Daily Times Nigeria Monday, November 2, 2015
L3 Luxury
Look diaper in world most expensive Afolabi Omobolaji
Looking good usually don’t come easy as this requires certain price. Suits are usually expensive in nature but check out the 10 most expensive suits
1. Stuart Hughes Diamond Edition $892,500 The most expensive suit in the world cost N774910252 it has been ridiculously priced at almost a million dollars. When you see what the suit includes, however, the price is understandable. Famed luxury goods designer Stuart Hughes teamed up with world-renowned tailor Richard Jewels to create this extravagant piece of art of which there are only three in the world. These suits took more than 800 hours to design and stitch, and they are made of wool, cashmere, silk.
Alexander Amosu is a luxury goods entrepreneur, not just a men’s clothing specialist. He did, however, roll out this exquisite suit at over $101,860 this fancy suit cost for N20265047. He made his fortune creating hip-hop ringtones, and then made gold- and diamond-encrusted mobile phones. In 2009 he launched his own clothing company. It’s made from two of the most expensive wools in the world: rare vicuna and qivuik, and was custom-made for an anonymous buyer. It was reported that it was also delivered in an armored van. Each suit has 9 buttons of 18 carat gold and diamonds.
4. Zoot Suit – $78,000
At N189264915.05 you could get the 3rd most expensive suit in the world. This expensive suit is produced by the Dormeuil family their suit business has been established for about over 170 years ago, around 1842. The Vanquish II fabric is the brainchild of the patriarch, Jules Dormeuil, mixing the best British and French cloth to design the ultimate luxury tailored suits. It has been claimed that they’ve offered their services to kings, presidents, and celebrities for years. This particularly expensive suit consists of six of the world’s rarest fabrics: royal Qivuik, Ambassador, Dorsilk, Kirgzy White, and Fifteen Point Eight – clearly, the price-tag reflects the amount of this suit.
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3. Dormeuil Vanquish II 5. William Westmancott – $95,319
Ultimate Bespoke – $75,000
The 5th expensive suit in the world is from William Westmancott, the Savile Row neighbour of Desmond Merrion. This suit cost N14943750. But what makes his “Ultimate Bespoke” $28,500 more expensive than Merrion’s “Supreme Bespoke?” Well, this Westmancott suit is a 3- or 4- piece suit instead of a 2-piece. It takes 200 hours for experts at Westmancott to tailor and design this ultra-light, expensive suit. This suit was originally designed to target high-profile Middle Eastern and Russian moguls. Westmancott will also throw in five bespoke shirts for free for any buyers, which has been a successful marketing ploy. It’s worth mentioning, too, that Westmancott is only 28 years old.
5. Kiton K-50 – $60,000 You can get the 6th most expensive suit at N11955000. The producer of this suit, Kiton, has been in business since 1968, and today they are Italy’s top designer brand for men’s suits. They have 330 tailors employed who take in around 22,000 suit orders per year. Each suit takes up to 25 hours to stitch, with 45 tailors working on each individual piece. The K-50 suit was designed by world famous tailor Enzo D’Orsi of Savile Row fame. The suit is made from merino sheep wool. The K-50 name has a double meaning: It takes Enzo 50 hours to complete each suit, and he only makes 50 per year.
2. Alexander Amosu Vanquish II Bespoke $101,860
The 4th most expensive suit was produced at time of World War II era. Zoot suit was sold in 2011 at New York City’s Augusta Auctions for $78,000. The zoot suit cost N15541500. It’s the only suit of its kind to be auctioned in the US, which gives it high demand. Augusta Auctions is a vintage clothing company owned by Karen Augusta, and she originally priced the suit to sell at $600-$900.When she began to receive calls from museums around the country, she admitted she thought she could sell the suit for “as much as $5,000, maybe more,” It was discovered at an estate sale in New Jersey.
7. Desmond Merrion Supreme Bespoke – $47,500 The 7th expensive suit in the world is made by Desmond Merrion, He is one of the most renowned tailors on London’s legendary Savile Row. This suit cost N9364750. The fine hand-tailored suits come in at nearly $50,000. This hand making is the absolute pinnacle in tailoring. Your suit will take me so long to make, it cannot be measured in man hours. It will take months of my time to make the perfectly crafted suit. The finished suit will appear as if it has not been hand crafted, but sculpted around your torso.” With those kind of guarantees, and that much time and energy spent on the creation and design, it’s no wonder that the Supreme Bespoke is so damn expensive.
8. Brioni Vanquish II – $43,000
At number 8, we have Brioni Vanquish. When the economy went down the tubes in 2008, Italian luxury clothier Brioni decided to practice some reverse psychology on their customers by introducing their most expensive line of suits ever. These suits are made from the super-luxurious Vanquish II fabric, a cloth produced by UK-based Dormeuil. Vanquish II uses blends of some of the rarest fibers in the world, including qiviuk, pashmina, and vicuna. They make just 100 of these handmade suits a year and the suit’s stitching is made of white gold. This expensive suit cost N8567750.
9. World Wood Record Challenge Cup Suits – $28,000 If you are wondering who the World Wood Record Challenge is? It’s a competition sponsored and hosted by the cashmere manufacturers Loro Piana, currently owned by the brothers Luigi and Sergio Loro Piana. Each year they call for aspiring designers to create and tailor their best suits for men. Through a voting selection, the best designer is chosen, and their design is precisely cut into 50 suits to be sold under the Loro Piana brand and the amazing suit cost 5579000 in naira.
10. Ermenegildo Zegna Bespoke – $22,000 This suit is made by Italian designers. Italians are known for their precision tailoring and for using the best fabric in the world and fashion houses in Italy have produced some of the most coveted apparel in men’s fashion for eons. Ermenegildo Zegna is one of the top-tier Italian fashion houses. In naira, this suit cost N4383500. They started over 100 years ago in Trivero, Italy, in 1910.