Burn Notice Sunglasses – Michael Westen – Jeffrey Donovan

Oliver Peoples Size 55 Gold Victory Aviator Sunglasses with Cognac Lenses

“My name is Michael Westen, I used to be a spy…”

Yeah, you know it and love it – me too.  Heck, I watch reruns of the reruns when new episodes aren’t on.

But let’s get down to brass tacks ‘n such.   You’re here because you want to know what sunglasses Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) wears on the show, Burn Notice.

It’s not the easiest thing in the world to determine mostly because they’re not all that common… but fear not, after exhaustive research (as it turns out, interns are more useful than trained monkeys) we’ve figured it out.

However, that doesn’t mean you can get them, not quite.  You see, Michael Westen sunglasses happen to be custom made.  You can’t buy those exact frames… easily.

First, let’s cover what the heck they are.

They’re Oliver Peoples brand sunglasses and they’re size 55.  The frame is “Victory” and it’s in gold.  The lens color is Cognac.

So how do you get them?  Well, I’ve heard of a couple people managing to convince the people at Oliver Peoples to let them do a custom order (after many, many phones calls and pestering), but I’ve heard from plenty of others that they’ll no longer let you do that since the size 55s have been discontinued by Oliver Peoples.

You can occasionally find them on eBay – about once every 60 days or so from what I’ve seen – but just make sure you take a deep breath and sit down before I tell you the price… expect to pay $1,000 or more for them.  Yeah, they’re that rare.  Now Oliver Peoples makes some really freakin’ sweet sunglasses, and the custom Michael Westen ones are top of the line, so you’re really only paying about a $600 premium for them, but still…  

If close is close enough for you, here’s where you can get them (authentic) – remember these are size 58s, not 55s so they’re gonna be a little bit bigger.  If you want the Real McCoy, keep an eye on eBay and you might get lucky and score yourself a pair.