If you’re looking to get weird with your sunglasses, you’re in luck: Everything from A-Rod reflective wraparounds to rose-tinted grandma specs is very much in play right now. On the other
hand, if you’d rather keep things simple with your shades—if all you ask is a pair that protects your eyes, goes with pretty much everything, and hopefully makes you feel like a total unassailable badass—then all-black frames are your answer. Pull on the right pair of substantial black sunglasses, and you’re suddenly the latest heir to a lineage of cool that starts with guys like Ali and Dylan in the ’60s, runs through Risky Business–era Tom Cruise, and holds strong in 2020 with king of the youths Travis Scott on our most recent cover. Here are 16 impeccable black sunglasses—some timeless, some not-so-timeless—to help you let your John Wick loose this autumn.