The spherical pattern is illustriously decorated with 16 certified hand-set diamonds. Each diamond commands exquisite color, clarity, cut and luster. Every diamond is an example of natural beauty as nothing is more rare, precious, beautiful or indestructible as a diamond! The design is encrusted with 8 white diamonds each over 1ct and 8 ‘enhanced’ rare black diamonds also over 1ct each.
And where would one buy the most expensive t-shirt in the world, we totally don’t hear you ask? Why, at themostexpensivetshirtintheworld.com. OBVIOUSLY.
At a time when nothing in life is certain, isn’t it reassuring to know that some things never chance, and that Rick Owens is still charging over $500 for a pair of his saggy, mud-coloured shorts, despite repeated cautions from The Fashion Police?
No, we didn’t think so. Because, seriously, the two pairs of shorts in the image? That’s over $1000 worth of designer fashion, right there.
THIS is what’s wrong with the fashion world, people, you mark our words.
OK, it’s not: it’s actually “only” $1944.44. Because that makes ALL the difference, doesn’t it?
Why is this hat almost $2000?
Er, ya got us. Our best guess is “Because it’s OMGGIVENCHY.” But if you have some other explanation for why in the wide world anyone would want to pay that much money for a hat with ears, we’d love to hear it.
We’ll just let that sink in for a moment, shall we?
In their defence, they’re not actually hair elastics. They’re bracelets. Yeah, like all hair elastics are sometimes “bracelets”, when you pull them out of your pony and stick them on your wrists.
These ones really are supposed to be bracelets, though, and the reason they’re so expensive is that the metal part is 18K gold.
We get that canvas shoppers can be handy. For, you know, groceries, and trips to the beach, and other such affairs. And we get that they can be cute, and funny, and, dare we say it, quirky. (We feel dirty now.) We know that Anya Hindmarch, in particular, is beloved by the fashion world, and possessed of an extraordinary ability to convince people that her canvas tote bags are worth paying $295 for, like the one shown above.
Are they, though?
We’re going to go with a big fat NO. Because, honestly, we could buy lots of pairs of shoes for that. Or a really good quality leather handbag. And we can pick up canvas totes almost anywhere, for a few pounds at most – or sometimes even free, when summer rolls around and magazines start giving the things away.
What do you think, though? Do you want to drop $300 on a canvas bag? (Note: IT’S DESIGNER.)
So, this exists. And honestly, we didn’t even know what it WAS at first (that’s always a bad sign), we just knew it looked like something Coco the Clown might have worn as a nipper. That’s not a good sign either, now we come to think of it.
What we mostly want to talk about here, however, is the price. See, this is £835, which is about $1,295. In its defence:
1. It’s hand-knitted
2. It’s alpaca wool.
Even so, unless it was actually hand-knitted BY alpacas, we still can’t imagine spending that much on… this. Seriously, just imagine handing over over $1000 and walking away with this! To think of all of the awesome shoes you could get for that price! Even assuming it took YEARS of hard work to create, we’d still kinda hate ourselves for spending that much money and only having a multicolured gilet to show for it.
What do you think? Daylight Robbery, or actually quite reasonable for hand-knitted item?
(This is by SUNO, by the way, and you can click here if you want to buy it…)
Well, it’s defininitley cute, we’ll give it that. And probably quite practical, especially taking into consideration the amount of rain we’ve had here at Fashion Police HQ over the last couple of weeks.
Is it £795 / $1315 worth of cute and practical, though?
Oh, hell to the no! Or not for those of us on a police officer’s salary, anyway, because we’re pretty sure that if we give it a few weeks, we’ll be able to pick up something similar at Topshop/H&M/insert other retailer anyway.
What about you, though? Would you pay £1315 for a plastic cape, even if it DOES have the Burberry Prorsum label attached to it?
They’re hand-painted by LA-based artist David Palmer, and proceeds from their sale will go towards helping protect the rain forest.
You still all hate them, right? We’re not just imagining that this is $18,000 worth of ugly flip flop, are we?
The fact is, many of our readers hate ALL flip-flips. It wouldn’t matter if they were hand-painted by Jesus, they came up so many times in the comments on our “What Would You Ban?” post last month, that we were actually scared you’d all come and lynch us for the couple of pairs of the (non-hand-painted, not-even-close to $18,000) things lurking in the back of the Fashion Police cupboard.
We’ll come clean: we don’t share the flip-flop hate in general. We’re not saying we’d wear them to the office, or even on the city streets, but for a day at the pool or beach, they’re handy to throw on, and the kind of thing you don’t have to worry about getting damaged by chlorine from the pool, or being accidentally drenched in sunscreen. And they’re cheap, too. Or at least, the ones we buy are.
Paying $18,000 for a pair of flip-flops we wouldn’t even be able to wear for fear that the paint would come off, though? Only if they came with a free holiday, Oh, wait: they kind of do: if you buy a pair you also get a “meet and greet” with the artist, and a two-night stay at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. (The website says nothing about travel costs, so we’re assuming you have to make your own way to LA, if you don’t already live there. Then again, if you’re buying $18,000 flip-flops, the cost of the plane ride probably isn’t going to stand in your way, is it?)
You also get the fuzzy, warm feeling of knowing that you have helped protect the rain forest: AND got yourself a pair of flip-flops into the bargain!
Here are some other things which may or may not help justify the price of these:
They have 6 grams, hand-made solid 18 carat eco-friendly gold Chipkos emblem.
They’re a one-of-a-kind hand painted piece.
They come with a mahogany and glass display case.
And a certificate of authenticity.
Don’t forget the eco-friendly Chipkos carrying bag.
Basically, they’re not so much a pair of shoes as a work of art/opportunity to Do Good, then. In other words, no one’s expecting you to wear them, but you can certainly put them on display or use them as a convoluted way of donating money to a worthy cause.
Are you convinced, yet? If you are, you can buy a pair. And if you don’t have the spare $18,000, Chipkos’ other flip-flops are a little less expensive, and proceeds are also used to help save the rain forest.
