Bajío Sunglasses has added six new frames to its spring 2024 product line: Tech Angler collection including Rigolets, the Tight Lines collection Sigs, the Surf collection Hopedale, the Beach collection 12 South, and the Metals collection including Clink and Tionia.
Bajío’s new offerings include six new frames made from plants and recycled metals. They are gentle on the planet and stronger and lighter than plastic frames. Bajío makes blue-light filtering, sustainably-made, performance sunglasses built to save the world’s saltwater flats and estuaries.
For a fully customizable eyewear experience, the new line also features 14 lens options that are 100% polarized. They include Bajío’s patent-pending blue light blocking LAPIS technology that eliminates 95% of bad blue light in glass and polycarbonate. Both offer durable anti-scratch properties and oleophobic coatings, which make sunscreen and water easy to remove. Frames with glass lenses retail for $259, while frames with polycarbonate lenses retail for $209. Proprietary LAPIS prescription lenses are also available. Each lens is designed for specific light conditions and environments, features exceptional clarity, uses the latest in lens technology, and provides a visual experience that is second to none.
Each year, Bajío introduces new frames, hats, collections and colors for existing products.
“Unlike other sunglass companies, we design and build our products in-house. Our in-house artist does our art,” said CEO and Founder Al Perkinson. “Our in-house designer creates our apparel. Our sunglasses are designed in-house and assembled in our lab in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Bajío, the company, was made from scratch and all our products are as well.”
New for 2024
Bajío’s sunglasses are made with sustainability at the forefront and complement banner days on the flats and beyond. For more information on all Bajio lens options, click here. Bajio’s new sunglasses are available in RX options and readers.
SIGS: fun colors and casual style disguise a deep list of technical, fishy features. These include wide, polarized lenses that provide an enhanced field of vision to patent-pending blue light blocking LAPIS technology that keeps bad light out and reduces eye strain. This medium-fit, full-wrap with narrow temples also offer stealthy sun protection with our built-in Sun Ledge—not visible from the outside, it blocks rays from the inside.
RIGOLETS: Named after a deepwater strait with incredible history just 30 minutes outside of New Orleans, Rigolets means trench in French. The Rigolets supply salt water from the Gulf of Mexico to the expansive Lake Pontchartrain estuary. Along with the seawater comes redfish, speckled trout, largemouth bass, black drum, jack crevalle, sheepshead, and tarpon—creating a veritable fish highway and some of the best fishing in the state.
HOPEDALE: An iconic fishing community located along Bayou La Loutre in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Hopedale (aka La Chinche), was established by Isleño fishermen and trappers after the American Civil War. These versatile shades offer a large fit but they can work on almost every head size. Castaway in Hopedale, and you’re sure to hook up.
12 SOUTH – Named after North Carolina’s 148-mile-long historic state highway that links the peninsulas and islands of the northern Outer Banks. 12 South represents the raw and rugged coast life where speckled trout, striped bass, and redfish thrive. This large-fit, surf-inspired style features a bold, squared profile that fits right in—whether you’re chasing rockfish on the OBX or bellied up to the beach bar after a surf session.
CLINK: Named after a stretch of spoil islands deemed “the Clinkers,” Clink is a big frame fit to chase the fish that call this zone home. This classic frame style offers an extra large fit, premium stainless steel, and sturdy barrel hinges. Clink also offers technical polarized lenses with proprietary LAPIS technology to reduce glare and eye strain and enhance your fish spotting ability.
TIONIA : Named for our main road here at Bajío HQ, Tionia bumps up to a tiny creek where kids catch little gar and play with minnow traps. Our home waters may be humble, but this tiny stretch of creek is full of life and provides a great spot to cast and test out our latest shades. In sync with the smaller things, Tionia rounds out our Metal Collection with a small fit frame for narrow faces. This style is a prime example of fishable fashion with a vintage appeal.
