The Lipari - three-quarter view of gold thin-rim hexagon sunglasses with purple-to-pink gradient lenses and gold chain with two raw purple quartz stones

The Lipari

LE 4,999.00
LE 4,999.00
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The Lipari - three-quarter view of gold thin-rim hexagon sunglasses with purple-to-pink gradient lenses and gold chain with two raw purple quartz stones
  • The Lipari - three-quarter view of gold thin-rim hexagon sunglasses with purple-to-pink gradient lenses and gold chain with two raw purple quartz stones
  • The Lipari - top view of gold hexagon frame showing the purple-pink gradient lenses and 18K gold-plated box chain
  • The Lipari - flat lay of thin gold hexagon frame with purple-pink gradient lenses, chain looped below with purple quartz stones
  • The Lipari - close-up of two raw purple quartz stones hand-set in gold-plated caps on the gold box chain
  • The Lipari - three-quarter view of gold thin-rim hexagon sunglasses with purple-to-pink gradient lenses and gold chain with two raw purple quartz stones
  • The Lipari - top view of gold hexagon frame showing the purple-pink gradient lenses and 18K gold-plated box chain
  • The Lipari - flat lay of thin gold hexagon frame with purple-pink gradient lenses, chain looped below with purple quartz stones
  • The Lipari - close-up of two raw purple quartz stones hand-set in gold-plated caps on the gold box chain
The Lipari

The Lipari

LE 4,999.00
LE 4,999.00

One of one. A hexagon frame drawn in a thin gold rim, six soft angles on a slim straight bridge. The lenses shade from a deep violet at the brow to a warm pink at the cheek, so the colour seems to move as the light does. In place of temples, a gold chain drapes to two raw purple quartz stones, each hand-set in a gold-dipped cap.

The Frame

Gold-tone metal hexagon with a fine, thin rim and a slim bridge. Temple-less: the chain is the temple.

The Lens

Purple-pink gradient polycarbonate lenses: lightweight, shatterproof, UV400. Deep enough at the top to soften a bright afternoon, light enough at the bottom to keep your eyes in the picture.

The Chain

18K gold-plated box chain, built to rest quietly at the collarbone and to hang straight when the glasses are lifted away.

The Stone

Two natural purple quartz stones, left raw and hand-set in 18K gold-plated caps. Each stone keeps its own shape and shade, which is why this pair cannot be repeated. This is the only Lipari.

Designed in Egypt.

AS WORN

The Lipari, on.

No studio. An afternoon out, and the pair exactly as it arrives — held by the chain, resting on the shoulders.

One of one · This pair, this stone

VANNAE
A length of gold box chain on black

THE ATELIER

One of one.

No arms. Real stone. Yours alone.

The Lipari

THE OBJECT

A pair held by a chain.

Most glasses are held by two arms. These are held by a chain — and every other decision followed from that one.

THE FRAME

There are no arms.

The chain clips into a small gold loop at each corner, passes the ear, and falls. Behind that loop there is nothing at all.

  1. The loopWhere the chain clips in
  2. No armsNo hinge, no fold
The Lipari

THE LENS

A lens that does not shatter.

Polycarbonate. It absorbs impact instead of breaking, and the UV400 filter is part of the material itself — no coating on top to scratch away or fade.

  1. UV400In the material, not a coating
  2. Impact-resistantTakes the hit and gives
Box link, plated in 18K gold. Box chainFour flat faces18K platingOver every surface

THE CHAIN

Box link, plated in 18K gold.

Square links keep their line instead of twisting into a rope, so the chain lies flat and stays put. The 18K plating covers every link, not just the faces you see.

  1. Box chainFour flat faces
  2. 18K platingOver every surface
Real stone. Never the same twice. NaturalFractures left aloneNo two alikeDifferent stone, different pair

THE STONE

Real stone. Never the same twice.

Every stone is natural — chosen, not made. No two come out of the ground alike, so no two pairs leave here alike.

  1. NaturalFractures left alone
  2. No two alikeDifferent stone, different pair
Extreme macro of the gold plating meeting the natural stone

Plated in 18K gold.

THE BALANCE

So what actually keeps it on?

Weight, settled before assembly. The chain is weighed against the frame and against the stone, so the piece balances itself and sits where you set it.

HOW IT IS MADE

Four decisions, in order.

01

Select

One stone is taken out of many, and its marks are left alone.

02

Gold

The collar around the stone is plated here in 18K gold.

03

Link

Built to length, plated through, fixed at each corner.

04

Balance

Frame, chain and stone, weighed against each other.

VANNAE

No two stones are alike,
so no two pairs are alike.

Held by a chain. Plated in 18K gold. Set with a stone that exists once.

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