Oakley Design launches the Aventador LP760-4 Dragon Edition

Oakley Design launches the Aventador LP760-4 Dragon Edition

For those seeking thrill and speed, Oakley Design has launched the Aventador LP760-4 Dragon Edition, which will be produced in only 10 units. The Lamborghini Aventador LP760-4 Dragon Edition gets an aerodynamic body kit such as such as redesigned front bumper, carbon fiber accents, fixed rear wing and painted brake calipers with a touch of “Dragon Edition badges”. The exteriors are further enhanced by the HRE wheels. Even though the changes to the interior remain limited, there will be individually numbered plaques and doors with an embroidered dragon.

The mean machine is powered by a 6.5-liter V-12 engine capable of developing up to 760 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque. The engine benefits from a titanium exhaust system and an optimized ECU.

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Nice video regarding Gurkha warriors

Skyway or the Highway

As maneuverable as they are, emergency helicopters still have limitations like relatively low speed and limited reach with their large rotors  that prevent them from landing close to objects. The Skyway concept concentrates on eliminating these setbacks by utilizing a unique multi-fan propulsion system that makes it smaller, faster, more stable, safer, and all-in-all better equipped to access emergency situations that even ground ambulances might have trouble getting to. You gotta check out the vid to see how this bad boy works!

Video gives viewers a sneak peek at Britain’s gold reserves!

Not every one of us is lucky enough to have stepped into the walls of the Fort Knox. For those who have, staring at walls of pure golden bricks isn’t all that awesome. And for those who haven’t, folks like us to be precise, a sight as such is stunning! A recent video by University of Nottingham professor Martyn Poliakoff gives viewers an inside look at the massive gold reserves at the Bank of England. Completely in love with the metal that the rest of us seem to love too, Martyn works on a Web site and YouTube channel known as The Periodic Table of Videos for which the video was created.

Currently, the United Kingdom has packed away in its depths nearly 197 billion British pounds ($315 billion). All of this is in bars of pure gold that have been stored securely in a high security vault. The video of course does not divulge the location of this vault. Grab a glimpse of one of the biggest stores of gold in the world with the video above!

Diamond Necklace sells for $5.1 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong

Diamonds are not only every girl's best friend but also the most time tested choice. Well-heeled buyers and ardent collectors are always willing to drop exorbitant amount for exclusive diamond jewelry. The latest testament took place at the Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction at Hong Kong. The highlight of the season was the Diamond Necklace by Nirav Modi that sold for $5.1 million. Made of thirty-six graduated brilliant-cut diamonds, the 430mm necklace boasts of 88.88 carats of diamonds set in platinum.

World's tallest building, Sky City will rise to 838 meters in just 210 days in China

Sky-high buildings are rising tall to compete for the crown of world's tallest building. We've seen Burj Khalifa stand out as the tallest building in the world as of yet. But it will soon be toppled off from this tall honor as many competing structures are in the making to shine as the tallest building soon. The latest entrant is the Sky City which is all set to rise high in China as the world’s tallest skyscraper. Another record this structure intends to set is the time frame in which it plans to be built. Earlier it was estimated to be build in 90 days only. However that has been pushed further to 210 days which if achieved will be a record too. As the current tallest tower, Burj Khalifa took about five years to complete which is almost 9 times more. Sky City will not only rise 10 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa but will also be the least expensive tallest building as it is estimated to cost $628 million which is less than half of Burj Khalifa’s $1.5 billion price tag.

$2.5 million bra

What is common between Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Miranda Kerr, Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova's, Claudia Schiffer and Tyra Banks; well they have all been Victoria's secret angels, donning shimmering and expensive lingerie. And now Alessandra Ambrosio joins the Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra club as she poses in a $2.5 million Fantasy Bra that has been crafted by London Jewelers. Sporting floral motifs, the Floral Fantasy bra has been done up with amethysts, rubies, and sapphires as well as white, pink, and yellow diamonds, all encrusted in 18 carat rose and yellow gold.

