Want the Ray Ban look for less? These 6 brands match closely on style, silhouette and category while sitting at a lower price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
San Francisco brand making polarized, lifetime-warranty sunglasses from recycled resin, recently expanded into SPF skincare.
Why it's similar. Sunski molds polarized frames from recycled resin at roughly $60 to $120 and backs them with a lifetime warranty, a Kickstarter-born alternative to another pair of Wayfarers.
Californian sport-performance eyewear and apparel brand, part of EssilorLuxottica, known for Prizm lenses and Frogskins, Holbrook and Sutro frames.
Why it's similar. Oakley sits inside EssilorLuxottica alongside Ray-Ban, and its Prizm-lensed Frogskins and Holbrook frames cover the sport-performance half of the same group's catalogue.
Direct-to-consumer eyewear brand selling prescription glasses and sunglasses from about $95, known for Home Try-On and hundreds of North American stores.
Why it's similar. Warby Parker sells acetate frames from about $95 with retro-preppy keyhole bridges, and free Home Try-On makes it the direct-to-consumer route to Wayfarer-adjacent shapes.
Motorsport-rooted eyewear label founded in Austria in 1956, now owned by Italy's Safilo Group and known for bold sunglasses and optical frames.
Why it's similar. Wilhelm Anger founded Carrera in Austria in 1956 and patented the Optyl frame material in 1964, and its bold acetate aviators cover Ray-Ban's original territory.
French eyewear brand making affordable, colourful ready-to-wear reading, sun and screen glasses for adults, children and babies.
Why it's similar. IZIPIZI has sold flexible, colour-blocked #A to #E frames from Paris since 2010, spanning sun, reading and screen glasses at pocket-money prices.
Independent Los Angeles sunglass brand making retro, bio-acetate frames at accessible prices, sold direct and through retailers like Urban Outfitters.
Why it's similar. Peter Nussbaum and Nick Potash design Crap Eyewear beachside in Los Angeles, working bio-acetate into 1970s shields and wire aviators kept well under $100.
Sunski, Oakley, Warby Parker lead our ranking. Want the Ray Ban look for less? These 6 brands match closely on style, silhouette and category while sitting at a lower price tier — ranked by overall similarity.