Taylor Morris Buying Guide: London-Designed Sunglasses, Optical Frames, and Aberdeen Sun Prescriptions

Taylor Morris London Limited sells fashion frames, not a sight test

Taylor Morris London sells sunglasses and optical frames from taylormorriseyewear.com. It is a fashion house, not a clinic and not a high-street optician chain. The merchant on the shipping pages is Taylor Morris London Limited, company number 12200726, VAT 331 5878 91, registered at 35 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London, E14 9XL. The flagship, The Space, is at 74 Golborne Road, London W10 5PS, near Portobello Road. Official copy dates the brand to 2013 in South West London, with a mix of British design, Hollywood glamour, and a rock-and-roll streak. Optometry Today reported in March 2026 that Mondottica became the exclusive UK independent-optical distributor. Buy a designed frame here, not eye care.

The left-temple stamp, cellulose acetate, and three comfort checks

Fit starts with the three numbers on the inside left temple. Taylor Morris reads them as lens width, bridge width, and temple length in millimetres; 53-19-145 means a 53 mm lens, a 19 mm bridge, and a 145 mm arm. The frame guide, signed Hugo and Charlie, says cellulose acetate can be heat-curved by an optician and that the standard fit is meant for about 95 percent of faces. Comfort checks: no pinch, no slide down the nose, no resting on the cheeks when you smile. Face-shape notes are styling tips only: rounder frames for square jaws, wide rounds for oval faces, rectangles for softer brows, and a broader upper rim for faces that taper at the chin.

• Temple stamp order is lens width, bridge width, temple length in millimetres (example 53-19-145)
• Cellulose acetate can be heat-adjusted by an optician; the house says the standard fit covers about 95 percent of faces
• Comfort checks: no pinch, no slide down the nose, no resting on the cheeks when you smile
• Many sun pages include a hard case, soft pouch, and outer box; cases and accessories are not returnable

Zero, George Arthur, City names, and the Morgan H.F.S. collab

Zero is the recognisable round. Official copy cites completely flat base-zero lenses in the spirit of frames linked to John Lennon. An Ice crystal page listed grey crystal acetate, a brown CR39 flat lens with anti-reflective coating and CAT2 UV protection, titanium pads, and a 48-25-145 stamp. On 20 September 2026 several Zero colourways sat near 239 to 241 US dollars; others showed 289 dollars. George Arthur is the everyday keyhole round, named after two of the founder's middle names, typically 49-21-145 with CAT3 CR39, clustered around 159 to 162 US dollars. Woman and Home noted standard George Arthur is not polarised, while George Arthur II is a slightly larger polarised take near 194 dollars. Checkout beats any screenshot.

The City Collection uses London street names: Regent, Bond, Sloane, Berkeley, Picadilly, Brompton, and Knightsbridge. On 20 September 2026 some City colourways listed near 183 US dollars, while individual Picadilly and Bond pages still showed 140 dollars against 186. The Picadilly is a chunkier, slightly wider acetate rectangle, often 50-21-145 with CAT3 CR39. H.F.S. is the first Morgan Motor Company collaboration, named for founder Henry Frederick Morgan and inspired by the three-wheeler, with Mazzuchelli acetate and polarised CR39 on several SKUs and sale tags near 171 dollars against 285. Outlet names such as Sidney, Ladbroke, and Golborne were marked down on the homepage; returns are allowed, but you pay postage to W10.

• Zero: about 239 to 241 US dollars on several colourways as listed 20 September 2026; some SKUs 289 dollars
• George Arthur: about 159 to 162 US dollars; George Arthur II polarised colourways near 194 US dollars
• City names (Regent, Bond, Picadilly): about 140 to 183 US dollars depending on markdown
• H.F.S. Morgan collab: about 171 US dollars against a 285-dollar sale reference
• Optical TM010–TM062: 188 US dollars on the Glasses collection page
• Sun Rx add-ons: 30 to 220 pounds by index and polarisation; extra 7 to 10 working days; non-refundable

The TM optical grid is a separate aisle from sun Rx

The Glasses collection is a different SKU family. On 20 September 2026 the optical grid listed TM010 through TM036 and newer codes such as TM055 through TM062, in multiple colourways, at 188 US dollars on the collection page. Older pages for TM051-C2, TM053-C1, and TM054-C1 still showed about 246 to 247 dollars and sold-out status, with stamps such as 50-22-145 and 53-18-140. The prescriptions page says the house offers prescription lenses for all sunglasses besides the dedicated optical collection: optical frames are spectacle shapes, while most sun frames can take sun prescription lenses. If you need progressives or occupational designs, email vision@taylor-morris.com before you assume the published single-vision menu covers you.

