product code : k8292 : £ 195

• 1930s/40s translucent shaded pearl blue plastic and
  gold-fill frame marked FULL-FIELD


• Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses.

condition

• lenses : n/a


• frame : very good


• fit : very good - cable arms

size

• face : 120mm


• lens width : 44mm


• lens height : 40mm


• bridge : 18mm


• arms : n/a - cable arms

other info

• Perhaps this frame should be called Princess or Queen, or have a discreet crown
  
  crown added to 'Full-Field' - as this is the style chosen by the Queen Mother, and
  
  then Princess Margaret after WW2. It is a By Royal Appointment Theodore Hamblin
  
  Ltd (aka Gerald Henry Wingate) design from the 1930s and the British Optical
  
  Museum hold Hamblin's original drawings and advertisements relating to this "ideal
  
  for all sports" unisex shape which offered a full field of vision for golf, tennis, motoring
  
  etc. The Museum also have a pair worn by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. It was
  
  Princess Margaret though who made Full-Field a fashion accessory, starting in Capri
  
  in 1949 where her beauty and style gained world attention. It was on that trip to Europe
  
  that she met Christian Dior in Paris, who had just introduced the lavish 'New Look' -
  
  and that was the start of their fashion friendship. Wherever she wore sunglasses with her
  
  sumptuous couture clothing, through the 1950s in England to the Carribbean and Africa,
  
  they were the Full-Field design. She went on many tours as Britain was recovering from
  
  WW2, and no doubt was provided with a variety of sunglasses to match each wardrobe.
  
  Dior made her dress for her 21st birthday and a year later in 1952, his first step into a
  
  global brand started with a shop in London, where he collaborated with status British
  
  brands, like Dents for gloves. He must surely have approved of this British eyewear
  
  design then - as Margaret became a glamorous Royal pin-up, and a favourite of the
  
  international press. The frame suited her movie star looks, and the acetates Wingate
  
  used were incredible quality but also superb colours - this pair has a top pearlised pale
  
  blue layer like a gossamer summer silk, but would look gorgeous all year round. The
  
  gold-fill cable arms mean you could even wear them riding a horse, or some other
  
  aristocratic pursuit. We can fit dark grey glass sun lenses as Margaret seems to have
  
  favoured - or any lenses you want. Sadly, recent tv series 'The Crown' did not use the
  
  correct pair, but then perhaps they didn't know. No excuse now though! And Margaret
  
  was still wearing the perfect Princess Full-Field frame into a third decade - here in 1963
  
  with her husband Lord Snowdon in Greece, having a look at another Wonder of the World.
  
  Perhaps if you buy these, you could follow in her foosteps and send Klasik some very
  
  special Kustomer postcards.
  
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