Wow -- I thought I'd seen it all...

[caseydog]

In my job, I meet a lot of rich guys, with cars that cost more than my net worth. But, I've never seen anyone WEAR more than my net worth.

She has a matching pair of my home on each ear, and my car around her neck. The golden dress is my Teardrop.







CD

[satch]

Now that's tax dollars well spent

[swissarmygirl]

that's just sick

[Mary K]

Taxes didn't pay for that... Her husband did, or they were on loan for her to wear that night. Some jewelry and fashion makers do that for stars at Big public events like the Oscars. ....But I dont know for sure.


Mk

[Mary K]

Oh, yeah.. I think she is "very" wealthy too. So she could own all that. Y'all can relate....right???


Mk

[caseydog]

Taxes didn't pay for that... Her husband did, or they were on loan for her to wear that night. Some jewelry and fashion makers do that for stars at Big public events like the Oscars. ....But I dont know for sure.


Mk

Actually, she is the one with the money. Her husband doesn't even know how many houses they own.

And, I don't think politicians wives can "borrow" jewelry for events the way other celebrities can.

[elmo]

I just want to know why CD is reading Vanity Fair!! Something you want to tell us?? Not that there is anything wrong with that!!

I actually hate all the options this time....come to think of it the last couple times!!

Bottom line is all of the polititions running and there wifes can dress like that and really have no idea about how us teardrop folks live in the real life. Think about how many hundreds of millions are getting spent on this for a $400,000/year job plus a expense account. They all spend money stupidly...sometimes just in different ways!

Not sure if they were borrowed or not, but how would Vanity Fair know the prices if they weren't?? Kind of like the shoes $600 for a unknown designer...maybe they were from Payless Shoes!

[caseydog]

Not sure if they were borrowed or not, but how would Vanity Fair know the prices if they weren't?? Kind of like the shoes $600 for a unknown designer...maybe they were from Payless Shoes!

I really don't think it would be legal for a company to "loan" big-dollar jewels to a candidates wife to wear to the campaign's biggest event.

Besides, her net worth is estimated to be about 100-million bucks, so she can afford that kind of outfit.

It wouldn't be hard for Vanity Fair to come up with a pretty good estimate of the value of these items, either.

Hey, a few days ago, I saw a 1958 Ferrari sell for over $2.3 million. It was a sweet car, but I can't imagine having the kind of money you need to buy a $2.3 million dollar classic car. Likewise, I can not identify with what it must be like to wear $300,000 worth of clothing and jewelry.

I have nothing against the extremely wealthy -- I just can't wrap my head around the idea of buying a 2-million dollar car, or a 200-thousand dollar pair of ear rings.

CD

[Eunice]

[quote="caseydog
I have nothing against the extremely wealthy -- I just can't wrap my head around the idea of buying a 2-million dollar car, or a 200-thousand dollar pair of ear rings.
CD[/quote]

I have to admit that I would like to try it though.... Maybe not rich clothes and jewelry like that but I would love to do my house just the way I want and I bet I would by a new car right off the bat also! Kenny could go nuts building a metal shop, wood shop, work shop...you get the picture

[elmo]

Not sure if they were borrowed or not, but how would Vanity Fair know the prices if they weren't?? Kind of like the shoes $600 for a unknown designer...maybe they were from Payless Shoes!

I really don't think it would be legal for a company to "loan" big-dollar jewels to a candidates wife to wear to the campaign's biggest event.

Besides, her net worth is estimated to be about 100-million bucks, so she can afford that kind of outfit.

It wouldn't be hard for Vanity Fair to come up with a pretty good estimate of the value of these items, either.

Hey, a few days ago, I saw a 1958 Ferrari sell for over $2.3 million. It was a sweet car, but I can't imagine having the kind of money you need to buy a $2.3 million dollar classic car. Likewise, I can not identify with what it must be like to wear $300,000 worth of clothing and jewelry.