But the star of the show is a massive 20-carat white diamond placed strategically ay the "front and center inside the blossom on the blingy brassiere". The belt that strings it all together sports as many as 5,200 shiny rocks, hand-picked out of 15,000 precious stones.

The fourth largest moon rock sells for $330,000

On the 14th of October in New York, The Fletcher Sinclair Mansion held an extremely unique auction, the centerpiece of which was the fourth largest piece of the Moon ever made available to the public. As Daryl Pitt said “All in all, a great day for extraterrestrial real estate.”

Called Dar Al Gani (Dag) 1058, the piece is from that still unexplored, far side of the moon. This particular piece is thought to have been launched off the moon after being repeatedly battered by meteorites. There is a definite connection between DaG 400, the first lunar meteorite to have fallen in Africa and DaG 1058 as they were found close to each other. With a total weight of 4 lbs., it was sold in two halves about 4.5 by 9 by 1.4 inches each. However the buyer as well as the seller of this rare moon rock remain anonymous.

Other than this rare piece of the moon that sold for a whopping $330,000, there was also a Gibeon meteorite, a large piece of the Canyon Diablo meteorite and a piece of the Peeksill Fireball meteorite.

painting sells for $34 million

Abstraktes Bild (809-4) an abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter was sold for a record $34 million to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's in London on Friday. The painting was owned by rock guitarist Eric Clapton who had paid $3.36 million for it and two others when he purchased them in 2001. The Abstraktes Bild was described as "masterpiece of calculated chaos" and a "paradigm of Gerhard Richter's mature artistic and philosophical achievement" by Sotheby's. 80 year old Richter lives in Cologne and is considered by many as the world's greatest living painter.

The sale happened in 5 minutes of bidding thus beating the previous 2010 record of $28.6 million paid for Jasper Johns' "Flag" at Christie's auction house in New York in 2010.

A $500,000 diamond heel is the world’s most expensive shoe

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For the high-end shoe lovers who treasure their shoes, Kathryn Wilson, New Zealand's most successful footwear designer, has teamed up with Sarah Hutchings of Orsini Fine Jewellery to create the world’s most expensive shoe for $500,000. Known for her passion for fine jewellery, Sarah continues her love for creating most exquisite and hand-crafted jewellery by giving Kathryn’s shoe a bespoke diamond makeover. The single classic court-heeled shoe features more than half a million dollars' worth of white diamonds to make it a one-of-a-kind work of art. The process involved hours of surgeon-like precision using tweezers and a special adhesive.

“Like most women, I have a lifelong love of shoes. Creating a dream shoe appeals to the princess inside me and, I'm sure, most girls out there," says Sarah Hutchings.

Though the one-off shoe can’t be worn in Cindrella style, but as Wilson says, “that's what fairytales are all about.”
The $500,000 diamond shoe displayed in a specially made Perspex box, will be on display at the Orsini Fine Jewellery showroom in Auckland (244 Parnell Road) – heavily guarded by a security team, on October 5th. The shoe will later go on sale in a silent auction at Wilson's 2013 autumn/winter collection launch in Auckland. Proceeds from the sale will go to Ronald McDonald House, for which Wilson is an ambassador.
While this diamond-studded heel is the perfect artwork for the shoe connoisseurs, dressing-up in Cindrella style shoes is no longer a dream. Besides the world’s most expensive shoes spotted at celebrity red carpet appearances, recently, Christian Louboutin has unveiled his new interpretation of Cinderella's glass slipper, in celebration of Disney's re-release of the famous story on DVD and Blu-ray. The real-life glass heels are covered in crystals, with two delicate, shimmering butterfly embellishments on the front and back of each shoe, along with Louboutin's signature red soles.

Also, we have earlier told you about Q by Pasquale's bejeweled glass slippers for dressing up fairy tale style.

