Someone has rightly said the identity of the successful person gets recognized when he is asked for autograph rather than signature. In Blogosphere, the dialysis occurs when a blog gets mature from a label of a baby blog to the pedestal of a majestic presence. Right on the heels of my expectations, I have managed to crack 500 posts (on EliteChoice) within less than a year (with first post on 9 January).

Ideally I should feature myself with a goblet of champagne but I take the opportunity to introduce my internal spirit to you. This two-legged beast is my mirror image who knows the right direction and cherish past with a present energy and looks forward to ink bigger deals in life (in terms of value as size doesn’t make a difference).

Besides my journalistic profession, I was committed to my bloggers’ desk throughout this year and never intended to beat big sharks like Luxist, LuxuryLaunches, UberGizmo, ShinyShiny, Bornrich, UberReview, Blavish and others but am glad that I earned the deserving recognition from them. Also, a three-month-young network with Elite Fashion Blog Bazaar Community is quite satisfying.

It was an exciting journey to chronicle the world of elite products and break the news on the board, respecting the prerequisite of a journalist and curiosity of my faithful readers. Gluing to my very first post that outlined the purpose of my blog, I am happy to set various laurels in that direction and am geared up to offer an unbeatable common-sense perspective on important topics/ products and events of the day.

I am glad to share with you that the onset of 2008 would mark our first anniversary with a lot more unique features on the cards. And yah from today I am all set to offer next 500 posts coming thick and fast.

This Time Three Cheers To Me And My Love:)

Pat Says Now collection of computer ice offer accessories ranging from ordinary to extraordinary, affordable to pricey, silly to classic and usual to weird. With such a big choice, on high-end the space offers a Crystal Skull mouse retailed at $145 with a skull-and-crossbones pirate symbol designed via Swarovski crystals. The huge collection of mouse here include Swarovski Glamrock, Chili, Velvet Sweetheart, Fish, Toxic Brain, Gold Brain, Boo, Hawaiian Girl, Lady Bug and many more pretty and eye-catching patterns.

But what moved my eye lids was the Diamond Flower, a gleaming world’s most expensive mouse retailed at $23,250. The mouse flaunts 18 carat white or yellow gold and is encrusted with 59 diamonds structured in flower shape. The USP of the mouse is its state-of-the-art optical technology that makes it run on the board without the support of mouse ball (meaning no dirt) and mouse pad. The manufactures assures three-years of warranty from the day of purchase.

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What could be a safe and assured publicity stunt anticipating not only timely visits by customers but their retention? Brand Promotion! It’s a heavy word but how? Nothing great can click the witty mind if considered the latest advertising trick of donning the elevator of a mall positioned in Ginza district with Swatch Watches.

Named after Swatch Group’s chairman Nicolas G. Hayek, the architect of this tall 14-storey building was done by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at an investment (expenditure) of 150 million Swiss francs ($185 million). Under this single umbrella resides countless high-end boutiques viz. Jacquet Droz, Omega, Leon Hatot, Breguet and Swatch.

Deviating from his personae of delivering eco-friendly designs, the designer carved a glass elevator for each brand, inviting customers up to each boutique. The building also flaunts gold watches in Breguet’s elevator with Leon Hatot’s jewelry enclosed on black velvet.

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Style Talk brings us the retro-chic fashions of Vivienne Tam.

So Frugalicious found 5 fabulous pieces to plan an outfit around all for $25 or under.

Check out the always fun and over-the-top designs from fashion duo Heatherette’s Spring ‘08 collection courtesy of Spork Fashion.

Fall in love with the colorful and very expensive Fiore Fiore Pearls collection at Designer Tips.

Cole Haan and Nike collaborate in creating a comfortable pump. Get the scoop at Lifestyle Buzz.

What’s Haute doesn’t think Louis Vuitton’s Joke Bag is very funny.

Designer Sense examines the allure of Marc Jacobs’ Tall Slouchy Boots.

Model in a Bottle has the must-have products to keep make up in place. The Beauty Counter gives us the details on these sensational products.

Find the most fashionable Halloween costumes for your fashionista-in-the-making at The Kiddie Fashionista.

Every fashionable diva will appreciate the PamBee travel kit Diva In A Carry On has uncovered to keep us sleeping soundly and safely.

Pink Rock Candy taps into its’ inner child fashionista with Neiman Marcus’ 100th Anniversary POP Up Book.

Designer Planet brings us Roberto Cavalli’s latest accessories creation - the Mirror Bangle.

Señora Cartera hearts the stunning Zufi Alexander Elizabeth Clutch.

Fashion Fling spotlights chic and affordable dresses from Johnny Martin.

It is for sure that luxury has no boundaries. I would say that dreams are meant to be made true. This is exactly what the glorious association of two popular companies has achieved. The Dazzling Daydream is a combination of two companies which have come together to create a revolution in the history of luxury bath. Kludi, the organization that deals in the field of water in bathrooms, and Swarovski, the company that has acclaimed its specialty in crystal cutting, have allied together to create lavish bathrooms in order to make bathing more wonderful and splendid than it has ever been.

