Major Bling For The Brrring Brrring: 6.8 Carat Diamond Case for Apple iPhone 3G

Above: The diamond iPhone case in Sandy Vintage Leather



Noreve St. Tropez, a luxury leather case designer, has recently released a new diamond studded leather pouch for the Apple iPhone 3G. Each case is magnificently handcrafted in genuine leather adorned with 272 diamonds. Each diamond is between 18 and 22 points and of VS1 quality and G color. The total diamond weight is approximately 6.8 Karats. The Apple iPhone 3G Diamond Pouch price tag is $14,990.00 and is available in North America at NoreveUSA.com.


Above: The back of the pouch is embossed with the Noreve St. Tropez logo.





Above: Each pouch is available in any of Noreve’s 15 color choices from Black to Pink to Sandy Vintage.

Following up on the success of their leather cases (some of which are shown below), Noreve has decided to further customize their already elite designs. “This case is yet another step we are taking to help the Noreve brand become one of the most unique and recognized case manufacturers in the world,” says Sam Brust, Vice President of Sales for NoreveUSA. “We look forward to working with additional types of precious stones in our future designs.”

Don't want to shell out 15 grand on an iPhone case? They have several nice leather cases for the 3g iPhone without diamonds as well:


Above: $39.99, leather case in Sandy Vintage. Available in several colors.

Above: starting at $42.99, leather case in Sandy Vintage. Available in many colors

Above: starting at $49.99, leather case in Sandy Vintage. Available in many colors.



About NoreveUSA:
Since 2004, Noreve has specialized in the manufacturing of high quality, hand made, leather cases for mobile devices. Now the Noreve brand offers you protection, not only in leather, but also in fashionable and original textures.

Noreve offers today the largest selection of cases for MP3 players and cases for mobile phones, laptops and more. The unique design and style of the south of France can be appreciated in its entire selection of products, in both of its versions: Noreve 'Perpetual', classic soft leather protection and Noreve 'Exception', a unique selection of vintage leathers (shown below).



NoreveUSA is a luxury leather designer of cases for mobile devices. Opened in April of 2007 NoreveUSA is the North American division of Noreve St. Tropez in France, which began operations in 2004. Noreve’s products are available in a multitude of colors and are guaranteed by a lifetime warranty. For more information, visit NoreveUSA.com.

I Can't Stop Drooling: The Aston Martin One-77 (now with updated photos)

Aston Martin has released a snapshot of the stunning new One-77; the ultimate creative interpretation of the renowned British marque.



So far, this is the only photo released of the actual limited edition Aston Martin One 77 (any other details you've seen are simply bits of this shot blown up).

Purported to be the world's most expensive car, the Aston Martin One-77 fuses advanced technology with stunning Aston Martin design to create possibly the world’s most desirable automotive art form. Based on a sophisticated carbon fiber chassis with a handcrafted aluminum body, this 7.0 liter V12 super car will deliver exhilarating performance for a strictly limited number of discerning customers.

Of course if you're one of the few lucky/rich enough to buy it, you'll be sure to use (or have your service people use) the world's most expensive car wax on it.

Update 1: new photos of the Aston Martin One-77:




Update 2: Aston Martin has released the first in a series of film about the new One-77. Learn more here.

Update 3: The Aston Martin One-77 at the Concours D'elegance where it won the Villa D'este Design award:






Update: The latest news is that it may soon come in white:

Melissa: Shoes That Redefine Affordable, Stylish, Recyclable And... Plastic!

Melissa is a socially and environmentally responsible company in Brazil that employs sustainable practices, treats their employees well (paying them above average wages complete with benefits), collaborates with hip designers and fashion icons (like Karim Rashid, Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood to name only a few) to churn out millions (over 50 million pairs in the past 25 years) of environmentally responsible shoes made with a special patented recyclable plastic compound called MEFLEX. A shoe begins as a large orb of plastic and takes a only a minute to produce.



Plastic shoes? Yes, but these are far more chic, varied and even come in a 'flocked' or 'velvet' versions. Collaborations with some of today's hippest designers yield everything from "couture" plastic shoes adorned with crystals by J. Maskrey to super sexy high heels by the Campana Brothers and Alexandre Herchovitch you'd find hard to believe are plastic.




J Maskrey


The Campanas brothers


alexandre herchcovitch


Stylist Judy Blame



Vivienne Westwood

The latest collaboration is with world renowned architect/designer Zaha Hadid:



The website(s), advertising and concept store in SaoPaulo, whose facade changes monthly with various artists' work, are all incredibly creative. The shoes smell like candy, look chic, come in every style from tennis shoes and sandals to ballet flats and boots with prices ranging from approx $46.00 to $60.00 USD





The shoe selections seem to vary depending upon which country's site you are viewing.

Below are some of their special editions for 2008, which were collaborations with well known characters from comics and cartoons.

Le Petit Prince /The Little Prince:


Wonder Woman:

Walt Disney's Tinkerbell:

Oswald:

And a few more of their many styles:

Above: Secret Love. Available in several colors.

Above: A 'velvet' MEFLEX shoe shown in black from Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania collection.



Above: Positive, shown in asch. Also available in several color combinations and with or without the ankle strap


Above: Hello, shown in in gold or black 'velvet'. Other colors available.

And a few styles from the Spring 2009 collection:








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