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Select
One stone is taken out of many, and its marks are left alone.
The Marbella
LE 4,999.00
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LE 4,999.00
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The Marbella
LE 4,999.00
Sale price
LE 4,999.00
Regular price
One of one. An oversized square frame with almost no frame at all: the lenses hang from a hairline gold brow bar and a slim gold bridge, and the rest is open air. Green-to-pink gradient lenses drift from sea green at the top through a pale mint into a warm rose at the bottom. In place of temples, a gold chain runs to two raw green quartz stones, each hand-set in a gold-dipped cap.
The Frame
Gold-tone metal, rimless square, held by a hairline brow bar and slim bridge with clear nose pads. Temple-less: the chain is the temple.
The Lens
Green-to-pink gradient polycarbonate lenses: lightweight, shatterproof, UV400. Cool at the brow, warm at the cheek, and softer on a face than any single colour could be.
The Chain
18K gold-plated box chain, substantial enough to hold its line at the neck and to gather neatly in the hand when the glasses come off.
The Stone
Two natural green quartz stones, left raw and hand-set in 18K gold-plated caps. Their mint colour picks up the top of the lens; their white flecks are theirs alone. No two stones are alike, so no two pairs are alike. This is the only Marbella.
Designed in Egypt.
AS WORN
The Marbella, 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
THE ATELIER
One of one.
No arms. Real stone. Yours alone.
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.
- The loopWhere the chain clips in
- No armsNo hinge, no fold
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.
- UV400In the material, not a coating
- Impact-resistantTakes the hit and gives
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.
- Box chainFour flat faces
- 18K platingOver every surface
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.
- NaturalFractures left alone
- No two alikeDifferent stone, different pair
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.
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Gold
The collar around the stone is plated here in 18K gold.
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Link
Built to length, plated through, fixed at each corner.
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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.