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 and LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show

or Show on its way, Lamborghini are going all out at unveiling their newest cars. The LP560-4 and LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica are the newest versions of the Gallardo supercar that were undraped. With new exteriors that include the trademark trapezoidal and rectangular designs, the LP 560-4 has new front and rear ends and the larger fresh looking air intakes have been placed ahead of the front wheels. Lamborghini claims to have made the cars more aggressive and more extreme than ever before.The LP 560-4 has a permanent four-wheel drive and more than 13,000 cars have already left the factory ready to be delivered worldwide. To improve the thermodynamic efficiency, the air outlet for the power unit features a wider surface area. Also available is a new Style Package that includes high-gloss black paintwork on the underside of the front spoiler, front and rear grilles and the transverse element of the rear trim that adds a lot of testosterone to the Gallardo LP 560-4.

The top end Gallardo LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica that includes the LP 570-4 Superleggera and the LP 570-4 Spyder Performante focuses purely on performance. Making it lightweight was therefore the first thing on Lamborghinis mind. To enhance the performance, the cars now include the fixed high rear wing, as well as brakes in carbon-ceramic technology and give a power to weight ratio of 2.35 making the car extremely powerful for its weight.

Available in three-color tones, the Edizione Tecnica along with all the other Gallardo models can be personalized to essentially a boundless degree with the “Ad Personam” Lamborghini program. These cars would be available from the Lamborghini dealerships from November 2012 which is just a little more than a month’s waiting time to get your hands on the latest Gallardo.

Rare 156.2-carat diamond worth $1.5 million unearthed in Russia

Large uncut 100 plus carat diamonds always have their charm – they easily fetch millions of dollars. Alrosa, Russia’s largest diamond mining company claim to have unearthed a rare 156.2-carat diamond that can easily fetch $1.5 million. If this massive diamond were to be processed, Alrosa specialists claim that they can still fetch up to several hundred thousand dollars for each one of them.

Gold BMW M3 spotted in China

Adding bling to your car is the probably the most paramount aesthetic modification if you are looking at showing off your luxurious lifestyle. And recently BMW owners who have that extra bit of dough are going all out on converting their automobiles into a luxury statement. Latest to the addition is an owner from China who has taken the standard M3 – added Lambo-styled doors, an ECU upgrade to 500hp offering a top speed of 325km/h, black rims and a massive rear wing, and then gilded this mean machine. With a wide body kit, and many carbon fiber trim pieces on the inside like the BMW Performance steering wheel, the golden BMW M3 presents an awe-inspiring image.

Asia will be home to three million millionaires by 2015

We already know that New York is home to most number of millionaires in the US. While some parts of the world continue to battle economic crisis, Asia is determined to climb up the power list. It is already known that Asia has more millionaires than Europe but less than North America. According to current reports, the region will boast of nearly 3 million millionaires whose assets total $1 million or more. China and India, the world’s fast growing economies continue to churn out millionaires at a rapid pace according to Swiss wealth manager, Julius Baer, and also predicted that the wealth of high net worth individuals (HNI) would triple to $15.8 trillion approximately. Half of these millionaires will hail from China, number if HNIs in India would double and Indonesia will witness the highest growth rate in the number of wealthy people.

Nehme-sis gold plated chopper to appear at New Zealand’s 2013 CRC Speedshow

Gold is what steels the show. Finished with 24ct gold plating, the 3.5-meter Nehme-sis is all about showing off that bling. The bike has been flaunted at shows in the US including cities like Seattle and at the 2007 International Motorcycle Show and this is the first international appearance for the 1700 cc gold monster. The bike is worth for a minimum of $300,000 and if that isn’t enough, the Nehme-sis, which is built on Yamaha’s Road Star model, comes with humungous 360mm rear wheel. Built in Florida by BMS choppers, this metric chopper is the first metric chopper to win the Biketoberfest Rats Hole show in the show's 38-year history. The CRC Speedshow is scheduled for July next year and Kiwi bike fans are in for a treat with the magnificent gilded monster of a chopper.

