored sunglasses polarized?

Yes, every one on this page: the mirror is a coat over a polarized grey or brown base, not a substitute for it. The card carries both claims, polarized and UV400, and the mirror is listed as the colourway.

What colour do things look through a GQUEEN mirrored lens?

Not the colour of the mirror. A blue mirror over grey gives a neutral grey view; a pink or rose-gold mirror over brown gives a warm brown one. The mirror is what other people see.

Do mirrored GQUEEN lenses scratch more easily?

A mirror coat is the outermost layer, so a scratch shows on it before it would on a plain tint, and a scratched mirror is more visible than a scratched grey. Every pair ships with a microfibre pouch and cloth, and the honest advice is to use them rather than a shirt tail.

Every GQUEEN tint, every frame colour

Every tint, frame colour and two-pair box in the GQUEEN shelves sits behind this button, with the price we last read against each one.