“In 1960s London, Maltese gangsters walked with a swagger, looked sharp and turned heads. They had a name for the exhilarating feeling of wearing something stylish for the first time – they called it Zanzan.”
Today the word Zanzan represents a gorgeous line of limited edition sunglasses – there are only 100 pairs of each style available. When Gareth Townshend (who along with Megan Trimble designs these beauties), emailed me about the line – I knew I had to share.
The Zanzan brand shines at every touchpoint – from the French handmade frames, to the divine copy used to infuse each style with a seductive personality. Check out a Dazed Digital interview with the designers about English sunglass design and their references.
My pick of the lot is Le Sept, in raspberry pop and honey:
Le Sept was the favourite nightspot of the glamorous, the beautiful and the wealthy in early 70s Paris. On a dancefloor the size of a small living room, on the tables and on the chairs, the impossibly chic starlets of the French fashion pack danced with Yves Saint-Laurent, Rudolf Nureyev, Francis Bacon, Bianca Jagger, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenzo and Andy Warhol. Rothschilds rubbed shoulders with students, gay with straight, in a cauldron of intrigue where beauty was the only passport.
Tu es pour moi la plus belle!
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I love the bottom glasses “Le Sept”. It has such a lovely name to them.
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