Luxury Lifestyle

Jim Trippon, the American adviser on splurge, annually makes the list of 9 most expensive gifts for St. Valentine’s Day and reminds, that the main thing this day is attention and love, instead of heaps of money for a gift.

In 2006 Americans have spent for St. Valentine’s Day 14 million dollars and to spent more, there are such lists:

Plane Bombardier Global Express XRS of a representation class - $48 million

Private island in Phuket area, Thailand - $23 million

Wedding dress in brilliants from Renee Strausse - $12 million

Ear-rings and necklace from Neil Lane with sapphires and brilliants - $2 million

Wedding ring Tiffany & Co from platinum with a brilliant in 7.5 carat - $845,000

Sports car SSC Ultimate Aero - $654,500

Golf stick Honma, covered with gold 24k and platinum - $52,938 for a set

Handbag from pink crocodile leather Fendi - $25,700

Round of golf game in club Sandy Lane on Barbados - $1,265.

Today diamond watch is not a wonder, but very few people remember, that Vacheron Constantin was the pioneer in creation of a magnificent watch from jewels. This company till now has its honorable place in the list of haute joaillerie manufacturers.

This company creates incredibly beautiful “jeweller” watches and now it revives the most popular model Kallista in new collection Lady Kalla.

Model Kalla Duchesse Large Watch is intended for a strong man’s wrist. Gross weight of the brilliants - 58,35 carats. The dial is 45 mm in width. Watches are winded manually and are water-proof on 30 meters depth.

Female Lady Kalla model has a rectangular dial: 27,5 mm in width and 37,15 mm in length and has the same characteristics, as men’s watches. The initial price for both models is 50000 dollars.

«Bohemian butterflies» have continued Montblanc’s tradition of creation of surprising luxury goods, including – chic pens, which invariable become hits at solvent buyers and collectors. Not trying to keep up with the mass consumer, Montblanc creates limited editions of jeweller pens, each of which can be more expensive than a few cars.
The last limited collection of fountain pens «Boheme Papillon» totals only six copies. Made of firm white, yellow and pink gold, the pens play with more than 1400 brilliants and sapphires.

Six magnificent writing-materials are divided into two groups which are remarkable for a pattern and a set of jewels. In each group pens are made in three colors (depending on the used gold) - white, yellow or pink.

Pens from a new collection are just unique. They represent top of jeweller skill, having quite suitable price - 180000 euros.

Usual denim is the classics which, unfortunately, can look too lowly. Van Cleef&Arpels together with well-known American jeans manufacturer Earnest Sewn have presented the most simple and most effective way to look full-blast - to add elegant decoration: quite good investment, which looks perfectly.

American jeans brand Earnest Sewn united with jeweller company Van Cleef&Arpels for creation of new, super-expensive limited edition jeans, which will be displayed for sale in shop Earnest Sewn in Washington-Street and are then sold by Christie’s.

In total companies have decided to produce two types of exclusive jeans, ten pieces for each one. A little bit cheaper variant (9700 dollars) - dark blue jeans with a button from pearls and yellow gold, with gold rivets and chains fixed on a back pocket. The chain can be unfastened and worn as a necklace or a bracelet. The second jeans are light grey color, made from stretchy fabrics with patterns from black onyx and white gold. The price for them has reached 11300 dollars.

Let’s forget about prejudices. World giants of the IT-industry have divided the mankind into two clans. One work for PC, others - for Apple. You see, it is strange enough to choose technical equipment, reasoning from preferences to this or that trade mark. May be it would be better to buy starting from the price? Therefore in addition to gold or platinum PC you can get gold MacBook Pro. Experts and designers from Computer Choppers have made the case of a laptop from 24-carat gold, and well-known Apple logotype is enchased with brilliants.

To make a complete set, get Diamond headphones iDimonds from known jeweller Stefano Dossola.

In the middle of night hearing to Chopin, you will understand, that have collected a unique collection of precious computer gadgets which shine in a mystical moonlight with hundreds sides of brilliants and crystals.

