For the autumn-winter 2014/15 Chanel eyewear collection, Karl Lagerfeld photo-graphed Charlotte Free as a mischievous young woman in a romantico-rock ambience bursting with audacity, revealing a modern and feminine collection.

With a sultry pout and pink hair accentuating her porcelain skin, Free poses in a decor evoking a dressing room in which pearls, knits and tweeds accumulate in powder shades, greys and black.

In front of Lagerfeld’s lens, she embodies a woman-child who is gentle and dreamy, ultra-feminine and assertive.

The sunglasses come in contemporary shapes, stylised butterfly, cat eye, XXL square and pantos, while the optical glasses focus on square, oval, rectangular and cat-eye frames.

The different designs are distinguished by their finely crafted jewel temples with delicately inserted baguette rhinestones which capture the light and are reminiscent of the legendary mirror-lined staircase at 31, Rue Cambon. The frames are infused with soft and translucent colours – taupe and grey – or the more classic black, tortoiseshell, burgundy and navy blue.

Subtly mixed with rhinestones, the double C merges imperceptibly into a game of mirrors in ruthenium, silver and golden tones. With absolute discretion, it’s the signature of sober and refined elegance.

The collection can be discovered this month.