{"product_id":"courreges-racing-cl-1401-shield-sunglasses-black","title":"Courrèges 'Racing' CL 1401 Shield Sunglasses — Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eCourrèges 'Racing' CL 1401 Shield Sunglasses — Black\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré Courrèges founded his house in 1961 with a vocabulary built around futurism, white space, and architectural geometry — the moon-boot silhouettes, the trapezoidal mini dresses, the Space Age optimism that defined Paris in the mid-1960s. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, the brand's eyewear program had carried that geometric instinct into a different idiom entirely: chunky shield masks and wraparound silhouettes that anticipated the Y2K mood years before the broader fashion conversation caught up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese CL 1401 sunglasses sit firmly in that lineage. The shield is cut from a single piece of glossy black acetate with architectural squared temples and a smooth wraparound profile that reads more racing-helmet than spectacle. Brown gradient lenses. The right temple is stamped 'Cat 03 \/ CL1401 0001 \/ courrèges'; the left temple reads 'courrèges \/ hand made in France \/ CE'. The CE marking dates the piece to post-1995 (when CE eyewear compliance became mandatory in the EU), and the 'hand made in France' designation places it firmly within Courrèges' higher-end production rather than a licensed secondary line — consistent with circa 1998–2001 dating. Made in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is in very good vintage condition with sharp lines and intact lettering throughout. The Y2K shield silhouette is having a sustained moment, and Courrèges is one of the few houses whose archive matches the energy. For the buyer who reads the late-90s Paris archive as wearable canon rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Courrèges","offers":[{"title":"One Size","offer_id":44127106302040,"sku":null,"price":485.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1104\/5464\/files\/IMG-2179.png?v=1779401577","url":"https:\/\/shopthevaultnyc.com\/products\/courreges-racing-cl-1401-shield-sunglasses-black","provider":"The Vault NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}