Articles in the Crystals Category
Posted in Automobile, Crystals, Designer on 6 October 2008
Juhan Losop, better known as a RED.CHOOPER in BikerZ World has done yet another wonder by designing a custom luxury limo for a Millionaire heiress from Kazakstan, Princess Regina. MiniPimpLimo SHAGADELIC.GLAMOUR, as the car is known, is made from one of the rarest and most expensive Classic MINI modifications - MINI (The) Chelsea Edition. At the length of 5 meters 60 centimeters, it is supposed to be World Longest Driving Classic MINILIMO.
This car has an LCD TV along with extraordinary interiors befitting a royalty. Apart from this, the car boasts of having 70 TFT monitors, 30 parking sensors and 20 parking cameras fitted. The thing that gives speed to the car, its wheels are super fast, has 100 wire wheels and is arty at the same time, made as they are from swarovski crystals. The rest of the car uses more than 1,000,000 swarovski crystals. The window panes have designs made of gold weighing around 50 grams.
Posted in Antique, Crystals on 5 October 2008
Just holding a champagne glass adds to your elegance. But if you had the rarest 19th century Baccarat Champagne Glasses, envy would be your guest! These are the extraordinarily rare pristine set of 12 Baccarat champagne glasses made in a pattern designed for the Imperial Russian court in the 19th century; slight variation on the Tsar pattern for the Russian Royal family’s exclusive use.
These 19th century Baccarat Champagne Glasses can only be found in museums and some private collections today, authenticated by very experienced crystal specialists in both France and Italy, only if Baccarat had signed them!
Posted in Alcohol, Crystals, Designer, Luxury, Wine on 28 September 2008
Wine drinking couldn’t be so tasteful and tantalising before. For starters, Swiss artist Sylvie Fluery has conceptualised a pair of limited edition crystal wine classes for Dom Pérignon. Well, the shape of the glasses has the same seductive elegance but with a sexy twist. Each comes with its own hand printed lipstick mark. That pretty much explains the title ‘Stolen Kisses’.
Expecting to be a collector’s item, each pair of glasses comes duly signed and numbered accompanied by a bottle of Dom Pérignon’s Rosé Vintage 1998. And there are only 999 of them available, which indicates a fleeting appearance in the markets.
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Posted in Camera, Crystals, Luxury Brands, Swarovski on 27 September 2008
Who says only men handle cameras best? Times change and our favorite camera too has changed hands. Women around the world are going clickety-click and its time to give our lady shooter a treat. Following the growing bling culture, camera manufacturing company Pentax asked design agency ‘Bling My Thing’ to jazz up the recently launched Pentax K-m DSLR camera a bit. Encrust with Swarovski crystals and patterned in red and white elegantly signifies the made-for-women tag.
Giving the uber-professional and less user-friendly cameras a makeover, this Pentax K-m DSLR is much simplified in an easy-to-manoeuvre compact body with user-friendly operations. The price of this ornamental camera is yet to be disclosed, but does that stop the ladies to gear up before they hit the stall. A definite No!
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Events, Fashion, Swarovski on 23 September 2008
Recession does not quite seem to be a word the decadent ones recognize with. While most of the world is busy fighting for the basic needs of life, these bunch full splurge and how. Some are just born lucky not to worry about money be it during the Great Depression or any other recession for that matter. And there are enough smart designers to rake it in from them. When we go ahead and purchase expensive products only the rich get richer. The famous designer Francis Hooper intends to do just that saying his collections at the Air New Zealand Fashion Week were inspired to make women spend more on luxury items.
The best of the lot had to be the hand-sewn Swarovski crystals in a collection named “There is No Depression” costing around a whopping $33,000 and must help you ease of the burden off your bank accounts. It’s no wonder couture outfits like these after making an appearance or two on the ramp and fashion news remain pretty much unused in the collector’s wardrobe.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Luxury, Swarovski on 18 September 2008
This will surely sound music to the ears!! With the launch of the uber-glamorous & enchanting Elements Stardust, a crystal-studded radio, you are certain to glue yourself to music on air. Though not an innovation, this one is certain to generate dazzling ripples in the luxury dominated blogosphere. Studded with 3,900 Swarovski crystals, it certainly is a beauty to be appreciated. Featuring 10 preset AM/FM stations, this beauty was unveiled at the IFA 2008, Berlin and is being promoted by the renowned BlingMyThing. Drenched in black crystals it looks stunning & is adorned with a white floral pattern that gives it an elegant & sophisticated look.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Luxury, Swarovski on 18 September 2008
It has been a known fact that human beings have been trying to reconcile with the phenomenon of life and death for ages. The desire to be immortal has led to many new inventions in the field of science and technology. Artists deal with this trauma in an entirely new form- by creating a piece of work that remains immortal even after they are no more. Swarovski designer Quinn Gregory has decided to fight with his destiny by creating a rare piece of art that he wants to be remembered for. He came up with the idea of making Swarovski-studded skulls when he was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease. So, he turned to this art to deal with the realities of death and the inexpressible aura surrounding it.
Perhaps he was taking inspiration from Yeats who wrote about the golden immortal bird. Gregory has taken a hollow skull of a woman and given artistic life to an inanimate skull.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Gold, Luxury on 11 September 2008
I always thought that my Swarovski watch is the ultimate thing that has ever seen life but the recent collection launched by Jaeger-LeCoultre has made my time piece blush! Yeah, I know they are the best watch-makers in the whole wide world, or so the gfame goes but I never though that they would surpass their own best so easily. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Le Lierre Collection. It’s a green fantasy turned to life! It is made in the form of ivy leaves and tendrils, only the green leaves are realised in gold and precious stones to make it the ultimate style statement.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Swarovski on 10 September 2008
Next time you go to see Eiffel tower on the Europe trip, you can really stand apart from the crow if you sport this Swarovski binoculars. Well, if you ask me what has Swarovski got to do with a peek machine, I would tell you, vanity has no limits sir! So, if it does not tempt you particularly, be assured that your better half would be drooling over it. Now let me tell you more. Beautifully decked with sparkling Swarovski, the pocket binoculars are available in three versions i.e. the Idomeneo, the Nabucco and the Tosca. Idomeoco comes in sparkling gole color and the Nabucco has an elegant classy look whereas the Tosca gives a shimmering crystals look.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Products, Shopping, Swarovski on 9 August 2008
Yes you hear it correct! C2 Crystal Styling Iron has lately bagged the title of being the first ever crystallized styling iron. Created by British designer Corioliss, the trendy iron marks a style statement. Adorned with over 2553 swarovski crystals, the crystallized iron features a complete profile at Amazon but with disappointing news of its non-availability right now. But if you fail to develop patience as your precious personality trait then hit now at the designer series available at Amazon priced at $600. The latter christened as Linea Pro Swarovski Crystal C2 Iron comes festooned with 2543 Swarovski crystals (few minus than the C2 Crystal Styling Iron 1).
