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Chinese Man Orders a €500,000 Fiat 500

You remember Fenice Milano, don't you? The Italian car modifier is the outfit behind the La Dolce Vita edition Fiat 500. And now someone's ordered one for a reported €500,000. That's easily twenty times what the base car costs, so what did the anonymous Chinese buyer get for his money?

For starters, this vehicle didn't start life as the base Fiat 500. It's an Abarth 500C, the performance model with the convertible roof. Romeo Ferraris was brought in to tune the engine up to 200 horsepower and install a custom suspension and Brembo brakes. Then Fenice Milano gave it a 24-karat gold paint job, decked the interior out in teak and installed a diamond-studded iPod "supreme edition" from Stuart Hughes. Have a closer look in the gallery below and the video after the jump.

Gallery: "La Dolce Vita" Fiat by Fenice Milano

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The $8 Million iPhone 4 Diamond Rose

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The world's most expensive iPhone to date is the 32 GB iPhone 4 Diamond Rose by (you guessed it) Stuart Hughes. Coming in at a steep $8 million the phone's bezel is made of rose and approximately 500 individual flawless diamonds that total over 100ct. The back is also rose gold and features the Apple logo all decked out with 53 additional diamonds, while the front navigation button is platinum with interchangeable single cut 7.4ct pink (shown) or rare 8ct Flawless diamonds in the center.

To top things off the phone comes in its own enormous storage chest made from a single block of Imperial Pink granite and lined in nubuck top grain leather. Available in a limited edition of just 2 units, the iPhone 4 Diamond Rose costs £5 million.

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The iPhone 4G in Diamond and Gold Editions

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Our favorite diamond bedazzlers at Stuart Hughes are back for another round. Not content with gilding the iPad and creating the world's most expensive suit, Stuart Hughes has created the iPhone 4 Diamond Edition. The white iPhone 4 32GB is unlocked and the whole surrounding frame is set with around 6.5 carats of VVS, F color diamonds. The back of the device has a platinum and diamond Apple logo. The phone comes with a hand-finished wallet made from real ostrich foot that also holds up to four credit cards. It is a limited edition of 50. It sells for £12,995 (close to $20,000).

Over on Goldstriker they are selling the gold covered version of the iPhone 4G. It is available in 24K gold, 20K white gold or 18K rose gold. The half-gold version sold above sells for £1,595. An edition with the full rear section in gold sells for £2,195.

[via Engadget]

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The World's Most Expensive Suit

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Last year designer Alexander Amosu unveiled a suit that sold for £70,000 and was dubbed the world's most expensive suit has been unveiled. That's nothing compared to the new world's most expensive suit designed by Richard Jewels of Manchester & Stuart Hughes of Liverpool. The suit is made from a blend of cashmere wool, silk and diamonds. The suit took 600 man hours to create and has 480 diamonds positioned around the suit. Each stone is 0.5 carats, G color, VS2 quality for a total of 240 carats. Only three suits will be made and each costs £599,000. The Sun reports that the first suit, a size 41 long, has been sold to a buyer in France. The suitmakers are donating ten per cent of each sale to the Haiti relief fund.

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Solid Gold 1:18 Scale Bugatti Veyron

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1:18 scale Bugatti Veyron replica in solid gold – Click above for image gallery

The Bugatti Veyron is one of the most expensive automobiles in the world. Somewhat paradoxically, a couple of enterprising fellows have managed to craft a replica that's even pricier than the original on which it's based, and they've done it by downsizing.

Of course, the fact that it's made from 24 karat gold and encrusted with 7.2 carats worth of diamonds adds mightily to its £2 million ($2.93 million at today's exchange rates) asking price. Yes, that is indeed a higher sum than it would take to put a real, full-size Veyron in your driveway.

Robert Gulpen of Munich & Stuart Hughes of Liverpool only plan to craft three examples of the 1:18 scale solid gold Bugatti Veyron replica, so we suggest you get on the ball if you've decided your living room mantle. See it in all its fully functional glory in our image gallery below.

Gallery: Solid Gold Bugatti Veyron Replica

[Source: Stuart Hughes via Born Rich]

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Solid Gold iPad by Stuart Hughes

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We knew it was only a matter of time and now we have it: a solid gold iPad from Stuart Hughes. The iPad is getting blinged up just like every other Apple gadget and this version of the famed tablet, called the iPad Supreme Edition, gets the royal treatment of 53 individually set flawless diamonds (totaling 25.5cts) and a back and side housing of a single solid piece of 22k gold. The iPad Supreme Edition also features Wi-Fi, 3G, and 64 GB capacity and is available in a limited edition of only 10 for just over $188,000 each.

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MacBook Air Supreme Ice Edition

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Another gorgeously embellished apple product, the MacBook Air Supreme Ice Edition from Stuart Hughes is all done up in diamonds and platinum. The apple logo is made up of 25.5 carats of flawless diamonds (53 gems in all) while the entire front housing is comprised of a single sheet of highly polished solid platinum (2500 grams). The rest of the body is polished aluminum and the end result is a gleaming statement piece that makes working and surfing the net a total luxury experience (not to mention all the stares and inquiries you'll garner if you dare step out in public with it). £139,995

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Pink Diamonds Make A Nokia Supreme

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Another diamond covered phone has been revealed. The Nokia Supreme takes a Nokia 8800 and armors it in solid platinum veneers and screws and covers it with 12.5 carats of pink diamonds. There are approximately 1225 stones set into the phone including a three-carat navigational button made of a flawless center stone. The phone has a total of 83 grams of platinum. Stuart Hughes designed the phone for Goldstriker. It comes in a granite box with a leather interior. Just three will be made and each sells for around $160,000.

[via Idex Online]

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