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Friday, March 12, 2010

Champagne Wishes: ‘Chambord by Donald Edge’ $3 Million Bottle

We previously recommended Chambord:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/03/iconic-fashion-designer-betsey-johnson.html


Some more fun facts for your Friday are below!  This could be the first spirits bottle that has made it into our Rock Your Body column...



    • International jeweler Donald Edge has created quite possibly the most expensive spirits bottle in the world, a bottle of Chambord worth $3 million called ‘Chambord by Donald Edge.’
    • ‘Chambord by Donald Edge’ was unveiled by iconic fashion designer Betsey Johnson in the W Hotels Arrival Lounge during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
    • The  bottle is decorated with more than 60 carats worth of diamonds including 1,100 round brilliant cut diamonds, pear cut diamonds, a square cut emerald diamond, the finest round pearls and hand-wrought eighteen-carat yellow gold.
    • Currently being valued by Guinness World Records to determine if it is indeed the world’s most expensive spirits container.
    • Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is the third stop on a worldwide tour that has taken the bottle to London and Berlin.  From New York it travels to Orlando and then Australia for a down-under appearance. 
    • As it is the biggest week in fashion, Johnson will be on hand to help Chambord unveil the $3 million bottle.
    • Johnson is a breast cancer survivor and advocate, and Chambord is honored to have her as part of its “Pink Your Drink” program during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
    • In addition to Chambord’s support throughout the year of its “Pink Your Drink” program for breast cancer charities of raising funds and awareness for breast cancer, Chambord is making a donation to the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Johnson’s designated charity.  http://www.chambordonline.com/Age.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Default.aspx  

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