If those plastic sunglasses you got on your face aren’t quite getting you the status you were looking for, how about some 18-carat gold Ray-Bans to up your street-cred?

The Milan-based company has announced a new range, a solid-gold range, of Ray-Bans for the super-rich. A pair of these babies will set you back almost R45,000 – and they don’t even have X-ray vision. They will, however, protect your precious eyeballs from those harmful sun rays, and make you look like a total celebrity. Brad Pitt wears Ray-Bans, so does Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss, why shouldn’t you? Here’s Ray-Ban’s pitch,

The prestige of the new model is apparent to anyone who sees them – and even more so to those who wear them. Like the pilots that inspired the first iconic model, the Ray-Ban Aviator Solid Gold is poised to take stylish, functional eyewear to new heights.

You can find the luxurious fashion accessory at your nearest Sunglass Hut.

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[Source : The Telegraph]