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Thursday 25th of April 2024

Wretched excess Apple publishes a coffee-table book, Designed by Apple in California, in two sizes: Wretched Excess, for $199 Truly Appalling, for $299 © 2016 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess The bleak, beetle-backed monster parked in the courtyard of the hotel lays claim to being the new fastest, most powerful, most expensive road car ever produced by a global auto maker. Those numbers, should you want to forward them to your accountant in Macau: about 285 mph; 1,500 horsepower; $3 million. Wall Street Journal, April 8–9, 2017, on the Bugatti Chiron, made by Bugatti, part of Germany's VW Group © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Cheeseburgers garnished with a hot dog and potato chips © 2015 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Consistent human settlement on Floreana [in the Galápagos] only dates back to 1929, when a German doctor, Friedrich Ritter, and his companion, Dore Strauch, decided to follow his nativist philosophy by leaving their respective spouses (who conveniently moved in together), pulling out all their teeth to seal their commitment to vegetarianism, and moving there. New York Times, June 20, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Designer sneakers for $2,000 © 2015 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Facebook's 71 genders, and counting © 2016 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Home car turntables so you never have to back out of the garage © 2015 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess The home is entering its fifth year of development. When finished this spring, it will be one of the largest private homes in America – 100,000 square feet – and, at an asking price of $500 million, will bill itself as the most expensive as well. The property has 20 bedrooms. … The largest bedroom is a 5,500-square-foot master suite. … The house has a commercial-size beauty salon and a lounge where the walls and ceilings are made of jellyfish acquariams. Asked why, Mr. [Nile] Niami [the developer] shrugged, looking slightly baffled by the line of questioning. “Because it's cool,” he said. New York Times, December 24, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Home theaters with concession stands © 2020 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess In Cabinet meeting, Pence praises Trump once every 12 seconds for three minutes straight headline, Washington Post, December 20, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Jewelry made from the ashes of cremated leftover frozen embryos © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess  Laundry rooms with disco balls, a sound system and dance floor  © 2016 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Men's underpants for $150 per pair, pretax © 2015 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Monogrammed made-to-measure underpants in a cashmere blend © 2021 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess A penthouse at the Manhattan megatower 432 Park Avenue is slashing its price by more than 20% to $139 million, according to the listing agents. … [Fawaz] Al Hokair bought the Billionaires' Row penthouse in 2016 for $87.66 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a New York apartment, records show. The unit has never been lived in; the seller hasn't spent the night there once, [Tai] Alexander [one of the listing agents] said. A representative for Al Hokair declined to comment. Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2023 © 2023Kwiple.com
Wretched excess People talk about using marble in the bathrooms. Well, marble wasn’t good enough for us — we have onyx! Clement Kwok, chief executive of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, owners of the Peninsula London, its new £1bn hotel overlooking Buckingham Palace, where the cheapest room costs £1,300 a night and pages are dressed all in white, including pillbox hats and gloves © 2023 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Porsche Design Tower, the new Sunny Isles Beach condo that has attracted worldwide attention for its unique car elevator, has sold a four-level penthouse with a garage for 11 vehicles for $25 million. Dezer Development said the unit totals 9,560 square feet of interior space, making the price equate to $2,615 per square foot. It includes a “car gallery” on the 56th floor where the tower's specially-designed car elevator can transport the vehicles from the ground to the sky-high space. South Florida Business Journal, April 3, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess There's an optional £150,000 clock for Bentley's £160,000 Bentayga SUV © 2016 Kwiple.com
Wretched excess Watches as big as bagels © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
Wretched excess While being sued by unpaid interns, billionaires Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen start marketing $55,000 backpacks made from Nile crocodile hides, onto which Damien Hirst, the world's wealthiest artist, has glued multicolored prescription pills, as only he can © 2015 Kwiple.com