by Claudia Baroncelli

As an unmissable piece in every fashionista's (and not only) handbag, sunglasses are nowadays synonymous with fashion and glamour, the accessory all of us love to wear and show off especially on sunny days. But did you know the history of the universally used and glamorous sunglasses was strictly linked to that of the Italian city of Venice?

Right, originally Venetian noblewomen and gentlemen used green glasses in order to protect and maintain the pallor of their noble skin (as well as to fight signs of ageing) from the reflection of the sun on the water of Venetian canals.

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