Legacy Clubmaster:Vintage Sophistication

The browline was patented in 1947 by Jack Rohrbach of Shuron Ltd. — a thicker bar across the brow, a thinner wire wrapping the lens beneath. By the mid-1950s the silhouette had become so dominant that browline frames accounted for roughly half of all eyeglasses sold in the United States. Malcolm X wore them. Half a century of executives, professors, and statesmen wore them. Bruce Willis revived them on Moonlighting in the mid-1980s. AMC's Mad Men brought them surging back again in the 2010s. The shape doesn't go away because it works.

Our Legacy collection takes that exact heritage and reissues it with genuine aluminum-magnesium frames — the same alloy family used in aerospace components — paired with double-flex hinges for durability and UV400 polycarbonate lenses. Light enough to forget you're wearing them, structured enough to keep their shape through years of everyday use.

For a lighter-weight take on the same browline aesthetic, see the Legacy Lightweight Clubmaster sub-collection — copper-infused frames with a soft-touch finish. For the closely related square silhouette, the Classic Wayfarer Collection is a natural pair. All Nero sunglasses ship from the US with tracked shipping and a hassle-free return policy.