3rd Edition of Choice Option Magazine August 2014 | Page 26

Trend Report The World Most Expensive These items are incredible; if you’ve got the money I think these are amazing pieces of art for keeps. Extravagant sounds a bit trivializing, but with the new meaning of luxury you will agree with me that there is nothing wrong with lavishing once in a while. Guess what; we can feel plush even though most of us reading this piece might not be able to afford these items; but it’s ok to feed your eyes with these deluxe things. By Edirin Okumagba & Ese James Lamborghini Veneno: N680million We should have expected something this mad for Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary, but somehow we were still surprised. The Veneno is simply jaw-dropping. Stuart Weitzman Tanzanite Heels: N340million This bejewelled stunner holds 385 gems. The ankle strap alone features 185 Karats of a rare African gem called Tanzanite. To add to sparkle ratio are 28 Karats worth of diamonds on the front strap by international jewellery designer Le Kian. The 213 Karats total is sitting on supple silver Italian leather. 1001 Nights Diamond Purse: N608600000 Officially the most expensive purse, this purse is called Mouawad’s 1001 Night Diamond Purse. The Mouawad’s purse is hand-crafted with 18 carat gold. The purse is also studded with 4,517 diamonds. The purse is heart shaped and out of the 4,571 diamonds there are 4,356 colourless, 105 yellow and 56 pink diamonds arranged in an extremely artistic pattern. The diamonds weigh 381.92 carats, and required 8,800 man hours to create this expensive work of art. 26 | Choice Options Hubolt: Price: N850million If the previous pieces stood out by the rarity of the components this one focuses on only one material: Diamonds, and a lot of them! It took over a year just to find the diamonds from all corners of the earth but the end result was truly worth it! Beyonce Knowles bought it for her husband Jay-Z as his 43rd birthday gift! Secret Circus: N221million Expensive jeans include Secret Circus. It is ranked 1st in the list of top ten most expensive jeans in the world 2014. The design of this jeans is known to be classic enough, but clincher here has high quality large diamonds sewn into back pockets of this jeans. Diamonds are just diamonds, regardless of the fact that if you wear them as part of a necklace or use them as design for the pants. Pen: Price: N250002000 The Aurora Diamante is the most expensive writing instrument till date. Only one is for sale per year. The Aurora Diamante contains over 30 carats of De Beers diamonds on a solid platinum barrel. It has a twotone, rhodium-treated, 18KT solid gold nib and is personalized with a coat of arms, signature or portrait. Aurora Pens says it is the only over 30 carat pen in the world. Add pen Azzam: N102, 106, 950, 000 The largest and most expensive yacht in the world is a staggering 590 feet long and owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates. It took German shipbuilders, Lürssen Yachts four years to build this behemoth of a ship, which is rumoured to have up to 50 private suites.