The P3 has been seen on everyone from ivy league types, to beloved directors of '80s teen films, to murderous investment bankers like Patrick Bateman.
The P3 is a classic frame shape that came into popularity in the '30s and '40s. The shape enjoyed a renaissance in the late '90s thanks to Oliver Peoples.
The P3 is a classic style that falls between oval and round. It can be in either a wire frame or a full acetate one, like the Anglo American pictured above. Two hallmarks of the acetate P3 are the semi-flattened top of the frame and the key-hole bridge (because it looks like an old-timey key hole).
The P3 is so called because when you turn the frame on its side, it makes the letter P and the number 3. We may have just made that up, but it makes sense right?
Note: The dead stock vintage ANGLO AMERICAN P3 frame is available in our Los Angeles store.