Subash Jabegu elected as a new KYC uk Chairman

Mr. Subash Jabegu has been elected to lead Kirat Yakthung Chumlung UK (KYC UK). As a any good leader He is a person with potent combination of strategy and character He is modern, he believed in an enabling force, helping people and organizations to perform and develop, which implies that a sophisticated alignment be achieved - of people's needs, and the aims of the organization. He already established strong influence in Jabegu Pariwar UK as a Chairman. Wish him good luck for his up coming tenure. 

Learjet 85 is the largest, tallest and widest aircraft from Bombardier

Learjet 85 is the largest, tallest and widest aircraft from Bombardier

Private jets make an opulence statement. Business tycoons who own these slick airliners spend onwards of $1.5 million on the interiors that include extras like cashmere throws, gold-plated fixtures, and exquisite leather. With this the cost of the interiors sometimes surpasses the cost of the actual jet. When you combine comfort, ultra-luxury, and power, you get the all-new Learjet 85 from Bombardier. It features an all-composite structure requires minimum maintenance and the cabin features more volume and comfort than any existing midsize aircraft.

With a capacity of accommodating 8 personnel, the aircraft offers fully reclining leather seats that let you sleep in absolute comfort or sit while having top notch meal from gallery which is one of the largest in its segment.The seats feature storage drawers instead of the usual seatback pockets and bigger and simpler screens make it easy for the pilots to navigate with complete control.With top cruising speed of Mach .82, the Learjet 85 can fly transcontinental flights and can be owned on the fractional jet ownership scheme from Flexjet for a 5 year, 1/16 share that will come with a price tag of $1 million.

The world’s most expensive dishes

The world’s most expensive dishes

Every time we read about anything that is most expensive, or offering unmatched luxury, or even something out of the box, we try our best to showcase it to you. With people spending exorbitant amounts of money for opulence that they rightly deserve, you would always think what is the food that these people might be having. Here is a short list of some fab and really expensive dishes for you. If you thought Caviar was expensive then move aside!

6) Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Soup The world’s most expensive soup is served in London’s Kai Mayfair restaurant for $171. Comprised of shark’s fin, abalone, Japanese flower mushroom, sea cucumber, dried scallops, chicken, Hunan ham (a cured ham), pork and ginseng, the soup must be pre-ordered 5 days in advance.5) Le Burger Extravagant Move over McDonalds, and Burger King, Serendipity 3 serves you another world’s most expensive dish – The $293 Le Burger Extravagant! The recipe includes Japanese waygu beef, infused with 10-herb white truffle butter, seasoned with Alderwood smoked pacific sea salt, topped with cheddar cheese, shaved black truffles and a fried quail egg. Served on a white truffle-buttered Campagna roll and finished with blini, crème fraiche and Kaluga golden caviar, Serendipity tops it off with a sweet solid gold diamond-encrusted toothpick!4) The Golden Phoenix Cupcake When it’s Dubai, it has to be Gold. Offered at Dubai’s new Bloomsbury café, the world’s most expensive cupcake is created from a recipe that includes Italian chocolate, 23-carat edible gold sheets, organic strawberries and lots of edible gold dusting. Price at $1,000, the cupcake is presented on a 24-carat gold stand and must be ordered 48 hours in advance.3) Sushi Del Oriente The nigiri sushi wrapped in 24-carat gold leaves and sprinkled with five 0.20-carat African diamonds served by up-and-coming celebrity chef Angelito Araneta Jr of the premium gastronomy company Karat Chef comes with a price tag of $2,034. How many of the world's most expensive sushis can you gobble down at once?2) The 27.321 Cocktail It is no surprise that if you stay at the world’s only self-proclaimed 7-star hotel; you ought to receive some surprises on the menu. The 27.321 cocktail is the world’s most expensive cocktail priced at AED 27,321 ($7,438) and is made up of 55-year-old Macallan single malt natural colour whisky from Moray, Scotland, dried fruit bitters, homemade passion fruit sugar, and served in an 18-carat gold glass. It has been named so because it is offered on the hotel’s 27th floor bar, with the hotel’s height at 321 meters.1) The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Still sticking gold ingredients for the recipe, theFrrrozen Haute Chocolate is the world’s most expensive dessert priced at $18,713. Offered at Serendipity 3, the recipe combines 28 different kinds of cocoa, is adorned with 5g of edible 23-carat gold and infused with gold flakes. When you eat so much of gold, you ought to eat it in a goblet lined with edible gold leaf, served with an 18-carat gold and diamond bracelet and eaten with a solid gold spoon encrusted with rare black, white and chocolate-colored diamonds. It’s the perfect food for your Gold diet!