On the first place - the American billionaire Warren Buffett, his assets were estimated in $52 billion. He heads the financial holding Berkshire Hathaway.

The second line has taken the president of the world’s largest steelmaking company ArcelorMittal, Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal with 32 billion dollars. The third was Sheldon Adelson - the owner of casino and hotels network in Las Vegas. His fortune was estimated by edition in 28 billion dollars. The “10” includes also Bernard Arnault, holding LVMH Group CEO. He owns Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon, Dior, Tag Heuer, Givenchy.

The fifth is Lawrence Ellison, permanent head of Oracle since 1977, with 26 billion dollars.

The sixth position has taken Mukesh Ambani - Reliance Industries financial director - 20,1 billion dollars. He is wallowed by his younger brother Anil Ambani - 18,2 billion.

The eighth place has taken Michael Dell with 17,2 billion dollars. He is a member of committee of directors and the general director of Dell.

Indian businessman Azim Premji has slightly conceded to Dell – he has 17,1 billion dollars. He is in charge of one of the largest companies in the Indian information technologies market - Wipro.

The last, tenth line of a rating is taken by the head of Koch Industries - Charles Koch. He has only 17 billion dollars.

This chocolate pie, powdered with a hundred brilliants, can be bought only in Japan.

This chocolate-based product of confectionery art is decorated with brilliants which gross weight makes 50 carat.
The pie was named in honor of well-known Japanese jeweller Sa-Byorsa, who has given jewels, and the head-cook of confectionery products Masami Miamoto, who worked above the design of the food.

This tasty jewel can bought in the western part of the city of Osaka in Takashimaya department store.
Price is unknown, bur it won’t be cheap, for sure.

The house in Hampstead in northwest of London, bought by the Israeli diamond billionaire Lev Levarv, became the most expensive new building ever sold in Great Britain, informs Daily Mail. The private residence designed by architect William Bertram, is called Palladio in honor of the Italian architect of the XVI century considered as the ancestor of classicism in architecture.

For a mansion with seven bedrooms Levaev has paid 35 million pounds sterling (more than 70 million dollars). The unprecedented sum for a house-new building has been paid by Levaev reasonably – according to the experts, the house will stand for 300 years the least.

The house is equipped with the most up-to-date equipment. The common room can be transformed into a cinema hall by one pressing of the button, and pool - in a dancing hall. All systems - infra-red cameras, illumination, music, electronic doors, heating and conditioners – are controlled distantly, “even from a yacht in the Caribbean Sea”.

Japanese company Zeus Computer has created two ultra-expensive desktop computers, made of gold and platinum and inlaid with brilliants.
The computer cabinet of Jupiter is made from platinum, and Mars’ - from gold. It is known also, that both devices are enchased with brilliants.

The novelties are equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 processors, work on frequency 3 GHz, have two GB of main memory, videocard GeForce 8400GS with 256 MB of videomemory, 1 terabyte hard disk, combo-drive for Blu-ray disks and HD DVD.

Ultra-expensive computers are sold together with 24-inch LCD-monitor. In the company informed, that the price of Jupiter makes 80 million yens (750 thousand US dollars), and Mars - 60 million yens (563 thousand dollars).

CHAPURIN has prepared for clients of the House a good idea for a holiday.

Specially for this holiday Igor Chapurin together with company «Smolensk brilliants» has created a unique “diamond” top.
Diamond Love is not simply a piece of clothing, and an exclusive art - object. It has a print as a tender kissing loving couple. Stylistics of a print includes the purest brilliant, 0,05 carat in weight. It imitates a graceful ear-ring in an ear of the drawn girl.

Diamond Love has the certificate with an increased image of a brilliant with an engraved inscription. Those who want to please the darling with such unusual gift should hurry: Igor Chapurin’s creation has limited edition.
It will be on sale since beginning of February in boutique CHAPURIN.