Alain Mikli Y2k vintage mini goggle sunglasses. Red transparent oval curved frame with blazing orange lenses. Definitive 2000s NOS

For the person who insists on only wearing something a bit different, didn't quite find it, and then decided to settle for something a lot different instead.

We have written over 1700 listings now, and that is a helluva lot of individual, one of a kind descriptions, and still these extraordinary shades are straining me to come up with some category or explanation. So instead I'm going make up a story. Think of it as a lullaby for the instagram stories generation.

If you were an artist who'd reached Gallery level. What is truly required to charge the difference between 5K and 15K for exactly the same artwork? (Aside from the gallery owners vouching for you in order to profit.) It would likely be the clients meeting the artist and making a personal judgement on how convincing they are to invest in. In that unquantifiable and rarified context we fancifully argue that wearing some simple sunglasses like this, could very easily be the difference between " I see, let me think it over" and " OMG I could be in the presence of true genius, but cannot be sure because they're on a level beyond my comprehension, it felt like they could see into my very soul with their piercing orange eyes. I should pay whatever they ask and feel shame for having doubted them."

Yes, fanciful, but still somehow true.

Made by Alain Mikli for this Mikli par Mikli diffusion range in an attempt to rekindle the extreme creations of his 80s heyday that put him on the fashion map forever but frankly lost his way later in the 90s. These imposing sunglasses go a long way towards upholding that heritage.

Original 2000s NOS in excellent condition.

• frame width (outside widest point): 143mm

• frame height: 47mm

• temple length (from the hinge and including ear bend): 140mm

• bridge width: 20mm

• inside hinge to hinge: 137mm

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