Gentle Monster has always treated eyewear as more than an accessory. Every frame feels like a piece of modern sculpture wrapped in futurism and fantasy. Based in Seoul, the brand is known for blending experimental design with an art-driven approach. Its stores resemble galleries, its collaborations stretch into the unexpected, and its campaigns often feel more like performance pieces than advertisements. Gentle Monster operates with its own creative logic, one where innovation takes priority over convention.
Tapping into this energy is G-DRAGON, one of the most influential figures in Korean pop culture. Across music, fashion, and art, G-DRAGON has built a career out of challenging norms and setting new standards. With the launch of his latest album, Ubermensch, G-DRAGON extends that vision even further, partnering with Gentle Monster to create a capsule that blurs the line between art and object.
The collaboration features two custom-designed frames, each crafted to mirror G-DRAGON’s universe. The first, titled Ubermensch, frames his signature daisy motif in gold, with petals stretching around the lenses. Along the temples, the album title is sculpted into the design, turning the frame into a wearable piece of storytelling. Red and blue lips dangle from the temple ends as tiny charms, adding a quiet, whimsical detail that speaks to G-DRAGON’s instinct for mixing sharp style with unexpected softness.
The second frame, Eye Cloud, leans into dreamlike imagery. Pearls form a cloud shape across the frame, scattered with 168 detachable charms. Some feature his daisy symbol, others carry the PEACEMINUSONE logo, each one acting like a hidden clue to different parts of G-DRAGON’s world. Together, the frame reads like a map of his creative identity, built to be explored.
The presentation was treated with just as much care. Each pair arrives in a golden hand-shaped case, with the nails and jewelry designed to mirror G-DRAGON’s own signature look. The case transforms the eyewear into a full experience, combining fashion, sculpture, and personal symbolism into one cohesive narrative.
The frames were created solely for G-DRAGON and will not be made available for sale.
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