Fashion trends can be bizarre at times. And Italian luxury fashion label Gucci has been mocked for selling “upside down” sunglasses for whooping price 470 euros (Rs 45,800). The Inverted Cat Eye accessory was released earlier this week, offering one-day delivery to customers on the brand’s official website.
However, netizens poked fun at the item’s bizarre design.
“An unconventional take on the ’50s and ’60s inspired cat eye frames, these sunglasses are presented with an inverted design that created an ‘upside down’ effect. The frames and temples are created using multiple layers of black and white acetate. Enamelled floral details and a petite ‘Gucci’ logo further enrich the design,” that’s how Gucci describes the high-ticket product.
In a series of tweets, a user named Porochista Khakpour shared several pictures of the luxury fashion brand selling the sunglasses along with a tweet that read, “Gucci, why are we doing this.”
In the next tweet, she said that though it was understandable that this year has been tough, the product being priced at £470 was not.
Gucci why are we doing this pic.twitter.com/kfGPeNmyVL
— porochista khakpour she/her پوروچیستا خاکپور (@PKhakpour) December 9, 2020
Khakpour also shared a picture showing how the brand had styled the sunglasses and added, “Hard no.”
The post quickly went viral on social media, receiving more than 1.3 likes and over 8,900 re-tweets.
Many agreed with Khakpour. And once the post went viral, several Twitter users also trolled the brand for the sunglass design.
https://twitter.com/Oceaney29814759/status/1337448097169883141
“I thought they just turned the glasses upside down for the photo. But no, the ‘inverted eyeglasses’ are an actual product,” wrote a user while sharing the original tweet.
fixed it pic.twitter.com/HjEcEEh3jb
— Androski (@TheThingsOfStuf) December 9, 2020
Many people made comparisons to snooker legend Dennis Taylor who was known for wearing specially designed sunglasses “upside down”.
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