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product code : k5559 :
£ 45
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1950's translucent shaded brown and gold
glitter plastic frame, unmarked
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Original brown glass lenses
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Glitter acetates are one of our favourite early frame
plastics, especially if they are English and from a
time when post-war austerity did not leave much
room for exuberance and certainly not for luxury.
Out of the gloom then comes these sparkling, fun
sunglasses which perhaps went to the seaside or for
a ride at the Festival of Britain Fun Fair at Battersea
Park, London. The colour of the frame is a sort of
pale straw with a hint of peach and the glitter
embedded throughout is gold. The shape is rather
elegant, with a keyhole bridge and that dipped and
swooping brow and although it stays on (perhaps not
on the Waltzer) the arms have become a bit loose
from age. The tint of the glass lenses is that intense
dark brown that we see from the 1930's in sunglasses
- however note that they do not provide the current
standards of uv protection, so not to be worn too
long in the midday sun.
— klasik
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