The season of sun has arrived. Is there anything better than experiencing the sound of the waves, the smell of sunscreen, and throwing a stunning new pair of sunglasses to protect your eyes?

Saint Laurent is here to provide you with a range of new eyewear frames that are destined to become a new staple. For the Summer 2023 eyewear collection, the French fashion house is connecting classic and contemporary, while staying true to the allure of the maison’s tried-and-true style codes. 

Captured here for V’s Summer 2023 issue by photographer Tyrell Hampton, a vision of elegance takes over as the square frames seen on models Meghan Roche and Luis Paredes deliver an amplified thick profile with signature corner angles, detailed with a ‘naked’ metal wire core visible through transparent acetate. The easy-to-wear frames are marked with Saint Laurent letter lasred on to the temples for a flash of luxury for the eyes no matter where you turn.

Echoing the vintage-inspired, oversize style aesthetic of the house’s Summer 23 fashion show, with Anthony Vaccarello’s inspiration stemming from Marrakesh and Moroccan deserts, the rimless and half-rim structures to the eyewear pieces help add to the maison’s iconic range of frames that fuse a sense of lightness with the touch of sleek metal screws, single bridge constructions, and sharply cut double top bars.

This story appears in the pages of V142: now available for purchase!

Photography Tyrell Hampton

Fashion Gro Curtis 

Makeup Ayami Nishimura (Forward Artists)

Hair Ward Stegerhoek (Home Agency)

Models Meghan Roche (IMG), Luis Paredes (DNA)

Set design Henrique Cirilo Neto, Emma Magidson (WayOut Studio)

Photo assistants Andres Norwood, Lauren Davis

Stylist assistant Emma Oleck

Location Shio Studio