product code : k5542 : £ 75

• 1970's/80's translucent purple/green fade plastic frame marked
  GOGGLES ITALY


• Original mirrored gradient pale grey glass lenses

condition

• lenses : excellent - 9


• frame : very good


• fit : very good

size

• face : 137mm


• lens width : 59mm


• lens height : 54mm


• arms : 120mm

lens spec

• uv transmission % : 16


• light transmission (LTF) % : 36-83


• uv protection y/n : y

other info

• GOGGLES were launched in the late 1970's by the
  
  British designer, Oliver Goldsmith. Check out one of
  
  their - David Bailey directed - tv ads on You Tube.
  
  The Goggles diffuse line by Goldsmith went on into
  
  the 1980's, launched with the tag: 'Fine lenses in
  
  fabulous fashion frames'. As these are fine gradient,
  
  mirrored glass lenses, this pair looks to be an early
  
  one, as glass lenses were later phased out. Goggles
  
  were an accessible part of a rejuvenated British
  
  fashion scene as European manufacture and trade
  
  opened up after we joined the EU in 1973. Sad that
  
  Brexit will be an end to this, but revel in this glamorous
  
  accessory, a legacy from that incredible creative period.
  
                                                         — klasik