No doubt, the price is actually worth the sumptuousness of the luxury. The starting range of this product is from US $85,064(60,000Euros). The Dazzling Daydream has endeavored to take the concept of bathing beyond the dimensions of stylish architecture, and have provided a cadence to the entire concept by corroborating it with a rhythmic dimension. The lush Resources such as crystal, glass, granite and chrome have augmented the beauty of ‘Passion’, while the one called ‘Delight’ is characterized by glittering and lucent wood, limestone. Crystal etc.It would really be a very luxurious and sumptuous experience to bathe in such a marvelous surrounding. I am looking forward to it. Just loving it…

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There is no restriction to the eye-catching bling accessories to be flaunted during this auction season. Earlier, we introduced you to the magnificent jewels sold at two-day exhibition held in May at Christie. Now, the list needs an updating as Christie’s plans to exhibit around 300 lots of Magnificent Jewels on the block on 16 October at its Rockefeller Center, New York. It would be complement with 40 pieces that were sold during a single-owner-sale session committed to
“Magnificent Jewels from a Distinguished Private Collection.”

The auction house anticipates huge sales from the exhibited gems and jewels viz. rare colored stones, diamonds, and various artistic creations by artists including Lucille Desiree Ball (more than $25mn), Harry Winston and others. Take a look at the most-sparkling jewels with burning prices.

Below is a diamond bracelet by Harry Winston with nine square-cut diamonds, weighing approximately 4.44 to 5.73 carats and is mounted in platinum. The bracelet would be available at Xhristie on 16 October.

Price: $8, 00,000-$1,200,000

Harry Winston’s diamond ring made-up of rectangular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 23.14 carats and is flanked on either side by a tapered baguette-cut diamond together with mounted platinum.

Price: $800,000-$1,200,000

Adding more feast, you would be moved with the magnificence of the gorgeous Belle Époque diamond aigrette bandeau by Cartier that is fit for my Catty.

Price: $4, 50,000 to $6, 50,000

Last but has a lot of weight so deserves equal amount of attention. An awfully rare colored diamond ring set with a modified rectangular-cut fancy intense blue diamond, weighing approximately 5.07 carats, within a pavé-set pink diamond two-tiered surround, mounted in 18-carat rose gold.

Price: $2.2 million-$2.8 million

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Whilst earlier we introduced gold-plated Hello Kitty Playing Cards ($4,930), Hello Kitty Doll ($66115) and Hello Kitty Doghouse ($31660), today Hello kitty is ready to offer an altogether different experience. Hello Kitty has updated its portfolio with its lately unveiled OKWAP C150T Hello Kitty Edition of the GSM phone in the Taiwan market. Unlike other phones, this Uber-Geek phone won’t be bothering you with popping updates on cricket or film fare and is already SIM FREE. It offers an access to Mp3 files, MP4 and 3GPS video, can capture pictures with its 2Mpix camera. The phone allows you to deck up your phone with some cute pink Hello Kitty accessories. Well, it can be seen as the first archenemy to the iPHONE-dominated market!

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Doing away with the custom of having huge villas with green vicinity, the trend is to maintain a small-house with all your precious belongings. Located in Tianjin, northern China, the designer house is clad with 400,000,000 pieces of porcelain, 16000 pieces of antique ceramic, 300 white-marble carvings, and 20 tons of natural crystals.

The blessed owner of the house viz. Zhang Lianzhi, a businessman by profession has spent $65 million on decorating the house. The wares carved inside the house were collected by him over the past two decades. The house got furnished lately. News is that after five-years of its decoration, the house will be used for commercial purpose as a restaurant.

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They say like everything, looking good also have alternatives. One is to carry an ordinary accessory with an attitude and other is to carry extra ordinary accessory with a plain face. But against this, a necklace  embedded with multicolored Tahitian pearls designed by gemologist Lynn Nakamura offers both beauty and attitude.

After diamond choker neck piece carved out of a pear-shaped diamond weighing 20.28 carats that was available for auction in Geneva to generate $1,200,000-$1,500,000, the pearls of this necklace are available in regulating sizes from 8 to 10mm.

Tied on tasseled silk cord, the pearls are made adjustable by 18-karat white gold turtleback slide.

Price: $9850

Lavish living style of elite segment of the society takes care not-to-miss even a single opportunity to flaunt their class. And the most-silent way to express this is through their beauty, natural or self-created; who cares?

Supporting their on-going mission, the much-available world’s most expensive mascara for $589 is giving them a sigh of relief. Mind you it is purely a mascara that might seem like an eye-jewel. To justify the bulky price, the Socialite Collection, Taysha Smith Valez offers Swarovski-coated tube of mascara within this cost. Isn’t it great?

The whooping demand of product has not only invited eyeballs as the brand sold 1,700 tubes of the opulent lash coating in its first week of launch. Witnessing this beauty-product trading well in the market, one cannot stop asking the entrepreneur of company about the risk involved in producing this elite product and over that her great hopes with the product. It is the confidence of Smith Valez, the 25-year old industrialist that encouraged her without a single doubt to produce this mascara assuring worthy returns. Not to forget she is one of them.

Smith’s services are not restricted to the sales of high-end products but also offer a janitor service for a year after its purchase. Those fond of H. Couture’s collection, shall move towards Bianca’s Luxury division, the hottest department Store on Earth.

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