Thursday, July 31, 2014

Diamond-Studded Handbag Costs $180,000, Has 1,000-Year Guarantee

Hey! How are you doing today! Glad to see you! Remember the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? Perhaps that should now be "Lucy in the CyberSky with Diamonds". More on that in just a sec. I see you hurrying over towards the coffeepot. Good idea! Fill your mug and moosh a virtual treat onto your plate, too. Now where was I??? Ah, yes, diamonds...

British designer Christopher Shellis has created an unbelievably expensive women’s clutch bag – it costs a whopping $180,000 and it’s so small that it can hardly hold more than a cell phone. The tiny bag measures 7 inches by 5 inches, but it’s surprisingly heavy at half-a-kilogram, thanks to all the bling piled on to it.

All that weight is attributed to the 345 diamonds that are studded on the 18-carat gold bag. It took Shellis and his team of dedicated goldsmiths and diamond setters over 100 hours to create the bag. “The inspiration and design was drawn from the Buckingham Palace gates,” Shellis explained.

“Like the palace gates, it conveys its own very regal presence. It would not look out of place among the collection of jewels in the Tower of London itself. It could easily be worn by any royal princess.”

A 1000 year guarantee? Do they know something we don't? Ah, well, maybe when we win the lottery...

See ya, eh!

Bob
 

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