Upload a current prescription; Caledonian Optical cuts sun lenses in Aberdeen

Sun prescription work is choose the frame, choose the lenses, upload your prescription, then wait. Caledonian Optical, an independent lab in Aberdeen, Scotland, with more than forty years of digital-lens work and Made in Britain accreditation, supplies those lenses. Published add-ons on 20 September 2026 were 30 pounds for 1.5 single vision, 60 pounds for 1.6, 130 pounds for 1.67, and 100, 140, or 220 pounds when polarised. Product pages also promise anti-scratch and anti-reflective coating. Lab time is usually seven to ten working days, then the parcel ships. The pair is made to order, so it is not a stock return. Use a current prescription from your own optometrist; this guide will not read SPH, CYL, AXIS, or ADD values.

Buyers who will like this house, and shoppers who should leave

This shop fits people who want a London-designed acetate or metal sun frame in the roughly 140 to 290 US dollar band, who can read a temple stamp, and who will try on at Golborne Road or accept a thirty-day unused return on a stock pair. It also fits shoppers with a sun prescription who will wait the extra lab week and give up refund rights on that custom lens. Unisex labelling, cellulose acetate, CR39, and a hard case in the box are the usual hardware story. US orders over 200 dollars ship DDP, a reason to stay on the official site. UK independents may now see the line through Mondottica if you prefer a practice try-on to a W10 parcel.

Skip the cart if you need an eye exam, contact-lens care, or a medical reading of a prescription change. Skip it if you need progressive or occupational lenses unless vision@taylor-morris.com has confirmed the job in writing. Skip added polarisation, blue-light filter, and prescription sunglasses while you are still shopping colour, because those orders cannot be refunded; only a same-model frame colour exchange is offered. Skip outlet SKUs if you will not pay return postage to 74 Golborne Road. Skip cases and accessories; the policy says they are not returnable. Skip rest-of-world checkout if you cannot budget duties that are not included. Skip the brand if you need same-day dispensing or a lifetime repair bench.

Treat Taylor Morris as a London fashion frame with an optional Aberdeen sun-Rx bench, not as a substitute optician. Buy a stock colourway if you still need the thirty-day return. Upload a prescription only after the silhouette already fits, because custom lenses lock the sale. The Golborne Road shop will style and glaze; it will not test your eyes.

— Marcus Chen

Cart to door: UK DPD, US DDP, Europe, and rest-of-world duties

Standard orders process within two business days after the confirmation email, excluding weekends and holidays. Orders placed before 2 pm process the same day. Custom and prescription work adds seven to ten working days before that clock. UK delivery is free over 125 pounds in two to three days, with DPD next-day at 5 pounds or free over 250 pounds. United States shipping is free over 200 dollars in five to seven days, express 8 dollars or free over 400 dollars, duties paid. Europe is 25 pounds standard or 35 pounds express, duty-paid. Rest-of-world is 25 dollars standard or 35 dollars express, duties not included. Tracking follows by email or SMS after collection.

Thirty days, outlet postage, and the custom-lens no-refund rule

The house states a thirty-day returns window from delivery, wherever you live, without replacing statutory UK distance-selling rights. UK stock returns go through the returns portal and are free if the pair is unused, in original packaging, with labels, and still saleable as new. International returns can use facilitated postage at your cost or your own carrier to Taylor Morris London, 74 Golborne Road, W10 5PS, London, United Kingdom. The company is not liable for inbound-return duties and will pass those charges to the sender. Shipping is not refunded. Refunds use the original payment method after cleaning and checks, within thirty days of confirmed receipt. Improper returns may be held for a re-delivery fee or destroyed after fourteen days.

