Caught between timelessness and femininity, the Chanel 2015 Pearl eyewear collection offers optical and sunglasses that are refined, bold and in tune with the spirit of the moment. Pearls were among Gabrielle Chanel’s favorite jewels. Today they play a central role on the frames of the Maison’s latest eyewear collection. Full, round and whole, elongated in mother-of-pearl panels or microscopic and multiplied, they illustrate both the modernity and youthfulness of Chanel.
In this new story based around the pearl, the curved corners of the butterfly forms, the cat eye and the square all take a soft view. A token of absolute elegance, two pearls are embedded into each of the metal temples. In opalescent acetate in green, blue, aubergine, tortoiseshell and black, the sunglasses come in a palette of colors that’s both tender and muted. For optical, the mother-of-pearl marquetery inlayed in each temple gives these understated yet feminine frames an iridescent shine.
The pearl lends itself to every whim: in pink, white or black, it encircles the perfectly round or oval girly sunglasses. Inspired by the costume jewelry of Mademoiselle Chanel, the temples of a cat eye frame are adorned with ear pendants in gold or silver metal whose chains are interspersed with tiny pearls and charms. The very quintessence of jeweled glasses, this perfect fashion accessory comes in black acetate or tortoiseshell.
This season Chanel has chosen Lily-Rose Depp, the new House ambassador, to be the face of the 2015 Pearl eyewear collection. For her first campaign under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld, the young actress embodies a baby-doll in a world imbued with sweetness and femininity.
