Chanel RARE RUNWAY Sunglasses with Pearl Accents

CHANEL model A 40942 is the only pair of sunglasses that has been worn on the CHANEL pret-a-porter ss 2012 catwalk as look 68 (in light beige). It represents an interesting twist in sunglass making. The frames are covered with cultivated pearls but these are not to be seen on the outside of the frames. These sunglasses represent an oyster which keeps it’s treasure very well hidden within it’s core. In fact, on this black model version, the pearls are only clearly visible to the wearer, and almost invisible to other people. It is a very luxurious statement to place twenty five real pearls hidden within the frames. A strange statement, but nevertheless a conceptually fitting one considering the entire CHANEL spring summer pret-a-porter collection was inspired by underwater worlds filled with oysters and pearls. It is a boutique exclusive and has been produced in extremely small quantities by Italy’s LUXOTTICA, despite being available in four different colour ways (despite CHANEL’s lisiting of five different colour ways). The four colors are: rosé semi transparent frames, grey/beige/taupe transluscent frames (colour S1315), light beige transluscent frames (colour S1314) and black non transparent frames (colour S0133). All the colors have white cultivated pearls placed into them.