Senior Models For Sunglasses Collection

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Senior Models For Sunglasses Collection

A cast of women aged between 65 and 92 have been chosen to model the new Karen Walker eyewear collection. The New Zealand-based designer enlisted the help of New Yorker Ari Seth Cohen, the photographer behind hit fashion book and blog Advanced Style, to help select and shoot the four seniors.  Joyce Carpati, Linda Rodin, Lynn Dell and Ilona Royce Smithkin were all photographed in their own homes (against some rather extraordinary wallpapers) in statement shades from Ms Walker's latest eyewear offering.

Statement look: Lynn Dell, 78, from New York City, is one of the four women chosen to model the new eyewear collection from New Zealand-based designer Karen Walker

Showstopping signatures: Carpati makes a fan-shaped headpiece look easy to pull off

They certainly make for sensational models, working the vintage-inspired shapes and bold hues to better effect than many of the current crop of catwalk models.  Joyce Carpati, 80, from New York City, for example, wears her glitter-embellished shades with effortless nonchalance. In another frame, she makes a fan-shaped headpiece look easy to pull off.

Rodin works octagonal frames with a sequined top

Unique style: One-time opera singer Joyce Carpati, 80, wears her hair in braids

Ilona Royce Smithkin, 92, is distinctive for her vibrant orange crop

Ilona Royce Smithkin, 92, is distinctive for her vibrant orange crop - and the fact that she could be decades younger than her years. The acclaimed artist and performer shows no fear of clashing hues, teaming a red feather boa with a neon yellow pair of frames, or a colorful polka dot cardigan with over sized pink shades.

Fun with color: Dell works a monochrome turban and scarlet lipstick

Rodin strikes a pose in a searing orange pair of frames

Sense of play: Stylist Linda Rodin, 65, carries herself with the elegance of a supermodel

Dell does the grande dame thing in feathers and giant wrist cuffs

From sophisticated to sensational: Carpati in tortoiseshell and leopard

Bold personalities: Royce Smithkin shows no fear of clashing hues

Royce Smithkin in a red feather boa with a neon yellow pair of frames