An eternal CHANEL code, the camellia is at the heart of the Fall-Winter 2023/24 Ready-to-Wear collection. Both omnipresent on the silhouettes and as the show&rsquo;s majestic backdrop, it naturally blossoms over this season&rsquo;s eyewear. Fragile yet strong, this winter flower has inspired three pairs of sunglasses, each with a very distinctive design.

Recalling the 1960s and 70s touches in the collection designed by Virginie Viard, a round frame in gold metal in the shape of a camellia first appeared on the runway.
Gabrielle Chanel&rsquo;s favourite flower unfurls with the same grace over a second frame. In thick black or white acetate and marked with two double Cs of the opposite colour, its asymmetric openwork petals embellish an elegant hybrid shape caught between an oval and soft rectangle.
A large, round frame with a romantic style is accentuated by translucent marbled tortoiseshell. Red double Cs bloom on either side of the frame, just like the accessories in the Ready-the-Wear collection.

As with every one of its accessories, CHANEL combines a strong aesthetic with the highest quality of manufacturing. These three sunglasses all feature the latest generation of mineral lenses: guaranteeing improved visual acuity, these hypoallergenic lenses are extremely scratch-resistant, anti-reflective and are equipped with a new preventive technology that reinforces their solidity.&nbsp;

A fundamental element of the CHANEL allure, tweed appeared as early as the 1920s in the collections designed by Gabrielle Chanel. Typically pioneering, she was the first to adapt this masculine material to her feminine silhouettes. Jackets, suits, dresses, bags&hellip; Under the impetus of both Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard, tweed has never left the House repertoire. This season, CHANEL gives it pride of place in its collection of sunglasses and optical eyewear.
Tweed swathes the temples of the first series of frames, highlighted with a double C and a thin metal chain &ndash; a nod to the chain that runs through the lining of CHANEL jackets. Like a garment, a metal plate on the inside of the temples revisits the label, while the CHANEL name, engraved on the hinge, is revealed only when the frames are folded. These sunglasses come in three shapes: a large square, a soft rectangle and a retro cat eye. In black, khaki, off-white, burgundy and orange tortoiseshell, their colours match the tone-on-tone tweed.
Advocating the most innovative textile technologies, Gabrielle Chanel daringly combined artificial fibres with wool to create lightweight fabrics. She also played with the fantasy yarns that charmed her with their irregularity. This assembly of multiple textured wefts would become the signature of CHANEL tweeds and has been reinterpreted today as a new acetate in the Winter 2023/24 eyewear collection.
By layering sheets of meticulously pigmented acetate, a transparent tweed motif is created in hues of burgundy, blue and dark tortoiseshell. This construction gives each design a unique finish, rendered even more sublime by the light of day.
The streamlined butterfly and rectangular square frames are trimmed with a delicate metal chain.

Both eyewear collections are available in boutiques and <a href="https://www.chanel.com/lv/eyewear/sunglasses/c/2x3x1x3/new-this-season/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online</a> from September 2023.

CHANEL Fall-Winter 2023/24 Eyewear Collection

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