Are you this privileged? - 8

http://vsallaccess.victoriassecret.com/2013/10/29/candice-swanepoel-meets-the-royal-fantasy-bra/

What a beautiful piece of jewelry indeed! Candice Swanepoel, is indeed one of those privileged few who has  had the good fortune to experience such beauty up close  and personally. 

What a beautifully crafted piece of jewelry.  Simply beautiful . I'm awe struck. 

 Over 4,200 precious gems from around the globe cover the garment, including rubies, diamonds and yellow sapphires, all hand set in 18 carat gold. The piece comes with complementary pink briefs and a gold belt.

At the center of the unique bra lies a 52 carat pear-shaped ruby. Victoria’s Secret is selling the one of a kind piece.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/12/12/Victoria-s-Secret-10-million-bra-in-Dubai-next-week-.html

Are you this privileged? - 7

Hey  guys!  I am in many ways very privileged but I'm by no means this privileged. I once heard about a saleswoman who refused to  show the mighty Oprah a bag that was said to have had a price tag of  $32,000.   $32,000 for a bag is an outrage I thought  until I stumbled upon this  beauty.

This purse is officially certified by Guinness World Records that  the Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse as the most expensive designer handbag in the world at $3.8 million. This heart-shaped purse is said to have been handcrafted from 18kt gold and has 4,517 diamonds (4,356 colorless, 105 yellow, 56 pink) with a total weight of 381.92 carats. Ten artisans  are said to have worked on it for a total of 8,800 hours. Wow!

http://www.mouawad.com

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/04/05/german-shipyard-launches-worlds-largest-private-yacht-at-591-feet/


http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/17/article/id/10330

The world's largest yacht "Azzam"  , the ultimate in luxury and  style ; the largest  yacht  is  also said to have a bulletproof master suite, a missile defense system, two helipads, an on board movie theater, two pools, and its own miniature submarine.

 According to CNBC, it's owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nayan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi, and cost as much as $600 million to build.

The Azzam was listed as available to charter for an annual operating fee of $60,000,000. Yes, for Sixty million dollar annual operating fee. 

Well, now we know that there are many mega billionaires who can afford this kind of an annual fee. Sweet!

I'm in awe of the miniature submarine on board.

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Harry Winston Ruby Slippers.  http://www.shoera.com

Well, all Dorothy cared was to go back home to Kansas. The sequenced ruby red shoe did bring her good luck ; or did it? Anyways , Dorothy was brave and kind, virtues that are priceless. 

 Ronald Winston  of the famous House of Harry Winston ; also known as the jeweler to the stars designed these ruby studded shoes in 1989 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of  The Wizard of Oz. However, this shoe is said to have cost  $3,000,000.00 USD . The shoes are made with 4600 real rubies and 50 karats of  diamonds.

I'm in awe of sparkly red rubies!

Are you this privileged? - 4

 

http://thewatch.watchfinder.co.uk/

This is the 201 Karat Chopard Watch  that was sold in 2000 for a whopping 25 million dollars ,USD.

The specifications for a number of the diamonds are as follows:

• 1 heart-shaped pink diamond, internally flawless - 15.37 carats.
• 1 heart-shaped blue diamond, VS2 - 12.79 carats.
• 1 heart-shaped D colour diamond, flawless - 11.36 carats.
• 3 pear-shaped yellow diamonds - 8.45 carats total.
• 26 pear-shaped yellow diamonds - 17.07 carats total.
• 48 round yellow diamonds - 8.81 carats total.
• 260 pear-shaped D colour diamonds, flawless - 60.94 carats total.
• 91 round D colour diamonds, flawless - 10.29 carats total.
• 443 FC yellow diamonds - 4.95 carats total³.

Source: http://en.wikicollecting.org/chopard-201-carat-watch

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 Pictures from http://www.fragrantica.com

The privileged  few of the world have a totally different life that only some of us fathom.  When you live on planet Rich,  life is definitely an out of the world experience.

Check out this perfume  Clive Christian No.1  and other perfumes by Clive Christian; it seems an ounce  of Clive Christian No.1  perfume costed $2150  per ounce in 2006. It is the world's  most expensive perfume.

When things are made for the rich there is a kind of passion involved in making all the products. That  passion is what I'm in awe of.

Are you this privileged? -2

The Dalmore Paterson Collection - £987,500.



/ $1.6 million 1618216.25 - (as of december 2013)


Where to buy : Shop at www.harrods.com


Learn more about this collection : http://www.thedalmore.com/paterson

www.thedalmore.com


Read more fascinating details about this collection directly from the master brewers all you whiskey connoisseurs.


The less I say , the better. In awe.

Are you this privileged? -1

ARMAND DE BRIGNAC

Ace of Spades Dynasty champagne set 

•     £130,000.00
(as of december 2013 @ www.selfridges.com)

Simply in awe of the price tag and of the privileged few who are destined to taste this heavenly drink.

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Mayfly

Just as the mundane events in life bog you down and just as you are rushing through life as if nothing else matters  ...The life cycle of a humble mayfly puts it all in perspective and you pause in awe...


http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/alien-empire/mayflies/3413/



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Rhithrogena_germanica_subimago_on_Equisetum_hyemale.jpg

A little fly that starts life as an egg; an egg that is deposited on the surface of the water by it's dying mother, while she dips her tail in and out of the water every few feet, hovering above the water as if to dodge death, just buying enough time until she performs her motherly duties of squeezing out, depositing the last of her eggs.

Sometimes the eggs are just dropped from the air on to  the surface of the water  by the dying mother. Other times, the mother falls dead on the surface of the water with the eggs still inside...

The eggs, however hatch and as orphans they begin life as nymphs and live  under the water for about a year, they then emerge from the water as sub-imago, live in that form for a couple of hours, and then, sheds its skin again to transform into an imago (complete flying adult Mayfly ).

As an imago the female flies  have less than five minutes to fly, find a mate, copulate and lay eggs. 

The females lay eggs and die over the water ;  while the males die a little after.


"Researchers believe the record for shortest adult life span belongs to the female mayfly called Dolania americana. After spending a year or more living on the bottom of a stream in its aquatic nymph form, it emerges as a flying adult — and lives for less than five minutes. During its brief adult life, the mayfly must find a mate, copulate, and lay its eggs back into the water from which it came".  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/alien-empire/mayflies/3413/