A cool pair of shades can really enhance a person’s style quotient besides protecting your eyes from the crazy Kolkata heat, of course! If you’re looking for a nice pair of sunglasses but don’t want to shell out a lot of money, allow us to help you. Hit up these places in the city for trendy and affordable shades to beat the heat and look super cool while doing it.
Summer Shades: Shop For Affordable & Trendy Sunglasses At These Markets
Ray Ban
Ray Ban is probably one of the most trustworthy and affordable brands when it comes to sunglasses. They are stylish, trendy, and quite budget-friendly. Ray Ban has shades for both kids and adults available in different shapes—hexagonal, round, square, rectangular, tech, etc. Find sunglasses made of metal, acetate, nylon, steel, and more with prices starting from INR 3,590.
Chashma Shoppe
Located in Gariahat, Chashma Shoppe boasts of a large collection of stylish and unique shades that’s gonna take your style quotient several notches higher. Find a wide range of sunglasses from different brands like Bebe, Fila, Image, Irus, Scott, and more. They’re available in different shapes—rectangle, wayfarer, cat eye, wayfare, rectangle, and round. Prices start at INR 299 for kids and INR 1,000 for adults.
Checkoro
Located beside Bandhan Bank in New Alipore, Checkoro is your one-stop shop for shades by brands like Mike Ross and Harvey Spexx. The store boasts of an interesting and trendy range of aviators, vintage fashion, cat eye, wayfarer, clubmaster, oval, fashion fusio, and sports sunglasses at pretty affordable rates. Find glasses made of stainless steel, metal, and acetate with prices starting from INR 1,000.
Himalaya Optical
Himalaya Optical is quite a popular brand when it comes to eyewear. It boasts of quite a trendy and fashionable range of shades for men, women, and kids. Half-rim and full-rim sunglasses are available in different shapes (butterfly, aviators, pilot, cat eye, round, square, and rectangle) and colours (red, black, green, blue, purple, silver, and more) that will definitely draw the crowd’s attention. Prices start at INR 1,350.
Chashma
This one is located near South City, and boasts of some really cool and trendy sunglasses at reasonable rates. They’ve got a pretty kickass selection of plastic, acetate, metal, and wooden frames in different sizes, colours and shapes. Find full-rim as well as rimless goggles with zero-powered lenses that allow you to make a fashion statement while protecting your eyes from the harsh light. They can also turn your ordinary glasses into super stylish ones that work for all occasions and make for a fashionable addition to your wardrobe. Prices start at INR 1,500.
Lenskart
This one never gets old. Lenskart has sunglasses for all kinds of budgets and preferences. Aviators, geometric, clubmaster, sports, wayfarer—you name it and they have it. We absolutely love the Vincent Chase range of sunglasses as well as the collection of John Jacobs’ shades. Find them in a variety of colours like black, brown, silver, gold, gunmetal, green, and more. Prices start at INR 899.
