Gold kung Gold
Is gold still in fashion?
Comeback kid?
in vogue? or it IS in, and never left at all?
'Cause it seems like everywhere I loook there is something done in gold - versions in gold.
The height of tacky-ness.. or Opulence? The Mercedes Benz Smart Fortwo from Brock Alloy Wheels. Price available upon request, anyone?
Italy's small cars in gold- The Fiat 500 Pepita in 24k gold finish. Talk about lush interiors, with cashmere floormats and swarovski encrusted pedals, hand break and shiftgears. Price tag - 60, 000 Euros.
Porsche also jumped into the gold standard with the Porsche Gold Boxter. Gold plated from door knobs, steering wheel to alloy hweels.
Then there's 24carat gold plated ipod, "bizarre" is the company's name who goldplates the ipods - not to mention how it looks.
Another mac, the gold iPhone. No, macisntosh did not come up with this idea, but from Goldstriker, another company that paints 24ct gold to your mobile phones, from LG Prada Phones, Nokias and Motorolas. Both 8 and 16G iPhones can be coverd with gold for L899.95
Also from Mac, the shuffle - gold. STUDDED with diamonds. Price tag - $40,000. Compared to the original, priced at around $95. I think this is the ultimate bling. Pang egoy. hehehe
My favorite. A simpler version of the 18ct gold shuffle from the german company Xexoo- worth $19,310. NICE.
Microsoft's version of the iPod - Zune came up with this limited edition 8GB and 80GB, in collaboration with Goods (for the design) has some distinct features exclusive to Zune Microsoft, maybe just like the itunes etc. Exclusive 'cause only ten each of these are produced.
Eat with gold. I have eaten in gold plated spoons and forks before (not ours) but look. Gold Chopsticks! $40 a pair. it is stuffed with gold flakes so when you po them, gold trickles on your meal, EAT GOLD...literally.
Cover your twin peaks in gold. I know everyone knew about the studded Victoria's Secret bra, and the infamous bullet proof bra of the Imeldific which she denied in Vanity Fair. Here's the $108,600 brasierre with 630 grams of gold and 7.5 karats South African Diamonds. Price breakdown - gold: $13,600, diamonds: $45,000 and labor: $50,000
Another verion - a more expensive and tacky version - the $1.89 mil bra from Korea. Nuff said.
Literally, GOLD GALING SAUDI... complete your galing saudi gold look with this Trekstor's iBeat Organix Gold MP3 player. in 18 ct gold with 63 diamonds embellished with aquamarine. Comes with 5x equalizer and SRS surround sound and 25 hours operating time.
Listen in with gold - the $10,000 CD Player from Marantz.
Another favorite. The Nike 24Karat Gold Custom Air Force Sneakers.
Custom made with your initials.
NICE.
Print with HP's 24ct Gold Laserjet printer. In auction, starts at $300.. any bidders? Yuck.
keep your precious information in a precious case. Use this 300pounds a piece Gold and crystal USB Keychain.
Play with Gold - Nintendo came up with Nintendo World Championships Gold in 1990. Out of the 26 that were made, one is up for auction at ebay starting at $15,000.
Move over Glutathione - Pop these Gold Capsules with 24k gold leaf and are dipped in gold - for reasons I don't know. Retails at $275
Juice it rich. This $1,500 juicer claims to remove 95% of pesticide in fuits and veggies.
Luxe game. Play chess with this $36,000 chess set in pure silver and gold. The hands on this set is said shaped like the hands of Beatles great drummer Ringo Starr. Available at Asprey in Tokyo. Let the games begin.
We have driven in gold, ate gold, played with gold, dressed and listened and even worn gold shoes, why not live in gold???? This is the ultimate in tackyness...
The Golden House opened in September 2006 in Hong Kong. Made out of 2 tons of gold worth $38mil.
Bubble bath anyone?
