Bling bling bling! It’s everywhere nowadays.
The most current bling product is the “grill” which looks a little bit like a diamond encrusted gum shield! Umm, whatever pulls your chain I guess.
The leading grill designer is Paul Wall, a Houston based rapper and jeweller. For $800 per cap he can coat your teeth in a “Money in your Mouth” grill comprising 14 carat gold and diamonds. A set of ten teeth costs in the region of $8,000 (£4,324).
Posted by Peter Brady on Wed 1st November 2006 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Luxury Auto
If you would like the ability to drive a variety of luxury super cars without the hassle of insurance, maintenance and housing - what do you do?
It might be worth taking a look at Damon Hills P1 International which is reviewed on Iconic Gifts.
Alternatively, you could try a membership with ecurie25 which gives 30 to 40 days and 5,000 miles driving a £1 million fleet of cars that include the Ferrari F430 Spider, Lamborghini Murcielago, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the Bentley Continental GT.
The real benefit here is that you can enjoy the cars while ecurie25 takes care of all the costs and hassles of outright ownership.
Membership ranges from £4,500 ($8,325) to £7,950 ($14,707).
For a little bit of cool luxury, check out the Nimzy Vibro Blaster.
Quite simply this tiny little gizmo sticks to a window, wall or any other flat surface using it to produce vibrations or sounds as per a conventional speaker. Ingenious ehh!
Whilst this technology has been used before, the Nimzy Vibro Blaster is the first to produce a reasonable sound quality, in a very small package.
The maker says that “it’s frequency is 220-10,000 Hz,” which isn’t too bad, but don’t expect Bose sound quality!
Due to retail for around $132 (£71).
You have the ultimate luxury sound system or TV system but you don’t really want the big, bulky speakers spoiling your decor. What do you do?
The answer might be to buy some SoundArt speakers.
Described as:
“One or two canvas speakers, sleek subwoofer box, your choice of picture and, of course, your choice of music. Transform your interior with stylish canvas art speakers and make cumbersome traditional speakers a thing of the past. No complicated set-up, just hang on your wall, plug in your music source and enjoy the space around you. From music to movies the audio options are endless. Almost any audio source can be played through your Hi-Fi, iPod, DVD, CD or use the output on your AV system.
Unlike thicker, conventional box speakers, which essentially push air, SoundArt speakers generate a natural acoustic sound through vibration, in the same way a note from a solo violin fills a concert hall. With SoundArt, there are no moving parts, the canvas becomes an integral part of the sound board.”
By all accounts the sound quality is excellent and the standard artwork isn’t bad either! Retails for £1,999 ($3,698).
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Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 27th October 2006 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Luxury Drinks
Considered to be the “Rolls Royce” of wine storage, the EuroCave Elite is a beautifully crafted facility that can be individually tailored to accommodate up to 400 bottles (not as much as competitors) in two separate units split by a humidor for up to 1,000 cigars.
Temperatures are maintained within three separate self contained areas.
The unit is designed in Beech wood, hand crafted by professional cabinet makers and finished in a choice of 7 wood shades.
Retailing for £14,975 ($27,700) the Norcave really is a sumptuous product, but does is it offer an effective substitute for a proper basement cellar. I’m not sure. If you’re a genuine wine buff then you might want to consider the Eurocave Elite for wine easy to hand and a secondary storage facility like the Spiral Cellar for your more valuable stock.
