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product code : k5423 :
£ 125
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1960s demi-amber plastic with aurora borealis and gold
stud inset plastic frame marked MADE IN FRANCE
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Original pale blue mineral glass lenses
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Owl sunglasses with a huge wow factor in the dazzling decoration.
Of course they were made in France, the experts for such fine
work in acetate - dozens of 2mm stones and 100 gold pin studs
surround the eyes, and the multiple colours in 'aurora borealis'
stones and tiny gold metal studs compliment the pale blue mineral
glass lenses. Also the warm tones of the darker amber tortoisehell
frame, which is good quality with 5-charnier joints pinned front and
sides. The lenses are perfect circles at 53mm, so a large, glamorous
accessory. The fashion for the round 'owl' shape started with the 60s
beatniks and hippies of counter-culture who wore original Edwardian
frames they called 'granny glasses'. As fashion played with colour
and pop art and futurism, so new eyewear designs responded and
the shapes grew. Sometimes just the lenses were that burst of colour
- see the purple tint in this pair from 1968 while designers like Christian
Dior with Tura could bring haute couture
to their 'Gypsy Look', with
frames using enamels and jewels. The emphasis here is on the eyes
and eye colours, hence the pale tint of sky blue and the ornamentation
adding sparkle and illumination all round. In 1994 Chanel returned to
round, and their
sunglasses circled by pearls are now themselves
vintage pieces. This is a stunning Sixties original though, just looking
for that wild party and some Pucci prints by a fabulous pool.
— klasik
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