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It's the middle of July: Have you lost your sunglasses yet? Even if you've managed to hang on to your lenses—and if so, we salute you—now's the time of year when it feels downright responsible to shop for new ways to protect your eyes from the sun. Below, we've rounded up nine of Boston's best sunglass shops, from an e-commerce–era success story to a boutique so obsessed with history that it has its own eyewear museum.