Tortoise-shell in fine, as long as it is dark
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The previous tour bestowed upon on us the two pairs of Prada's, which have faired well up until now. Sunglasses can take a good three to four months to hit Cape Town's shores, thus enabling the shopping traveller to sport 'this season's' shades, as opposed to buying 'last season's' shades locally. Before my departure there were sightings of the same (at one stage unique) Prada's all too often at Caprice. Acknowledgement from a fellow wearer can only but interrupt a pleasant cocktail. This must SURELY be the main reason why it is IMPERATIVE to stay a season ahead of the Caprice rabble.

The beauty of Chanel is that the brand itself is generally perceived as a brand made exclusively for the fairer of the sexes (it's words like that that ban the Deloitte's staff from reading this site - pity). The cleverness of these particular Chanel's is that they opted for a little chrome square on either side of the lens, instead of the usual linked 'C' letters. The linked 'C's make it virtually impossible for men to wear Chanel shades - it just BELONGS to women - like the gorgeous black C's on last season pink Chanel handbags (I'm sure we mentioned the bag before, somwehre on this God forsaken website). This is why these particular Chanels are a good purchase - most posers wouldn't buy them anyway; thus saving us altogether from pretenders. (Awesome semi-colon back there).

From the depths of the King's Road to the banks of the Hurlingham's croquet lawns, Chanel has been a treat. Whilst tortoise shell can often come across as a particularly hurl-inducing colour, I find a good dark tortoise shell can come across as black, but far less harsh on the face than exact black. I think it is fair to say that Chanel KNOWS how to do tortoise shell. Congratulations, Chanel, today belonged to you.

Chanel - boys can get away with it

Seth Rotherham
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