3rd Edition of Choice Option Magazine August 2014 | Page 26
Trend Report
The World Most Expensive
These items are incredible; if you’ve got the money I think these are amazing pieces of art for keeps. Extravagant sounds a bit trivializing, but
with the new meaning of luxury you will agree with me that there is nothing wrong with lavishing once in a while. Guess what; we can feel plush
even though most of us reading this piece might not be able to afford these items; but it’s ok to feed your eyes with these deluxe things.
By Edirin Okumagba & Ese James
Lamborghini Veneno: N680million
We should have expected something this
mad for Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary,
but somehow we were still surprised. The
Veneno is simply jaw-dropping.
Stuart Weitzman
Tanzanite Heels:
N340million
This bejewelled stunner
holds 385 gems. The
ankle strap alone
features 185 Karats of a
rare African gem called
Tanzanite. To add to
sparkle ratio are 28
Karats worth of
diamonds on the front
strap by international
jewellery designer Le
Kian. The 213 Karats
total is sitting on supple
silver Italian leather.
1001 Nights Diamond
Purse: N608600000
Officially the most
expensive purse,
this purse is called
Mouawad’s 1001 Night
Diamond Purse. The
Mouawad’s purse is
hand-crafted with 18
carat gold. The purse is
also studded with 4,517
diamonds. The purse is
heart shaped and out
of the 4,571 diamonds
there are 4,356 colourless, 105 yellow and 56
pink diamonds arranged
in an extremely artistic
pattern. The diamonds
weigh 381.92 carats,
and required 8,800
man hours to create this
expensive work of art.
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Hubolt: Price: N850million
If the previous pieces stood
out by the rarity of the
components this one focuses
on only one material: Diamonds, and a lot of them! It
took over a year just to find
the diamonds from all corners of the earth but the end
result was truly worth it!
Beyonce Knowles bought it
for her husband Jay-Z as his
43rd birthday gift!
Secret Circus: N221million
Expensive jeans include Secret Circus. It is ranked 1st in the
list of top ten most expensive jeans in the world 2014. The
design of this jeans is known to be classic enough, but
clincher here has high quality large diamonds sewn into back
pockets of this jeans. Diamonds are just diamonds, regardless
of the fact that if you wear them as part of a necklace or use
them as design for the pants.
Pen: Price: N250002000
The Aurora Diamante is the most
expensive writing instrument till date.
Only one is for sale per year. The
Aurora Diamante contains over 30
carats of De Beers diamonds on a
solid platinum barrel. It has a twotone, rhodium-treated, 18KT solid
gold nib and is personalized with a
coat of arms, signature or portrait.
Aurora Pens says it is the only over 30
carat pen in the world. Add pen
Azzam: N102, 106, 950, 000
The largest and most expensive yacht in the world
is a staggering 590 feet long and owned by Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, president of the
United Arab Emirates. It took German shipbuilders,
Lürssen Yachts four years to build this behemoth of
a ship, which is rumoured to have up to 50 private
suites.