Totally beautiful anytime of the year, I think this Arbre de Vie miniaudiere featuring a leafless tree branching out in red Swarovski crystals is the perfect accessory for this September, and the rest of the autumn months to come. Created by designer Sylvia Toledano it's actually meant to represent the 'tree of life,' and the miniaudiere comes with a matching crystal-encrusted pen and silver chain. There isn't a speck on the outside that isn't covered in Austrian crystals, and the interior is lined with polyurethane. $1400
It may look like a piggy bank, but this Crystal Piggy is more likely to help you to spend money than save it. Hand-formed and hand-painted, this chubby little pig would make a darling keepsake for a little girl's room or for anybody who collects pigs. Clear crystals form his tubby silhouette, with pink accents marking his ears and tail. I'm not sure why they didn't just go ahead and make him a bank for coins, but he's still a cutie. Put together with traditional Mexican techniques he measures a generous 12" tall and sells for $1285.
Over 60,000 crystals adorn the Topshop dress worn by Kate Moss to the Swarovski Fashon Rocks fashion show and concert. The dress, which is now up for auction, is similar to a 1920's Flapper style cocktail length dress in Moss's personal collection and features hand-beaded Swarovski crystals in shades of silver, gray, and green. The auction started October 19th and runs through the 28th with proceeds going towards the Princes' Trust Charity. No word yet on where bidding stands but the dress is estimated with a retail value around £40,000.
Swarovski crystals are all over everything these days, and interior lighting is no exception. Except in this case we're not talking a crystal chandelier, but crystal used in a different way for unique lighting patterns and beauty. New in a line of contemporary lighting from Swarovski is the Crystal StarLED, the Crystal StarLED Deluxe, and the Atlas Select.
There's a lot going on with these new collections, including both different lighting styles and different bulb arrangements. The one pictured here, the Melody, is one of my personal favorites.
Not a chandelier for a timid room or for a timid decorator, the new Da Vinci LED Crystal Chandelier from Schonbek "puts on a dazzling light show." And it's no wonder, since it's both enormous (available in 3 foot and 5 foot diameters) and is made up of hundreds of Swarovski crystals illuminated by either halogen or LED lights from within. The different lighting options mean you can either have a gently glittering moon hovering over your party or (by switching to LED mode) bursts of brightly changing color instead.
It's gorgeous, but I'm sure there are few with a place to put it!
These are just darling, don't you think? They're the latest stick type mp3 players/USB drives from Sony. Available in a beautiful mix of pastel colors (blue, gold, pink, and violet) and black (classy), the cap is covered with a design in Swarovski crystals. Sony has announced that the 'NW-E010 series' will be available by the end of next month in the Japanese market (they get everything first it seems!) and no word on when they might make an appearance here in the U.S. Pricing is expected to be around 18,800 yen for the 2GB versions and 24,800 yen for 4GB.
If you're all about over-the-top bling and have a new iPhone you're looking to glam up, then consider covering it with your own design of Swarovski crystals. The website Crystal Icing.com offers you the choice of 1500+ regular sized crystals or 3000+ tiny ones laid out in any pattern or picture you want on your iPhone for $295. They have a selection of patterns to choose from or you can submit your own using the over 75 available crystal colors. I haven't tried this, but among other things I'd be leery to part with my iPhone (if I only had one) in order to send it in for decorating.
If little Fluffy has been a good girl then she might be hoping she has a crystal Hello Kitty dog bed in her future, but you'll need to check your bank balance first as it doesn't come cheap. Containing more than 7,600 crystals and big enough to fit a small lap dog like a chihuahua or terrier, this is not an item that's going to "blend in" amongst your other home decor. Designed and created specifically for a special sales event in a department store in Tokyo, it will be available for sale later this month for $31,660.
Behold the Pomona Orange, from designer Julija Zileniene's Crystals and Wood collection. The designer teamed up with wood-crafter Rytis Zaveckas and Crystal Creations to create this one of a kind vessel. Hand-carved from pear wood and smothered in Swarovski crystals, the piece is segmented to resemble a real orange. 3.8 inches in diameter, this tiny orange would look lovely resting upon the Pomona Fruit Plate. $2300.
There's always room for more bling in our lives, sometimes in the most unlikely of places. It's not that I haven't seen decked out USB drives before, but I guess I just figure if you're going to go there then do it right and go all out. The Phillips-Swarovski Active Crystal collection definitely goes there, squeezing as many Swarovski crystals as possible onto some very cute electronic gadgets. For USB drives there's the 1 GB "Heart Beat," a two-piece locket style, and the 1 GB "Lock-Out," and retractable padlock shaped one, both of which will sell for $179.
The collection also includes headphones and earbuds with large crystals embedded in each ear piece. Available in 4 different designs they will range in price from $79-$149. The entire line is scheduled to come out this August.
If you just can't seem to get enough glitz in your home, you really love music, and you don't mind making obnoxiously large purchases online through eBay, then this one-of-a-kind Swarovski Crystal Collector Grand Piano by Bösendorfer will be right up your alley. Covered with 8,000 hand-cut Swarovski crystals it looks like something an ice princess would have in a fairytale, complete with matching bench. It's listed for a mere $750,000, and the auction ends Monday.
I love eBay, but I will never understand who does this kind of shopping online!
Crystal is beautiful by its very nature, so I don't know that anybody could argue that Pandora's Chandelier isn't gorgeous, but there's more here than first meets the eye.
Designed by Fredrikson Stallard, the Pandora's Chandelier consists of thousands of Swarovski crystals individually threaded on motorized wires. What starts out as a very standard and traditional silhouette is soon morphed into something smeared and messy looking, before it quietly returns to repeat the cycle all over again. A little abstract art blended with shimmering hanging Swarovski.
Chandi promotes the Lily Chandelier on their website, but if you just went by the images that they show of the piece, you might never know that the Swarovski crystal beads adorning it were available in any color you might want. Elle Decor pointed this out and presents a much more interesting version of the chandelier in this multi-colored creation. The chandelier measures 21" by 23" and has a shiny steel frame. With the custom bead coloring, the light fixture is priced at $3,410.
It wasn't very long ago when the style of armchairs - particularly those found in the living room of grandparents' houses - called for them to be overstuffed and finished with large, uncomfortable buttons. The Vendome Chair, available at Sipure Design in Miami, still uses large buttons to accent and pleat its black wool covering, but the buttons are much improved over grandma's because they are made out of Swarovski crystals. Whether they're more comfortable than alternatives is up to you, though. Price: $3,390.
The story of Alizé says that the drink was created when a brandy maker fell in love with a jam maker and the two came together into a drink. More likely, this combination would have produced some boozy dessert a la Nigella Lawson, but that is neither here nor there. The drink claims to be the " original drink of love" and in honor of Valentine's Day, Alizé has commissioned a limited run of bottles that are completely covered in sparkling Swarovski crystals. Each bottle is £1000 (almost $2,000) and is filled with Rose Alizé, which is a blend of French Vodka, Cognac, passion fruit, strawberry, lychee and rose.
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The story of Alizé says that the drink was created when a brandy maker fell in love with a jam maker and the two came together into a drink. More likely, this combination would have produced some boozy dessert a la Nigella Lawson, but that is neither here nor there. The drink claims to be the " original drink of love" and in honor of Valentine's Day, 
