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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Fleur Britten

How wraparound shades won the gold medal for fashion at the Paris Olympics

Britain's 1500m silver medallist Josh Kerr in his trademark Oakley Sphaera sunglasses
Britain's 1500m silver medallist Josh Kerr in his trademark Oakley Sphaera sunglasses. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

It is not often that the superstar celebrities of music, sport, fashion and royalty all agree on one look, but summer 2024 is the exception. Wraparound sports sunglasses have been centre stage at Glastonbury, the Olympics and everywhere in between.

More than 2,000 Olympic athletes wore Oakley sunglasses at this year’s Games. Some were chosen to wear the brand’s latest innovations, such as the revolutionary QNTM Kato frames, which, true to brand, have been designed to fit as close to the face as possible and block out the discomfort of peripheral light: the wraparound style.

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