“For Fashionistas”
($40; www.ryderseyewear.com)
The Duchess’ high fashion frame belies its high-intensity heart. Hydrophilic nose pads, which get stickier when you sweat, keep the oversized frame on your face no matter how high your heart rate gets. One tester said she initially felt like a Real Housewife of Orange Country, but lost her skepticism quickly after a hard-core desert hike. Its optical quality, given the price, also impressed testers, who expected the distortion-free, polarized lens to be much spendier. It’s best suited for bigger faces, the supersized lens created some sweat pooling problems, particularly in the bottom of the lens, for testers with smaller faces. If you don’t want to sacrifice style, but still workout hard, this is your shade. Just look out for the paparazzi in the bushes.
