Despite many jewelry and luxury goods stores’ opening up in the recent years, Tiffany & Co. still remains one of the most sought after jewelry and gift stores. The store with its signature blue box has proved its popularity by recently opening its 80th store at Towson Town Center’s luxury wing. The store opened to customers with a grand “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” theme, where customers were treated to coffee and croissants. Besides featuring jewelry, the 3,700 square foot store will also carry the company’s line of sunglasses. Buyers will be spoilt for choice when it comes to buying jewelry as the store features a large inventory that comprises of a number of items in varying price ranges.
The charms and silver bracelets are the most affordable with some costing less than $100 while engagement rings and diamonds can easily exceed the price of $100,000. What is more, customers will also be able to order items from other stores.
As for the décor, you will find that the architecture of this newly opened store bears a striking resemblance to the company’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York. Be it the marble tile or the large glass display windows, every feature echoes luxury. The white oak and brushed stainless steel showcases complement the luxury store beautifully. Sure to be another successful venture, the 80th Tiffany & Co. store is sure to attract luxury lovers from everywhere.
Female vanity knows no bounds! After a diamond studded hoodie, a turban, a diamond dress, and a diamond blouse the diamond Bustier from ORRA is back in the news! However this time, the $1.3million bustier studded with over 500 carats, Belgian diamonds will be showcased by Indian actress and Item girl Malaika Arora Khan for a ramp show for a jewelry store instead.
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ORRA is revered as a big diamond brand in the Indian markets has its design centers set up in London, New York, Tokyo, Antwerp and Mumbai.
The Bond No. 9 New York is back, this time in a classy 42 oz. amphora vitrine bottle studded in crystallized Swarovski elements. The Chinatown Dramming Unit bottle has been finished with an elliptical mirror on top with honeycomb base. It also comes with the Bond No. 9 signature and a golden spigot. As for the contents, you can pick from any of the 32 listed fragrances. The set, priced at $3,500, will be presented to you in a stunning white patent leather gift case, which is also studded with crystals of its own!
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World’s Most Expensive Porsches
According to New York’s Luxury Institute, who surveyed 500 households with incomes over $200,000 in 2006, Porsche is the most prestigious brand of automobiles. While some may argue in favor of Bugatti or Rolls-Royce, that is still high praise indeed.
Porsche Carrera GT
The most expensive new Porsche currently avaialable is the Porsche Carrera GT at $440,000. With a top speed of 205+ mph and the capability to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, it’s certainly fast enough to justify its price.
Porsche 918 Spyder
Their new concept car, the Porsche 918 Spyder, will be the German company’s next most expensive production car. The 918 Spyder is a two-seater convertible with a 500 hp V8 engine. It has a top speed of 199 mph and can accelerates from 0 to 60 in under 3.2 seconds. Its electric drive-systems allow it to run 15 miles on electric power and it consumes fuel at a rate of 78 miles per gallon.
This fantastic new Porsche is likely to have an MSRP around $650,000.
If you’re looking for the most expensive Porsche in history, however, look no further than this Porsche 917, chassis no. 031/026.
This Porsche, originally a 1970 Gulf-JWA Le Mans 917K Coupe numbered 026, made history when it was driven by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood in the 1970 Le Mans. In the middle of a downpour in the 50th lap, Hailwood cruised past the pit stop where rain tires were readied and crashed into a parked car. What was left of the vehicle was repaired with the 031 chassis, but swapped numbering with the original 026 chassis to avoid complications.
The original 026 chassis, now numbered 031, was repaired and re-issued as a 1972-73 Porsche 917 Interserie Spyder. It was driven by Ernst Kraus in the 1972 European InterSerie Championship and by Jurgen Barth in the 1973 series.
This storied Porsche is equipped with a 5.4 liter, flat-12 cylinder, 630 horsepower engine and weighs approximately 1,600 lbs. It was sold at an August 2010 Bonhams & Butterfields auction at Quail Lodge in Monterey, where it achieved a staggering $3.9 million price.
New York is all set to get a new plush landmark for itself. Trump SoHo, New York has opened the doors of its new venture called Bar d’Eau. Created by the same team which has South Beach’s hottest nightspots to its credit, the KNR, the bar will be located on the seventh-floor of the luxury SoHo hotel condo. Designed by DiGuiseppe Architect, the bar looks over a 6,000-square-foot Pool Deck with a blue Italian mosaic-lined lounge pool that features a cascading waterfall, three private cabanas and a bocce court.
The bar itself is decked up with metal essence wall coverings, tiles made out of mirror shards and textiles from Anatolia set inside antique frames. The chairs are crafted out of handmade stitched leather set inside dark bronze chair frames. The list of sprits served includes high-end cocktails, exclusive wine and champagne.
Who wouldn’t want to dig in some delectable dessert after eating a yummy hotdog? And when some rich diner has just gobbled up the most expensive hotdog, only the most expensive dessert can satiate his sweet craving! Recently, we stopped by a New York’s famous Serendipity 3 restaurant to report about the $69 hotdog. We are back at the same venue as it is in news for dishing out the most expensive puddings in the world. According to Guinness, the £630 Grand Opulence Sundae and the mind-boggling £15,730 ($25,000) Frrrozen Haute Chocolate are the world record-breaking desserts. Stealing the tag of most expensive dessert is the Frrrozen Haute Chocolate. It is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18 carat gold and white diamond bracelet attached to the neck. The goblet is further laced with 23 carat edible gold. The recipe includes Serendipity frozen hot chocolate mix that contains 14 rare and secret cocoas, 14 of the world rarest and most expensive cocoas from Africa and South America, milk, ice cubes whipped cream and shavings from the world’s most expensive truffle, the La Madeline au Truffle ($2,500 a pound). Topping it with five grams of 24 carat edible gold, this opulent dessert is served with a £8,800 ($14,000) jewel encrusted spoon. The bracelet and the spoon belongs to the sweet-toothed customer who ordered this bejeweled dessert.
