Tie the knot in style
2005-12-07 11:35
Tokyo - It takes 70 years to reach a platinum anniversary, but for couples who want to celebrate it right away a Japanese designer has made a wedding dress with embroidered platinum.
With a $1.7m (about R10.7m) price tag, the dress is made of 1 250 platinum beads along with more than 37nbsp;000 other jewels including pearls, aquamarines, moonstones and crystals.
The dress, called "Platinum White," was made by designer Keiji Tagawa depicting cherry blossom trees and roses and weaved with silk in the traditional way of the ancient Japanese capital Kyoto.
The gown, which for now will go on display rather than down the aisle, was designed on behalf of the Tokyo office of Platinum Guild International, a producers group, at a time that platinum is trading at 25-year highs.
- SAPA