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title: Maker Bridge Fit Labels Explained
description: How Ray-Ban, Oakley and Maui Jim fit labels map to this catalog's bridge_fit values, using only each maker's own published definitions.
updated: 2026-09-25
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# Maker Bridge Fit Labels Explained

Some makers sell a second version of a frame with a different nose-bridge design. Each maker has its own name for it. The catalog stores the maker's exact wording in `manufacturer_fit_label`. It also stores a normalized value in `bridge_fit`: `low_bridge_fit`, `standard_fit`, `high_bridge_fit`, `universal_fit` or `unmapped`.

## How labels are mapped

A label is mapped only when the maker's own published text supports the mapping. Each mapping cites that text.

| Maker label | Normalized | Maker definition |
|---|---|---|
| Ray-Ban "Low Bridge Fit" | `low_bridge_fit` | "designed to accomodate those with low nose bridges" ([Ray-Ban](https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/sunglasses/low-bridge-fit)) |
| Oakley "Low Bridge Fit" | `low_bridge_fit` | "for those with a low nose bridge and higher cheekbones" ([Oakley](https://www.oakleysi.com/en-us/product/W0OO9244?variant=888392358240)) |
| Oakley "High Bridge Fit" | `high_bridge_fit` | "for those with a high nose bridge and lower cheekbones" ([Oakley](https://www.oakleysi.com/en-us/product/W0OO9250?variant=888392602916)) |
| Maui Jim "Asian Fit" | `low_bridge_fit` | "Also referred to as 'low bridge fit', 'alternative fit', or 'universal fit'" ([Maui Jim](https://support.mauijim.com/hc/en-us/articles/5434880645527-What-does-Asian-Fit-mean)) |
| Maui Jim "Universal Fit" | `low_bridge_fit` | Same Maui Jim article; the US site sells the Ho'okipa alternative-fit style as "Universal Fit" ([Maui Jim](https://www.mauijim.com/US/en_US/shop/sunglasses/rimless/ho-okipa-universal-fit?variantCode=RM407N-2M)) |

Maui Jim's own "Universal Fit" goes to `low_bridge_fit`, not `universal_fit`, because Maui Jim's article describes it as another name for its low-bridge-fit styles.

## Labels that are not bridge fit

Oakley's "Regular" and "Wide" describe the size of the lens front, not the bridge. Oakley calls Wide "a larger lens front" ([Oakley](https://www.oakleysi.com/en-us/product/W0OO9250?variant=888392602916)). These labels are not mapped to a `bridge_fit` value.

## When the label is missing

If a page doesn't show a fit label in text the catalog could read, the field is left empty. Several Ray-Ban RB2140F pages have "low bridge fit" only in the URL, so no label was recorded ([Ray-Ban US](https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/sunglasses/RB2140F%20UNISEX%20original%20wayfarer%20classic%20low%20bridge%20fit-black/805289749752)). Style-code patterns such as a trailing "F" are not used to infer a label.

## Never inferred from a person

The `bridge_fit` value describes how a frame is built, as its maker defines it. It is never inferred from, or recommended because of, a person's ethnicity or background. The makers themselves describe these designs in terms of nose-bridge height and cheekbones. Whether a frame fits depends on the individual, and this site makes no fit guarantees.

Measurements can match across fits. Maui Jim lists Red Sands and Red Sands Asian Fit at the same 60-17-145 ([standard](https://www.mauijim.com/US/en_US/shop/sunglasses/rectangular/red-sands?variantCode=432-2M), [Asian Fit](https://www.mauijim.com/US/en_US/shop/sunglasses/rectangular/red-sands-asian-fit?variantCode=432N-2M)). The difference is in the bridge design, not in these three numbers.

## Related

- [/guides/comparing-frame-sizes](/guides/comparing-frame-sizes)
- [/guides/how-to-read-temple-size-markings](/guides/how-to-read-temple-size-markings)
- [/docs/find_sunglasses.md](/docs/find_sunglasses.md)
- [/docs/data-dictionary.md](/docs/data-dictionary.md)
- [/docs/sources-and-methodology.md](/docs/sources-and-methodology.md)