A one-year manufacturer warranty, then heat from an optician

The guarantee-and-repair page is short. Taylor Morris covers manufacturer defects for one year from purchase, limited to the original buyer, with proof of purchase. It is not a breakage policy for sat-on temples, lost cases, or worn lenses, and it does not publish a spare-parts menu or repair tariff. Heat-adjusting acetate is something the frame guide tells you to take to a reputable optician rather than attempt at home. If a hinge, rivet, or finish fails like a factory fault, write with photos and the order number before you mail anything. After the year, assume you pay an independent workshop. The store-locator page loads third-party stockists if you want a local fitting.

74 Golborne Road is a try-on room with a bar

The Space is the physical catalog at 74 Golborne Road, London W10 5PS. The store page lists Monday to Saturday 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday noon to 5 pm. The site footer often repeats Sunday from 12 to 6 pm, so confirm Sunday closing the morning you travel. Interior copy describes reclaimed Indian antiques, a house scent named CERA, concrete tables, and a look borrowed from Mediterranean coastal pop-ups. Frames are designed in-house in London. You can try silhouettes and bring a prescription for lens services; you cannot sit an eye test. The store page says the team chose a bar instead of a sight-testing room. Email hello@taylor-morris.com for shop questions and vision@taylor-morris.com for lens questions.

FAQ

Can I send back a pair that has prescription or added polarisation?

Not for a refund. The shipping-and-returns page groups prescription frames, frames with added polarised lenses, and any glasses with a blue-light filter as customised orders that cannot be returned or refunded. The prescriptions page repeats that made-to-order pairs are not returnable. What the house will do is exchange the frame for a different colour of the same model once the original arrives; they then send a payment link for any balance or refund a difference. Stock sunglasses that shipped with factory polarised lenses as a listed colourway are still a product, so read the SKU, not just the word polarised. If you are unsure whether a cart line is a stock polarised colourway or an add-on, email vision@taylor-morris.com before you pay.

Will a United States or EU parcel arrive with import tax already settled?

For the United States, Australia, and the EU, the shipping page says parcels go DDP, delivery duty paid, so you should not face a separate customs bill before delivery. United States standard shipping is also described as having all duties and taxes paid, with free shipping over 200 US dollars. European standard and express services are likewise duty-paid, at 25 and 35 pounds on the shipping-and-returns page we opened on 20 September 2026. Rest-of-world rates of 25 and 35 US dollars explicitly exclude duties and taxes. Returning a duty-paid parcel from outside the UK is different: Taylor Morris London Limited is not liable for import charges on the inbound return and will ask the sender to cover them.

Does the Notting Hill shop examine eyes or only fit lenses?

The Space does not examine eyes. The store page is blunt: the team chose a fully stocked bar instead of a sight-testing facility, and you must bring an up-to-date prescription if you want lens services on site. That is a fashion and fitting room with a workshop path, not an optometric practice. Online, the same split holds. You upload a prescription your own clinician already issued; Taylor Morris and Caledonian Optical cut and fit lenses. Hours on The Space page are Monday to Saturday 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday noon to 5 pm. If you need a refraction, book an optometrist locally, then walk the paper into Golborne Road or upload it at checkout.

What does the one-year guarantee cover if a hinge fails?

It covers manufacturer defects for twelve months from purchase, for the original buyer only, with proof of purchase. That is the entire public guarantee-and-repair text. A loose factory hinge, a plating fault, or a frame that arrives damaged in a way that is not user wear is the sort of claim the wording is built for. Scratches from use, a sat-on pair, a lost pouch, and accessories sit outside that sentence. Custom lenses are already excluded from ordinary returns, so a dislike of tint is not a defect. Photograph the issue, keep the box, and contact the house before you post anything. After the year, budget an independent optician for acetate heat adjustments, which the frame guide already recommends.

How should I choose a first pair if I cannot visit W10?

Start with a temple stamp from a pair that already fits, then shortlist one shape family. George Arthur at 49-21-145 is the everyday keyhole round; Zero at 48-25-145 is the flat-lens round with a wider bridge; City names such as The Picadilly at 50-21-145 are chunkier rectangles; H.F.S. lists a 140 mm frame width and 51-23-145. Use the face-shape page only after those numbers agree. Order a stock, non-custom colourway first so the thirty-day unused return still exists, especially if you will pay to ship a miss back to Golborne Road. Add Scottish sun Rx only after the frame has won a try-on. If you can reach W10, try the wall at 74 Golborne Road instead of guessing.