Singular Frames

Porto Tortoise

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One frame. The shape does the talking.

Singular Frames sells exactly one model: a square frame in deep tortoiseshell acetate. No colourways, no seasonal drops, no second option to weigh. If it's not this one, we don't make it.

The sunglasses on a sunlit stone café table, lenses casting a grey shadow

Corners, kept.

Each corner is milled to a true 90 degrees, then hand polished so the edge stays sharp to the eye instead of melting into a curve. Rounded frames flatter more faces and get remembered by none; this one holds its line.

Extreme macro of the steel hinge pin set flush into the tortoiseshell acetate

No veneer.

The tortoiseshell runs through the full eight millimetre slab, not printed on the surface. You could sand a millimetre off any edge and the pattern would still be there.

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The pin

One polished steel pin holds each hinge, set flush so your thumb can't find it. It is the only metal visible anywhere on the frame.

02

The lens

Smoke grey, category 3, blocking 100 percent of UVA and UVB. The tint is neutral, so a red light through these still reads red.

03

The temple

Nine millimetres wide at the hinge, four at the ear, pattern unbroken the whole way down. Most people will see you from the side, so the side got the most attention.

Decide once.

Reserve the frame