Dolce & Gabbana’s £4,600 embellished headphones

DOLCE & GABBANA, the luxury Italian duo, sent models down the runway for this Autumn 2015 Milan Fashion week, wearing the swankiest earbuds to date in collaboration with Frends; and you can own your own set for the princely sum of £4,600 (approx. $7,000).

These are much more that what you'd expect to pay for a D&G handbag, with some of its most luxurious designs priced at around £1,000

The headphones worn by the models are made of leather and are fully covered in the brand’s signature jewellery, embellished with materials like pearls, gold chains, Swarovski crystals and velvet across the earpieces and bridge. 
Definitely not your average pair of headphones. 

The Italian luxury fashion house design is said to have been inspired by the Italian matriarch, otherwise known as la mamma, celebrating Mother’s Day. But not only that, it also celebrated the pleasure of listening to music by taking it to the next luxury level.

They were initially thought to be catwalk collaboration only, but tech brand Frends has confirmed that two of the original catwalk versions have officially landed on American online retailer Moda Operandi and are ready to pre-order for expected delivery between July and October. 

Retailed at £4,700 (approx. $7,095 ) these are about 35 more expensive than Frend’s popular Taylor style, which is currently priced at around £150. 

The two headphone designs available to buy for that staggering price are a bejewelled red-leather style and a green-leather version.

Since Frends was founded in 2006 by a young group of pro snowboarders it quickly made its minimalist designs a favourite in the fashion world. But by collaborating with the king of bling and superfancy, it has taken its fashion forward spirit to a whole new level.

However, this is not the first time luxe headphones are taken from the catwalk into the shopping bag. Last season Chanel's autumn/winter 2014 show also introduced quilted headphones in partnership with tech company Monster. They were sold for $5,000 in the US and reportedly for £4,170 in the UK.

Still, Dolce & Gabbana’s headphones take the prize. They might not only be the world’s most expensive earbuds, but the most blinged out ones too. 


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Rihanna New Face of Dior

Rihanna New York City carrying two of Dior's most iconic bags: a light blue 'Lady Dior' and a pink 'Dior Addict'.

RIHANNA has been confirmed as the newest face of Dior’s Secret Garden campaign – and she’s believed to be the first black star to be featured by the French luxury brand. 

Of late, the 27-year-old singer, has been much sought after muse for luxury brand houses and now will star in the Secret Garden’s fourth instalment just days after she was spotted shooting in a silver dress for the brand at the Palace of Versailles in Paris earlier this week. 

Rihanna has already been the face of Gucci, Emporio Armani and Balmain, but she now has another high-end name to add to her impressive fashion house list.

“The house of Dior is pleased to announce that the fourth episode of Secret Garden was filmed this week by Steven Klein in Versailles, guest starring Rihanna,” said Dior in a statement.

In the past, each instalment of the capsule campaign has been set at a royal chateau and unlike Dior’s main campaigns, it has starred models rather than celebrities (think Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Eva Herzigova) –until now. The fashion muse will star in a short film and print ad set to debut this spring.

This will be her first campaign for Dior and the casting choice is somewhat surprising because although she has sit on the front row of various Dior shows since Raf Simons took over, she doesn’t typically wear the brand on the red carpet – like Portman or Lawrence. Also, the pop star is thought to be the first black celebrity to appear on a Dior campaign in recent years, and certainly the first one under Simons,  the 70-year-old label’s current creative director. 

Simons recently came under fire for not casting black models in his shows, and it was not until his autumn 2013 collection when he casted six black models in the show. 


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