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New Watch Alert: Pavonina

German watchmaker Glashütte Original newest product launch: the Pavonina women’s timepiece collection. 

The 20-piece collection will hit retail doors this month. The collection marks the first full women’s line to be offered in decades by Dresden, Germany-based watchmaker, a subsidiary of Swatch Group.

Named after the Latin word for peacock — pavoninus — the Pavonina collection borrows colors and forms from the opulent bird. There are straps in purple and teal satin, while the range’s most elaborate red gold and diamond decorated watch features a fanning peacock tail of 98 hand-set diamonds on its mocha or mother of pearl-colored Colorit dial.

Money To Blow: Million Dollar Shoes for Valentine's Day

Have a cool million to blow this Valentine's Day? If you do, then you may want to trip to Leon's of Beverly Hills. Through August 1st, the fine jeweler is displaying the world's first pair of hand-strassed, diamond-encrusted million-dollar shoes, courtesy of high-end fashion brand Crystal Heels™.

Money To Blow, Vol. 9: Benero, Titan Safe, Heath Ledger's Tree House

By Eslyn C. Woodall 

Benero: Limited Edition Coach Built Speedster for $600,000

The latest car to grab our attention is this beauty known as the Benero.  The speedster is a special coach built model powered by a 4.2-liter supercharged V8 engine tweaked by German tuning firm MTM to produce an output of 525HP. Although there is not much information, Benero bears a  strong resemblance to the Audi S5 . Like all other exclusive cars, the Benero is a limited edition and will be restricted to just 50 units.   Prospective buyer should be expecting to shell out a whopping sum of around $600,000.

Money To Blow, Vol 8: Marilyn's Wedding Ring, Olympic Tickets, and More

By Eslyn C. Woodall

Marilyn Monroe Wedding Ring

Marilyn Monroe’s wedding ring from Joe DiMaggio is up for auction. The auction will take place in California auction house at a three-day event named as “Icons of Hollywood”. The wedding band is made of platinum and is adorned with 35 baguette-cut diamonds that Monroe wore at her wedding on January 14 1954. The ring is expected to bring in more than $300,000. Other celebrity memorabilia will also be put on display at the sale that will take place starting on  December 16th. this year. So men if you are looking to put a smile on a very lucky ladies face, this just may do it.

Money To Blow: Bottle Service - Vol. 7

ESLYN C. WOODALL
The next time you order bottle service, check to see if one of these exclusive beverages are on the menu!

 Le Billionaire: Vodka - $3.7M

The bottle in question will come in two primary versions: the purple hue and the white one. On both, the bottle will have 3000 precious diamonds which makes it so precious and rather blingy. The fact that most of them have been individually handcrafted especially adds to the exclusivity factor, which also is the case for the Swarovski crystals on the gold labeling - especially the dot on the ‘I’ of billionaire and the ‘B’ itself. 

Speaking of the Vodka inside, the beverage has been created using an exclusive selection of ingredients which includes the purest of wheat from Russia and water of course. When it comes to the filtering, the Vodka has been undergoing the process over and over again in equipment which had diamond detailing in it to finally lend the unique texture to the beverage.

The last part of the packaging, the designer dress also contains detailed craftsmanship in form of white faux fur designs. The reason for not using the real stuff has been Leon Verres’ association with PETA, which he maintains even for his customers.  Leon Verres has been known for producing luxury goods, including some of the world’s most exclusive and expensive alcoholic beverages.  They earlier created the Le’ Billionaire Champagne, which was the world’s most exclusive and expensive version of the beverage, which came dressed in its own designer pouch. Le Billionaire Vodka  is going to take the crown for being the most expensive and exclusive beverage of its kind in the world.  On ordering the elite bottle, be prepared to receive a pair of white gloves which is meant for the host to wear while serving the drink, which of course can also be done by the butler if you please. Not much of a connoisseur myself, but will sure wonder about the uniqueness of the diamond bathed Vodka!

Money To Blow, Vol 6: Stuart Weitzman Oscar Shoes

KIA BROWN
From 2002-2008, Stuart Weitzman designed a special pair of one-of-a-kind "million dollar" jeweled shoes for one Oscar nominee to wear to the Academy Awards. Weitzman is responsible for many of the most expensive and beautiful shoes ever created.

