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Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 09:33 PM Sep 2012

A $250,000 manicure. A fuck you in conspicuous consumption.

I can't even see the detail.


Kelly Osbourne wore an extremely expensive item to the 2012 Emmys on Sunday — but it’s not the type of accessory you might think.

The “Fashion Police” host donned a $250,000 Black Diamond manicure to awards ceremony, courtesy of Los Angeles-based jeweler Azature.

The nail polish contains 267 carats of crushed black diamond powder in each bottle, which explains the quarter-of-a-million-dollar price tag.

Osbourne told E! on the red carpet, “I’ve been so scared to touch anything because its powdered black diamonds… worth $250,000,” adding, “I have not touched a thing all day.”

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A $250,000 manicure. A fuck you in conspicuous consumption. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 OP
Fucking waste. Remind me why capitalism is better? Taverner Sep 2012 #1
At least she's spending it and not stashing the money in a Swiss bank account. Arkansas Granny Sep 2012 #2
Shit. That's twice what my house is worth. GoCubsGo Sep 2012 #3
Hopefully she didn't leave a Jack Chick tract as a tip. Liberal Veteran Sep 2012 #15
What's the damn point of that? HopeHoops Sep 2012 #4
Considering that nobody would have noticed unless the person wearing it boasted about it... Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #5
For $250,000 she bought an ad campaign that would have cost her several times that Major Nikon Sep 2012 #8
Ad for WHAT? HopeHoops Sep 2012 #10
Her music Major Nikon Sep 2012 #17
She does music? HopeHoops Sep 2012 #18
So I'm told Major Nikon Sep 2012 #20
How can she wipe? LiberalEsto Sep 2012 #6
Rich people don't shit like us plain folks. Liberal Veteran Sep 2012 #14
You could fill a room with the shits I don't give about this. Major Nikon Sep 2012 #7
Obscene. Bertha Venation Sep 2012 #9
That was my first thought, too n/t OhioChick Sep 2012 #11
Damn! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #12
I have found Kelly Osborne to be the most useless non-celebrity that is famous LynneSin Sep 2012 #13
Keep on, one percenters. hifiguy Sep 2012 #16
In her defense, sounds like it was given to her and used as advertizing. nolabear Sep 2012 #19

Arkansas Granny

(31,530 posts)
2. At least she's spending it and not stashing the money in a Swiss bank account.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 09:42 PM
Sep 2012

But, I have to agree about the conspicuous consumption.

GoCubsGo

(32,093 posts)
3. Shit. That's twice what my house is worth.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:09 PM
Sep 2012

I could live very well for at least 5 years on that kind of money. Must be nice to have that kind of money to piss away like that, just by the sheer fact that your father is famous.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
5. Considering that nobody would have noticed unless the person wearing it boasted about it...
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:23 AM
Sep 2012

...I guess that's the point. It's a $250,000 conversation piece.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
8. For $250,000 she bought an ad campaign that would have cost her several times that
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 12:30 PM
Sep 2012

...to have the same effect.

Not a dumb move really.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
18. She does music?
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:08 PM
Sep 2012


As Billy Joel said in "The Entertainer", (paraphrase) - if you lose your audience you end up the discount rack and nobody will remember your name. That's not the exact quote by any means, but that's what he means.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
7. You could fill a room with the shits I don't give about this.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 12:29 PM
Sep 2012

It's no more than I care what a poor person does with public assistance funds. I don't care about what rich people use with their money; I care about how rich people use their money. Rich people use their money to make more money, at least the ones who are smart. For that they are given an incredible advantage over anyone who gets their income from wages. That's why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
13. I have found Kelly Osborne to be the most useless non-celebrity that is famous
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 01:13 PM
Sep 2012

How someone out there decided that Kelly Osborne is a style icon is beyond me. I think her taste is clothing and the judging of others is just ridiculous which I guess makes her the perfect replacement for when Joan Rivers kicks the bucket.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
19. In her defense, sounds like it was given to her and used as advertizing.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:11 PM
Sep 2012

Like couture. The nail polish creator made one or two bottles of the crazy expensive stuff and many, many $25 bottles that are being advertized. They could make money on that publicity. As to crushed diamonds, they are the ultimate in recyclable material.

So I think the whole thing is spin.

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