Bugatti unveils special edition Bianco and Light Blue Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse

In its day, the 1928 Bugatti Type 37A.was one of the fastest set of wheels around, fast enough to cross the checkered flag multiple times, leaving its peers in the dust. Paying tribute to this grand-daddy of sports cars, the French supercar manufacturer unveiled this splendid special edition Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse at the Quail Motorsports Gathering. With insides similar to the conventional Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, this one sports a Bianco and Light Blue livery and as always, crosses the 62mph mark in well below 2.6 seconds with ease. Packing a 1,200 horsepower forced-induction W16 in its belly, this special edition Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse is the perfect accolade to race cars of the past, including the 1928 Bugatti Type 37A currently owned by car-collector Jay Leno!

Le Rosey, Switzerland is the world's most expensive private school

If top notch education in the lap of luxury is what you wish for your precious kids, then Switzerland the way to go. The Le Rosey private school is said to be the most expensive of its kind with an annual tuition fee of $113,000 and is famously called the "School of Kings". Founded in 1880 and sprawling on over 28 hectares of land, this one is Switzerland's oldest, largest and most prestigious boarding school. As for getting in, one in three candidates get the nod, and it works on a national quota system, which suggests that "no more than 10 percent of students can be from one country or group of countries with the same dominant language"

Facilities provided within the campus include 10 tennis courts, an open-air theatre, circus tent, shooting and archery ranges among others

The schools illustrious alumni list boasts of movie stars, rock stars, and American business tycoons kids, alongside names like Aga Khan, King Albert II of Belgium, Prince Rainier of Monaco, as well as other European, and Middle Eastern royal family members

The world’s most expensive nail polish worth $250,000 is unveiled

We were not done drooling at the 18 carat gold nail polish by O.P.I and there is yet another brand mocking us! The most expensive nail polish in the world has been unveiled, speckled with 267-carats of black diamonds. This latest entrant grabs the title of 'world's most expensive nail polish' from Gold Rush. The tiny bottle of varnish created by Los Angeles based luxury jeweler Azature has been obscenely priced at $250,000. Only one bottle of the nail polish will be produced and it has been targeted at the ‘one-percenters’.

The designers of the brand have been kind enough to produce a budget 0.5oz version for the rest of the ‘99 percenters’, priced at a reasonable $25 per diamond-shaped bottle. I wouldn’t buy the $250,000 pop nail polish even if I had money enough to throw away!

BMW X5 M given a gold-wrap in Russia

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Everybody’s love a bit of Midas touch to their cars and there is no better way of doing it than giving it a flashy gold-wrap. Gold-wrap may not be everybody’s choice for it may be a bit too pompous and ‘unnatural’, but the fact that one cannot take their eyes off a chrome-wrapped sedan when it passes you, not even the ones who crib about it! We’ve seen a gold-wrapped Lamborghini and gold-wrapped Mercedes in the recent past and boy, were they handsome!

Now, you get to drool over this BMW X5 M wrapped in gold. It was spotted on the streets of Russia, a complete gold-loving country, so it only seems appropriate for it to be zooming around in those parts!