Tag: LUXURY

Vladimir Putin is none too pleased with a YouTube video celebrating the glamorous lifestyles of Russia's government employees. As Reuters reports, the faux rap video was created by a group of customs officers and features many of the luxuries you'd expect most oligarchs to enjoy: champagne, expensive cars, and topless women. "You can't even imagine how the customs officials have fun," the ...

What makes an iPhone 4 worth $8 million? Ask Stuart Hughes, the British designer behind this diamond-encrusted remake of the popular Apple smartphone. Of course, 500 individual flawless diamonds and a platinum navigation button with an embedded single 7.4-carat pink diamond have got to be worth something, right? Oh, and it comes in a box that, according to Hughes, "is made from a single block of ...

The luxury feature phone market is one that we'll truly never understand. It seems to us that slapping diamonds and gold on phones still stuck in 2004 is a waste of both money and raw materials. But our smug attitude isn't enough to stop companies like Gresso from pushing these suckers, adorned with some of the rarest goods on Earth, to status-craving moneybags. The $1 million Las Vegas Luxor ...

Green vehicles, for many people, have become status symbols rather than just modes of transportation. For example, take the BlackTrail BT-01 electric bike. Manufactured in a limited run of 667 models by Germany's PG-Bikes, this electric hog retails for around $80,000. It's built from lightweight carbon fiber and aerospace aluminum, and weighs just 44 pounds. A 2.5 hour charge on the 17Ah Li-ion ...

It doesn't take a 'Desperate Housewives' enthusiast to know that in certain suburbs, status reigns supreme. Whether it manifests itself in luxury vehicles, expansive home additions, or silicon-infused body parts, it's nearly impossible to live in Pleasantville and not maintain appearances. And now, homeowners across the country have begun latching onto the latest must-have item: luxury lawnmowers. ...

Share When the Concorde luxury jet was retired seven years ago, after 27 years of dutiful service to the world's elite, it seemed like the end of an era. Now, however, efforts are underway to get the supersonic craft back in the air -- in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. As the BBC reports, engineers from the Save Concorde Group (SCG) and the French company Olympus 593 have already begun the ...

In '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' Captain Nemo and his crew roam the depths of the ocean aboard their Nautilus submarine, enduring whirlpools, giant squid attacks and less than luxurious living conditions along the way. In 2010, though, traveling aboard a new, revamped Nautilus VAS is bound to be a substantially more comfortable experience -- assuming you've got the $2 million or so to drop on ...

In many parts of the country, spring has officially sprung. If you're planning on going outside and playing some golf in this fine weather, you might want to drool over this luxury cart. According to DVICE, Monaco's Garia Soleil de Minuit golf cart is the most expensive vehicle to ever ride the links. Priced at about $52,000, the cart comes with a built-in fridge, a custom paint job, aluminum ...

Do you know a person who truly can't go anywhere without his or her cell phone? If you do, we might have just found the perfect way to send them into the afterlife. According to an AFP report on France 24/7, a golden coffin equipped with an equally golden cell phone hit the market last week at a luxury fair in Verona, Italy. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Till death do us part." ...

Share Owning a private island, much like pimpin', ain't easy. No matter how tricked out it is, you've still got to have a way to get there, right? Such was the reasoning, apparently, behind Richard Branson's latest unnecessary purchase. As Daily Mail reports, the proud father of Virgin Records and sole proprietor of Necker Island has just unveiled a shiny new underwater plane, effectively ...

What's the best part about moving into new digs? Well, decorating it and showing off the space to your friends, of course. That's the thrill Twitter employees are feeling right now. According to Tech Crunch, the company moved into its new, massive San Francisco office space, which had previously housed Bebo, on Monday. Employees are posting online photos more quickly than we can click through ...

It's official. The birds are attacking. For the second time in a month, a single bird has defied the odds and taken down a piece of machinery many times its size. According to the Lufkin Daily News, Andy House was cruising down the roads of La Marque, Texas in his $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron last Wednesday, minding his own business and talking on the phone (which, we are sure, didn't ...

Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera (Gadget Head, Cost No Object) The Leica brand has represented the ne plus ultra of photographic excellence for nearly a century, and continues to burnish its impeccable rep with its new M9 ($7,000). As beautiful a piece of gadgetry as any we've come across, the M9 is somewhat of an oddity in the digital realm: it's a rangefinder camera (meaning you don't ...

Tag Heuer Meridiist Automobili Phone (Style-o-Phile, Cost No Object) Thinking of springing for the veritable super car of cell phones? Lamborghini has saved you the trouble of searching high and low by releasing a phone of its own. Housed in black titanium and hand-brushed stainless steel, the Tag Heuer Meridiist Automobili Lamborghini (price TBD) was inspired by the Murcielago LP640, from ...

Alienware Area 51 ALX Gaming PC (Gamer, Cost No Object) If you're trying to keep up with the Joneses in PC gaming, Alienware's Area 51 Gaming PC ($3,999 and up) is tough to beat. Housed inside one of the company's trademark love-'em-or-hate-'em "futuristic" cases, this rig is decked out with some of the best components money can buy: Intel Core i7 975 Extreme processors, your choice of ATI ...