Designer Sunglasses Model Codes and Colour Codes

Model code first, colour code second

Designer eyewear is rarely sold by a name alone. Each frame has a model code, printed inside the temple next to the size, and each finish of that frame has a colour code. Together they name one exact pair. GlareBear pages carry both in the Details table, and the page title uses the model code because that is what people search for.

How the codes read, brand by brand

Brand	Model code looks like	How to read it
Gucci	GG1314S	GG, four digits, S for sun (O would be optical)
Saint Laurent	SL 539 PALOMA, SL M94/F	SL, a number, sometimes a name; M marks the Monogram line, /F an alternative fit
Balenciaga	BB0003S	BB, four digits, S for sun
Bottega Veneta	BV1345S	BV, four digits, S for sun
Tom Ford	FT1155	FT, four digits; many styles also carry a first name on the box
Versace	VE2266, VE4361	VE, four digits; the first digit often tracks the material family
Prada	PR B12S, PR 26ZS	PR, then letters and digits; S for sun
Burberry	BE4443, BE4438U	BE, four digits, sometimes a letter
Carrera	CARRERA 3005/S, C SPORT 07/S	A model number, then /S for sun
Celine	CL40092I	CL, five digits, a letter
Dior	30Montaigne SU, DiorPacific B2F	A collection name followed by a short style code

Colour codes

The colour code names the finish: frame colour and lens colour together. At the brands made by Kering Eyewear (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta and others) the code is three digits, and 001 is very often black with grey lenses, 002 the second colourway, and so on. Luxottica-made brands such as Versace, Burberry and Prada use longer codes that combine a frame colour number with a lens number, for example 1410/5A or 16K731. Safilo-made brands such as Carrera and Tom Ford use short letter-and-number codes such as 006JLA or 52F. The code means nothing on its own; it is a label the maker attaches to one finish of one model.

Same model, several colours

When a model exists in more than one colour code, the frame shape and the size are the same in each; only the frame finish and the lens change. So if the fit of a pair suits you, every colour code of that model will fit the same way. GlareBear lists each colourway on its own page and names the others at the bottom of the story, under the colourways heading.

Matching a pair you saw elsewhere

1. Find the model code and colour code on the pair or the listing you saw. They are usually printed together inside the temple, with the size, as in GG1314S 001 55□19 140.
2. Search GlareBear for the model code. The results show every colour code we carry.
3. Open the page and check the colour code and the UPC in the Details table. The UPC, a 12 or 13 digit number, is the maker's barcode for that exact model and colour. If it matches the barcode on the pair you saw, it is the same pair.

A UPC changes with every colour code, so matching the UPC rather than the model code alone avoids ordering the right frame in the wrong finish. For the size printed next to the codes, see how to read sunglasses sizes.

Why GlareBear pages lead with the code

Marketing names change from season to season and country to country; the model code does not. Every page title, the breadcrumb and the Details table carry the model code so that a search for the code lands on the right pair. Start from the brand list if you know the maker but not the code.