5202-Q Quilted Flip-Up Mirror Sunglasses — Burgundy

Chanel reserves its most theatrical ideas for the pieces almost no one gets to own, and this pair is exactly that — a hidden-mirror sunglass from the house's Fall-Winter 2010 "prestige" collection. Press the quilted leather and each arm flips open to reveal a concealed mirror etched with the Chanel logo, a piece of couture engineering that turned a functional accessory into a collector's object. Rendered in deep burgundy, it carries the house's matelassé codes into eyewear with the same precision found on a 2.55.
The frame is sculpted from substantial acetate and wrapped at the temples in quilted lambskin, the leather stopping cleanly to a lean finish on the inner arm. Gradient grey lenses (category 2) carry the engraved Chanel signature, with a unique laser-etched authentication code confirming Luxottica production, made in Italy. Both flip-out mirrors retain their original protective film — a detail that speaks to how little this pair has been worn.
This is not an everyday sunglass; it is a conversation, a rarity, and a piece of Chanel's design imagination the house no longer makes. For the collector who understands that the best archive pieces are the ones hiding something, this pair is a quiet trophy — acquired, authenticated, and held for the person who already knows what it is.