Bra dazzles over 6,000 Swarovski crystals and pearls

To look good on the outside, you need to feel good inside too. And you can start with keeping yourself happy with some sparkling bodice. Keeping that in mind, CrystalSkins and Gossard have crafted a unique, one-off crystal embellished bra. Even though the concept is not that new, it is the first known bodice to be encrusted with Swarovski Elements. The UK based service in collaboration with One Mega Management had Supermodel Elle Liberachi to model this bejeweled bra.

Chrome R8 Spyders raise nearly a million dollars for Elton John’s charity

Audi and Elton John’s collaboration paid off big time. At Elton John’s annual White Tie and Tiara Ball, Audi’s donation of two chrome Audi R8 Spyders broke all expectations. The Audi Folks initially were supposed to donate a single R8 Spyder, but generously donated another one too. The proceeds from the auction went to the Elton John Aids Foundation. The one-of-kind car usually retails for £100800 ($161,000). At the auction however they commanded £250,000 ($399,225). The bidding fever began when the second car was offered for auction. The bidding war between two bidders ended with one of them charitably shelling out £370,000 ($591,075). On this occasion Audi and Elton John proved to be a great team and together they were able to raise almost a million dollars.

Summer beauty guide

Dear everyone, the summer is enjoyable yet still have to be careful so that you won't ruined your beauty because of over enjoyed the summer.Therefore here is a little guide for you all out there either enjoying summer holiday etc. Enjoyed the summer!

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Luxury Junk ship worth $11.7 million goes sinking down the Junkyard

Junk in Chinese is a phonetic work for ‘Joong’ which means a ship. These multi-masts sailing ships were first created by the Chinese around 200 AD. And the world was very close to witnessing the world's largest Chinese Junk ship-cum-luxury hotel Alanzo I, which became a casualty of the global financial recession. Being built at Nagla Bunder, ten kilometers from Thane, the $11,720,995 luxury on sea was set to be a 162 feet long and 33 feet wide timber ship, to cruise Dubai at a six nautical miles per hour.

Leica unveils limited edition cameras to celebrate 20 years in Vienna

Can you believe it's been 20 years since Leica set shop in Vienna? Well celebrating two decades in the picturesque locale, the well known camera brand has launched three "super limited-edition" versions of their most popular models. Limited to 20 units each, you can pick up the M9-P, M3-P and D-Lux 5 Leica cameras.

Zafirro Iridium is the world’s most expensive razor with sapphire blades

When you think of opulence, the first few things that sprout to mind are a fancy car, a huge sea-view bungalow, lots of scintillating jewelry and the likes. We have come across limited edition of razors before and also the previous record holder of the most expensive razor, but this one scores above everything yet - a $100,000 razor for men.

The world's largest emerald goes on display

After the world’s largest diamond, its time for the world’s largest emerald to go out on display, that to in the country it was first discovered, in Colombia. Totaling up to 15,000 carats, the emerald has been kept in its original form right from the time it was found 12 years ago, in Boyaca which is about 47 miles to the north of Bogota. The emerald’s value has been revealed and is tagged as 'unmeasurable'.


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Rotary Mechanical Smartphone, blending modern day technology with the past

With the world crowded with mobile-phone technology, gone are the days of the rotary phone that our elders might have probably bragged about in the good old days.

One million Samsung Galaxy S2 sold in Korea in one month

Samsung has sold more than one million units of the Galaxy S2 smartphone in the Korean market since its launch a month ago. The sale figure only accounts for the number of smartphones that were sold to wireless carriers and not consumers.

Asus ROG MATRIX GTX 580 Graphic Card delivers the ultimate in overclocking performance

Continuing the success of its popular ROG MATRIX Series graphics cards, Asus today announced the launch of ROG MATRIX GTX 580 Series. Based on the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 GPU, the ROG MATRIX GTX 580 Series has been created to deliver the ultimate in overclocking performance with its ground-up PCB redesign and exclusive 19-phase Super Alloy Power technology.

James Bond breaks the record with Diamonds are Forever poster

James Bond is a legend. So when Christie’s held its poster artwork auction in London recently, and when it broke a few world records, it didn’t come as such a big surprise. The 1971 Diamonds are Forever poster starring Sean Connery was grabbed up by an American collector for a whopping $129,970. It was hand-painted by Robert E McGinnis and signed by him. Another one that gained the record breaking limelight was a single sheet poster of the classic 1942 Casablanca which gained $49,020. The third one was the poster of the 1962 Lawrence of Arabia which attracted $30,638. Other record prices include Breakfast at Tiffany’s which sold for $20,228 and The Sting for $14,160.

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Ted Noten's Chanel001 gun packs in a 24 carat gold bar with femme essentials

Women these days are not the coy and damsel types. They are lean and mean, and are as tough as the boys around them. And celebrating that facet of femininity is Ted Noten, as he launched the first set of his “provocative” seven-part series named “Necessities for a Woman (to Feel Like a Woman Through the Eyes of a Man).” One of the artifacts launched is a Chanel001 gun which comes with a Chanel lip gloss, an antique hairpin, an 18 carat gold toothpick, a perfume bottle with an 18-carat gold mechanism, a 50-gram 24 carat gold bar, a USB stick, and a Viagra pill (?).

Faber-Castell celebrates 250th Birthday with The Ultimate $1700 Pencil Case

Writing on a luxury blog, I never thought I would ever be writing about, of all things, a pencil case. But since luxe is whats haute – everything and anything is getting its chance in the spotlight. This Limited Edition Wood Case set certainly deserves its place on the pages of The Rich Times.

Arai RX7 RC is a carbon helmet based on Formula 1 technolog

If you enjoyed the stylish Ferrari Helmets, then here is one more option that you can explore to add to your mean biker look. Created as a concept two years ago, the carbon shell RX7 has now seen light of day.

Luxurious armored dogpods for the military sniffer dogs

We’ve seen luxurious kennels for dogs, some of which sport a six figure price tag. But these shelters are for those pets who just laze and do nothing most of the time. So don’t you think that the dogs that are employed for special jobs deserve a better space too? DailyMail reports that military sniffer dogs in Afghanistan will receive armor-plated kennels. Fitted with air-conditioner and lights, this dogpod will be built-in the six-wheeled Wolfhound tactical support vehicle. After all we do owe some luxury as well as security for the animals that sniff out bombs and save human lives. Till now, dogs would be out in the back of the vehicles and hence faced more danger of being blown up by the devices they were trained to sniff out. More than 40 such dogpod-fitted vehicles will hit Afghanistan, the first few by this year end.

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