Product Description
The Aime Leon Dore Gallo Sunglasses Green Tortoise are a FW21 release that marked Aimé Leon Dore's debut sunglasses collection, released September 1, 2021, and representing the Queens-founded brand's first major expansion into the accessories category at the eyewear level, a move that Boss Hunting described at the time as extending the brand's expertise into a product whose premium Japanese manufacturing and polarized lens quality placed it firmly in the elevated tier of streetwear-adjacent accessories. The Gallo sunglasses, made in Japan, feature a squared-off wayfarer-style silhouette that Boss Hunting confirmed sports polarized lenses, a gold foil ALD logo at the interior temple, and five barrel hinges, with 100 percent acetate construction, intricately finished core wire detailing, and the specific proportions, as confirmed on the official ALD product page, of a 145-millimeter temple, 23-millimeter bridge, and 50.5-millimeter lens. Each pair arrives in a branded box with a leather storage case, the packaging providing the presentation quality appropriate to a first-entry accessories launch from a brand whose identity is built around elevated attention to detail across every touchpoint of the product and brand experience. The Green Tortoise colorway of the Gallo combines the specific green-tinted acetate swirl of the tortoise pattern with the warmth of the standard tortoiseshell color family, a colorway more specific and more design-forward than the standard brown tortoise, providing the light-green tonal warmth that makes the Green Tortoise version particularly wearable against warm, brown, and earthy outfit palettes while maintaining the timeless character of the wayfarer-derived silhouette. Aimé Leon Dore, founded by Teddy Santis in 2014 and headquartered in Queens, New York, is known for its high-low blend of urban and tailored essentials drawn from the cultural confluence of the Queens borough and the nostalgia of founder Teddy Santis's upbringing. Released September 1, 2021 at $250.
The Aime Leon Dore Gallo Sunglasses Green Tortoise are the FW21 debut sunglasses from Aimé Leon Dore for the brand collector who wants the Japan-made 100 percent acetate wayfarer silhouette with polarized lenses, five barrel hinges, gold foil interior temple logo, and branded box with leather case in the most distinctively toned and most design-specific green tortoise colorway from the Gallo's initial three-colorway launch.
The Aime Leon Dore Gallo Sunglasses Green Tortoise were released on September 1, 2021 with a retail price of $250.
