Louis Vuitton × Yayoi Kusama Wave Round Sunglasses Z0480W, White and Black Dots, 2012 Collaboration
Louis Vuitton × Yayoi Kusama Wave Round Sunglasses Z0480W, White and Black Dots, 2012 Collaboration
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Condition report
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The First Collaboration
In 2012 the house and Kusama worked together for the first time, a decade before the larger second chapter. Eyewear from that year is now far harder to find. The Wave Round is its most sculptural frame.
Best for: Collectors of early Kusama collaboration pieces
Condition notes
Graded A by the specialist who holds it: a clean used pair with light signs of wear.
Small scratches and some discolouration to the metal fittings.
Small scratches to the frame.
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The Wave Round sunglasses, reference Z0480W, from the first Louis Vuitton collaboration with Yayoi Kusama in 2012. Round white fronts carry black dots that swell and shrink as they circle each lens.
The Piece
The frame is deep and perfectly round, black on the inner face and white outside, with the dots of the Monogram Waves design arranged as if turning around the lens. A small LV sits at the outer edge of each rim, and the hinges are gilt blocks set into the temples.
The dots continue along the outer temples to gilt tips. Inside, one arm is printed with the signature of Yayoi Kusama beside Louis Vuitton, the other with the reference Z0480W and size 44-30. Lenses are grey. A black case, dust bag and box are shown.
Details
- Maison: Louis Vuitton
- Collaboration: Yayoi Kusama, 2012
- Model: Wave Round
- Reference: Z0480W
- Frame: White and black, 135 x 57 mm
- Lens: Grey, 44 mm round
- Temple: 154 mm
- Hardware: Gilt hinges and tips
- Origin: Made in Italy
- Included: Case, dust bag and box
Condition
- Graded A by the specialist who holds it: a clean used pair with light signs of wear.
- Small scratches and some discolouration to the metal fittings.
- Small scratches to the frame.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade A (minimal signs of use) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as an authentic Louis Vuitton piece from the Yayoi Kusama collaboration, with the printed temples and packaging shown in the photographs. The Desk has not handled it and relies on the description and images supplied. Keep in the case when not worn, and clean the lenses with a soft dry cloth.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with protection suited to the piece. Shipping is quoted and agreed with you before purchase, weighing EMS, then FedEx, then air cargo, all insured and tracked. Duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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