Due to the recession, Stuart Weitzman has not created a pair of his stunning one-of-a-kinds shoes since 2008. He released the following statement last year: "While the Oscars will certainly still be a glamorous event, we feel this year - like we did last year -- that it is still not appropriate to be extravagant."

This year, Weitzman launched his Red Carpet Collection, featuring 35 stunning styles. The collection was made exclusive to celebrities and their stylists for the 2011 Academy Awards and then hit select stores on April 1.







2008 Retro Rose Shoes
These shoes were designed for Diablo Cody, who declined to where them. The shoes feature 100 carats of 1,800 Kwiat diamonds.
Priced at $1,000,000

Money To Blow, Vol 5

ESLYN W
Over the Top Bottled Water

Water is no longer just water. This may come as a surprise; water is becoming a very expensive resource.  People pay money for water every day, even though it’s free in the majority of places on Earth. So if we’re already paying for it and shelling out big bucks in some cases, why not pay a lot for it, right?  Whether it is a bottle of water that costs $1,570 or a bling H₂O for a cool million, it’s surely for the uber-rich who have a stylish lifestyle and can splurge for these expensive sparkling jewel-embedded bottles of water.

Money To Blow, Vol 4

ESLYN

Cannes Film Festival 

If you have $75,000 in your pocket, the Cannes package is the perfect way to step into that glamorous life. 11 nights of festival, thousands of people and each one of them is a big name; hundreds of celebrities walking down the red carpet with the most amazing costumes. Yes, we are talking about Cannes and in the month of May the city has a different look altogether.

Money To Blow, Vol. 3

ESLYN
Grand Venetian Bed

Celebrities such as Lana Turner, Barbra Streisand and Cher and billionaires from Howard Hughes to Aristotle Onassis have owned Phyllis Morris furniture originals over the years. Since 1953, Phyllis Morris has produced master-carved furniture pieces like this Grande Venetian Bed, finished in silver leaf or 23K gold leaf. This handcrafted four-poster bed, measuring 12 feet long by 10 feet wide, is one of the largest in the world. With its old world style columns and scrolled headboard, it is guaranteed to make its owner feel like royalty. List price: $70,000.

Money To Blow, Vol. 2

BY ESLYN

The 918 Spyder Hybrid 

At $845,000 excluding destination and handling charges, the new plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder is the brand’s most expensive production model built to date. Porsche has further confirmed that the dealers around the world have begun taking orders for the luxury hybrid 918 sports car. The 918 Spyder has 718 horsepower on tap and a fuel economy of more than 78 mpg based on the European combined driving cycle. The design has been inspired from the Carrera GT as well as the Porsche 917 and RS Spyder race cars. The production version, which is based on a carbon fiber monocoque, boasts a manual roof system with removable roof panels.

The plug-in hybrid will be equipped with a 500-horsepower, 4.0-liter V8 engine and two electric motors capable of 218 horsepower. The hybrid can sprint from 0-62 mph in just 3.2 seconds, with a top speed of 199 mph. If you’ve got the cash, you better get in the line right now, as Porsche has plans to build only 918 examples of the vehicle. Deliveries begin November 2013, if you can really wait for two years.

Order yours now!

"If I Had Money to Blow"

Eslyn

From vacations, to clothing, homes, accessories, electronics and so much more the super –wealthy just indulge in it all. I am here to bring you items that are so over the top, that I am sure will have us all shaking our head and saying "man, if I had money to blow”.

Platinum & Diamond iPad

Hands down for all the techies this would be a must the iPad Supreme Platinum Edition is the most expensive iPad on the market designed by Stuart Hughes a UK based designer. This one of a kind solid Platinum and diamond Ipad, encrusted with 85.5 cts of ‘I'F' Flawless diamonds, a total amount of 173 individually set sparkling gems sit beautifully on solid Platinum rear section which weighs in at a huge 2,700 grams. A magnificent combination of top of the industry technology and unrivalled craftsmanship was involved in creating this masterpiece. The iPad is the Wi-Fi & 3G, 64GB version. This is a limited edition and only 5 units to be made, this exclusive iPad retails for a whopping-$489,590 USD