Splurgeworthy: Prada Butterfly Sunglasses

As much as I love daydreaming about all the gorgeous but astronomically priced things I see in the pages of Vogue, Elle, and the like, I do tend to keep my lust realistic -- sure, I can see and appreciate a pair of knee-high Ferragamo boots in sumptuous navy crocodile, but I know there's no way I can afford them, so I sigh dreamily, gaze at them again, and move on to something a little more attainable. Every once in a while, though, there's an item I just can't stop thinking about, something that I'd be willing to go on a dollar-menu diet to attain. Case in point: these dreamy Prada sunglasses.

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In Prada's otherworldly animated ad campaign "Trembled Blossoms," an alien-esque wood nymph (or is she a wood nymph-esque alien?) drifts to the sounds of Cocorosie through a fantasy forest where beetles morph into a pair of extravagant, fanciful heels and a brilliant koi fish becomes an equally brilliant handbag. These sunglasses appear first as a butterfly -- quanto addato! -- before alighting on the nose of our vaguely extraterrestrial heroine.

Rarely does a pair of sunglasses inspire me to start saving my pennies, but for these ones, I'll try. I love a huge frame as it is, and the graceful shape of this pair is so unexpected. I love the impractical pale lilac, but they also come in black, ivory, and tortioiseshell. At a bit shy of $350, these sunglasses will probably be unavailable by the time I've saved enough for them, but that doesn't mean I won't try.

Here they are in black and tortoiseshell as well.

Here's the full "Trembled Blossoms" ad:



And here is the eyewear ad with the glorious butterfly-cum-sunglasses:

What do you think of these ads? Have you recently come across an item that you would go on a ramen diet to afford?