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product code : k5445 :
£ 145
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1950s/60s blonde tortoise plastic frame marked
MADE IN FRANCE
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Original mid-grey mineral glass sun lenses
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This extreme cat-eye was made in France, so seeing
a similar style on Brigitte Bardot in 1957/8 in the film
La Femme et Le Pantin (or US: The Female or UK:
A Woman like Satan), captured on set relaxing, one
couldn't ask for a better model. The Flamenco ruffles
her character wears are exuberant and the colours
sizzle under those sunny skies. The movie posters
promised "more jungle cat than kitten", so her European
sunglasses certainly fit the bill. There is something fun,
but sexy about this style. A year later,
Bardot wore
another slim cat-eye - with a hopefully fake wildcat coat -
as she left the divorce court. The style endured into the
mid-1960's and became more extreme with 'Mod' fashions
- Bardot's were not as radical as this pair, so perhaps
they are Sixties. And this is one of the better ones: an
optical quality acetate frame in a rich, blonde mock
tortoise with five charnier joints double-pinned front and
sides. The grey mineral glass lenses are not too dark to
show off the eyes and are fully uv-protective. For fashion
and for quality, French sunglasses are the ultimate.
— klasik
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