Yes, You're Seeing Things: Gentle Monster's Eyewear Is Also Jewelry
Gentle Monster is turning simple eyewear into dazzling jewelry. Accessories that accessorize were peak 2024, but Gentle Monster's new collection of blinged-out glasses are accessories that come accessorized.
There's no need to rummage through your jewelry armoires, these glasses come pre-adorned with luminous jewels, pearl clusters, and flashy stones that turn otherwise simple frames into pure fashion.
Beyond challenging the expectations of traditional eyewear, Gentle Monster’s new collection also fuses retro influence with modern detailing. One pair of rimless glasses ooze early aughts nostalgia, complemented by brow-grazing jewels and pearl adornments at the temple that align with the current over-accessorization boom. Another pair of pearled-out frames features matching wrap-around beading and pink diamantes.
Responses to the collection have been largely positive, with many pointing out the aesthetic similarities between this collection and Sailor Moon. Even the Bratz account chimed in on Gentle Monster’s Instagram — if anyone knows good eyewear, it's the girls with a passion for fashion.
(Still waiting on that Bratz x Gentle Monster collab, BTW.)
While this may be Gentle Monster's most jewelry-adjacent collection, this isn't the first time the eyewear brand has blinged out its frames.
In 2023, Gentle Monster collaborated with French fashion brand D’heygere on bejeweled eyewear. While that sold-out collab was certainly a precursor to the bling-bling we're getting now, Gentle Monster's latest, available online on January 10, offers more in terms of variety and color.
Gentle Monster isn’t just about jewels. The brand has become beloved for its consistently edgy frames, whether they’re outfitted with jelly, candy-like accents or a cycling-meets-rave-inspired collaboration with Hood By Air. Gentle Monster is all over the place — in a good way.
Gentle Monster can tackle any aesthetic without abandoning its subversive design language, and it's this type of versatility that makes the brand a leader in the world of fashion-forward eyewear.
Whether Gentle Monster is giving us mega-grunge shades or suspiciously sweet readers, you don't need a prescription to see its vision.