I have nothing against the extremely wealthy -- I just can't wrap my head around the idea of buying a 2-million dollar car, or a 200-thousand dollar pair of ear rings.

CD

I wouldn't think a business could give them out, but borrow maybe...but when I was searching to see if they could...I'm bored because it is raining and cold here...I did find the small print.

(All prices except Laura’s shoes and Cindy’s watch are estimates, and the jewelry prices are based on the assumption that the pieces are real.)

So who knows, but even $325 for a pair of shoes and $4500 for a watch seems like too much to me! Hell that would be 10 pairs of shoes and about a 100 watches for me!!

[Miriam C.]

If rich women didn't buy expensive clothes how on earth would the designers make enough money for the knock-offs the rest of us wear. For those of you who missed it Mrs Carter wore a "dress off the rack" that cost more than my car at the time. They still do

Why didn't anyone publish the cost of Heinz-Gore's dress. I bet it only cost $100.

Can you imagine!

[Miriam C.]

Oh yeah and how on earth would those designers make enough money to buy cars for CD to

Nancy Regan was praised in the media for being a proper lady and dressing befitting the office as was Jackie Kennedy!

[asianflava]

It's kind of stupid to include the jewelry. They could have been gifts from her former husband. They might not be worth the "estimated" price. There are just too many variables to outright say, "She wore X amount of dollars." unless she said that she was.

But I can understand what Caseydog is talking about. The uber rich have a really warped sense of money. I look at our personal bills and think to myself, "How did I pay my rent, utilities, insurance, and gasoline when I was making $8/hr?" Those people probably think, "how did I make it with no servants?" I heard on the radio that Oprah was spotted in downtown Denver during the DNC, she dropped $8,000 on a Louis Vitton bag. Other than a car or my house, I don't think I own any one thing that cost $8,000. I'm not against them spending their money. They earned it so let them "stimulate the economy" for us.

I'll also be willing to bet that the Ferrari wasn't financed over 60 months either.

[elmo]

I just added up what I have on...

$45 Nike watch...that will stay on until it dies and then I will go buy another $45 watch.

$5 bicycle socks(my cost)

$? underwear Hanes Boxer briefs..not sure how much...been so long since I bought new ones... maybe $4 a pair.

$10 Walmart shorts

$25 Harley t-shirt that was a gift because I won't pay $25 for a t-shirt.

$50 Nike shoes...I would by cheaper, but I wear a 14-15 and have to buy more expensive.

So if I did the math right...

$139 with $25 being a gift and that seems like a lot to me.

[Gaelen]

hmmm...what I am wearing right now:

knit shorts from Walmart--$5
knit t-shirt, also Walmart--$5
Breezies bra -- $24 (the girls are worth all the support they can get...)
Breezies panties -- $5
Birkenstock double strap sandals -- $56
sterling silver/18K gold bracelet -- $40
sterling silver and Black Hills Gold bracelet -- $50
jade prayer bead bracelet -- $32
watch -- $9
two Italian charm bracelets -- one about $60, one about $20
22" 14K gold necklace with jade and multigem circle pendant -- $95
18" 14K white gold necklace with three charms (my grandmother's wedding ring, a sterling silver dolphin, and a 14Kw.g. claddagh) -- $38 (the necklace was a time-served gift from work, the wedding ring is an heirloom, and the SS dolphin was a gift)
1 pr. 1/2 karat tw cubic zirconia studs in 14K w.g. -- $15
1 pr. 1 karat tw garnet studs in 14K gold -- $30
1 pr. 14K w.g. polished ball leverback earrings -- $40

That's $504. None of it is newer than two years old; the jewelry is probably worth more now than what I paid for it (most of it is from QVC).

Oh--and I almost forgot these accessories:
EMS fanny pack -- $20
infusion pump, tubing and 50ml IV bag of 5FU -- pump on loan, drug about $1000; but the effects are priceless