The Most Expensive Sunglasses In The World

Sunglasses come in just about every size, shape, and material imaginable. Some of us may be partial to metal frames while others prefer plastic. There are frames made with natural materials like wood, bone, or buffalo horn, or you can go for frameless, rimless models. Prices (and functions) can vary from a few dollars for a last-minute purchase at a drugstore or flea market, to several hundreds (or thousands) at a department store or specialty shop (via All About Vision).

As with just about everything these days, what you pay for often determines what you get, but for those with oodles of cash on hand, there are plenty of opportunities to be super extra in the sunglasses department. On Finances Online's top ten list of most expensive shades is a pair of diamond-studded Luxuriator Canary Diamond Glasses, which look like aviators with a ton of bling and can set you back $65,000. If you're looking for more traditional sunnies, Shiels Emerald sunglasses whose lenses are made with real emeralds and will set you back a mere $200,000. 

But nothing beats Chopard's bejeweled shades made by De Rigo Vision, which made their debut in Milan and cost more than $408,000. Pursuitist says the shades are made with 60 grams of 24 karat gold, and blinged up with 51 full-cut, 4-carat diamonds set in a way that makes them look as though they sit closer together. We can't tell if these shades protect your eyes from harmful UV rays, but with that price tag, we assume they do.