In early January we noticed an upsurge in people asking about the Badgley Mischka Perry sunglasses.

But not just the usual Badgley Mischka Perrys — clients kept asking whether we stocked the gold Perry with gold lenses.

At first, we couldn’t quite understand the sudden interest.

Angelina Jolie had been spotted earlier sported the gold Badgley Mischka Perry with gold mirror lenses, and that caused a minor uptick in sales, but nothing like the buzz we saw over the past two months.

And then we noticed something in Rihanna’s “So Hard” video:

Yes, those gold sunglasses on the very lovely Rihanna are Badgley Mischka Perrys.

Suddenly, it all made sense.

The lenses Rihanna is wearing look like gold because they are literally gold: 24K  to be exact.

The lens itself isn’t made of gold, obviously, but its flash comes from a 24k gold coating that creates an amazing gold mirror that can’t be found on any other sunglass.

The photo above doesn’t do this sunglass justice, although you can get a much better idea of how stunning this gold aviator is from seeing it on Rihanna in the video clip.  Or you can just stop in a try it on for yourself.

The frame is also available in a white gold frame 24k white gold mirror lens and in a black frame with black lenses.

We currently have two Badgley Mischka Perry sunglasses in stock with the gold coated lenses:  One with the yellow gold frame and gold lenses that Riahanna wears in “So Hard”, and one with a black frame and white gold lenses.

Stop in to try them on and channel your inner Rihanna.

Tanks, machine guns and battle fatigues not required … although a killer sense of style is.