Serendipity’s head chef Joe Calderone states that “All profits from this dessert would go to children’s charities in New York, so we are definitely looking for someone to come in, be generous and to enjoy the Haute Chocolate.” DailyMail reports, “Created by one of Serendipity’s specialist chefs to order at your table, the Grand Opulence Sundae is available at 48 hours notice and the Frrrozen Haute Chocolate at a whopping two weeks.”
Ever since the Gates’ and Mr. Buffet teamed up to challenge the wealthy to donate their fortunes to charity, a number of billionaires are stepping forward to accept this challenge. In fact, with the announcement of this challenge, philanthropy has now become a trend of sorts among the wealthy. The latest to succumb to this trend and accept the might challenge is none other than famed fashion designer, Diane von Furstenberg. The fashion designer and her husband TV mogul Barry Diller who have a fortune of more than £1 billion ($1.5 billion) have together accepted this challenge. The famed designer now finds herself amongst 34 other generous billionaires who took up the challenge and pledged fifty percent or more of their wealth to charity. The challenge dubbed as the Giving Pledge has generated an enthusiastic response from the billionaires who have accepted this unique pledge that does not accept money but asks billionaires to make a moral
commitment to give away their wealth to charity.
Some of the other famed billionaires to accept this challenge include, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, media mogul Ted Turner, banker David Rockefeller, investor Ronald Perelman, Eli Broad, venture capitalist John Doerr, media entrepreneur Gerry Lenfest and former Cisco Systems chairman John Morgridge.
If you thought the French First Lady is satisfied being the arm candy of her President husband Nicolas Sarkozy, you are definitely wrong. The former supermodel who is busy pursuing a career in acting and currently filming her debut movie directed by Woody Allen, is making sure she finds time for charity as well. The First Lady has shown her charitable side by offering her patronage to a charity event held by Swarovski Elements Swarovski Elements has commissioned 22 designers, including Givenchy, Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood and Sonia Rykiel to create a Swarovski crystal-adorned little black dress for this event. The little black dresses with Swarovski designs will be displayed in September in New York after which they will be auctioned. The money raised from the sale of these bespoke dresses will be donated to the American Cancer Society and La Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer.
By lending her name and promising to attend this event personally, Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy has added more sparkle and glamour to this already sparkling event.
3D origami art like no other!
Origami like any other detailed form of art requires a lot of patience, eye for detail and loads of creativity thinking. But you need to be really good at it to make big money. Meet Jeffrey Nishinaka, a 52-year old Los Angeles based artist who used moulds paper based art with the right lighting to create amazing origami art work in 3D. While his art sells for anything between $1,530 and $25,490, his largest creation a 20 feet high, 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep tree set up complete with grass, leaves, birds and fishes earned him a whopping $ 101,985. More images after the jump.
This tree was crafted for the ANA Hotel Tokyo, Japan and was placed in the lobby as a part of their 5th anniversary celebrations. Apart from a lot of accolades and praise, the masterpiece also earned Nishinaka an award the Dimensional Illustrators Awards Show, New York, 1992.
Many students have a dream of going to a certain college or university for higher education. However, reality plays spoilt sport and many are made to compromise on their dreams and settle for colleges other than those of their choice. This is mainly due to the exorbitant fees that some of the universities charge. To help prepare you in advance and warn you about some of the most expensive colleges out there, we present you with a list of the most expensive places/cities in USA to go to college. Compiled by Forbes, this list is created solely based on the “sticker prices,” meaning the actual cost of tuition plus room and board.
Coming as no surprise, the Big Apple a.k.a. New York City leads the list for having the some of the most expensive colleges in the country. Topping CampusGrotto’s list of most expensive colleges for 2009-2010 is Sarah Lawrence College, located in Bronxville, N.Y. A year at this college will set you back by around $54,410. The renowned New York University is second on the list of CampusGrotto. Its high annual costs are mainly credited to the high price of housing in New York. Thus, the total annual cost to attend NYU includes $13,507 in room and board expenses.
The second most expensive place in US to attend college is the country’s capital Washington D.C. Universities in the capital like the George Washington University topped the world’s most expensive colleges list in 2008. The current annual cost of attending this college including board and dining is estimated at $51,730. Another university in the nation’s capital, the Georgetown University, lands in the No. 7 slot on CampusGrotto’s list with an annual cost of $51,122.
Lewiston, Maine takes the number three position by being home to the Bates College whose annual cost is said to be $51,300.
Saratoga Springs, located just few hours from new York City comes in at number four courtesy its Skidmore College whose annual costs are said to be $51,196.
Baltimore, Md. rounds up the top five most expensive places to go to college at. The Baltimore campus of the renowned John Hopkins University is said to cost students $51,190 annually.
The small port city of New London, Conn. is number six courtesy the Connecticut College whose annual cost is $51,115.
Readers must remember the list has been made without considering the financial aids and other scholarships provided by these various universities. It must also be noted that besides being known for their high fees, these colleges are renowned for ranking high in academic excellence as well. So if you are shelling out these exorbitant sums, you know you are getting education worth every penny and more.