Scugnizzo Sunglasses

The original brief for the sunglasses was for them to be something an East London gangster, escaping justice to the Costa del Sol, would wear in the 1970s. Usually when we meet suppliers and make requests like this, we get a weird, raised eyebrow and that ends that. However, our new friend Ben, who makes each and every pair of our frames by hand, knew exactly what we meant… we won’t ask how.

Ben has crafted these beautiful frames from a vintage Italian acetate in a brown tortoiseshell which we gravitated towards because glasses in this colour are about as classic as it gets. As you have probably guessed by now, we have very specific interests here at TRiCKETT and one of those interests is hinges. Specifically, hinges on glasses. These hinges are so tough you could probably hang a door off them. They are also drilled through the acetate by the eyebrow and temple for extra ruggedness… no glues around here. There is a ‘north and south’ symbol at the hinge representing that these glasses will be loved no matter what part of the country you are in.

Just because we love a nice detail, each pair of glasses is embossed on the inside of the arms with the ‘TRiCKETT’ name and ‘Handmade in England’. Every pair is made to order and manufactured by Ben in his workshop and comes with a leather case which is hand made (again) by our mate Matt in Burnley. These glasses are designed to last a lifetime and even come with a lifetime guarantee.

They aren’t cheap and you know that we wouldn’t charge loads for something that we didn’t truly believe in, but the Capo sunglasses are about as good as it gets for us.

155mm x 50mm