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Image shows sunglasses from a surrealist collaboration between eyewear brand Etnia Barcelona and TOILETPAPER magazine
2024

Toiletpaper x Etnia Barcelona

Color, surrealism, and a pinch of irony mix together in this limited-edition collection designed to shake things up. Etnia Barcelona shares with Toiletpaper a rebellious and transgressive spirit, an obsession with color, and a good dose of provocation.

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The image is a promotional illustration for the Ignasi Monreal x Etnia Barcelona: OJO vol.2 eyewear collection. 
2022

IGNASI MONREAL X ETNIA BARCELONA

Following the success of the first capsule collection, Etnia Barcelona and artist Ignasi Monreal are joining forces again to give life to OJO Vol.2, an exclusive, limited-edition capsule collection of sunglasses inspired by jade and designed in three new colors: lavender, green and Havana. 

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This image showcases the Etnia Barcelona Ignasi Monreal Sun Bkgd Black/Gold sunglasses, which are part of a limited-edition capsule collection designed in collaboration with Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal. 
2020

IGNASI MONREAL X ETNIA BARCELONA

An exclusive collection designed in collaboration with the “enfant terrible” of Spanish painting in the 21st century: Ignasi Monreal, one of the youngest Spanish talents garnering high international acclaim

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This image captures a iconic moment featuring David Bowie as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, photographed by Masayoshi Sukita in 1973. 
2019

A DAVID BOWIE TRIBUTE

Limited edition inspired by the personality and unmistakable style of this artist in two of his mainstay phases in the 1970s: Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke.

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This image shows the renowned American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. 
2016

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT X EB

A tribute to the world of graffiti and street art. A collection based on three of his works, all with the same common denominator: the three points of his crown.

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This image showcases a pair of sunglasses from the Etnia Barcelona collection, likely from the "Wild Love in Africa" series photographed by Steve McCurry. 
2014

WILD LOVE IN AFRICA

Steve McCurry photographed the campaign for this collection, inspired by the intense colors of the savannah and the energy of its people.

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This image features the French artist Yves Klein, famous for developing his signature deep blue color, International Klein Blue (IKB). 
2013

INTERNATIONAL BLUE KLEIN

A limited edition whose star was the International Klein Blue pigment, patented by Yves Klein himself.

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This image shows Etnia Barcelona sunglasses paired with a traditional Japanese kimono.
2012

PARIS-TOKYO

The first sunglass collection from Etnia Barcelona, as a collaboration with the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

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