Diamond thong the highlight of Singapore lingerie show (+photos)
11:01AM
Friday April 04, 2008
A model holds a snake on the runway as she displays a creation during Viva La Eve by Triumph at the Singapore Fashion Festival. Photo / Reuters
A diamond thong worth S$168,000 (NZ$154,672) was the highlight of a recent lingerie fashion show in Singapore.
The Triumph Luxurious Diamond Thong had 518 brilliant-cut diamonds, totalling 30 carats, studded into the front of a black lace thong in a floral pattern.
The skimpy underwear that left little to the imagination also had 27 white gold tassels hanging off it.
Danielle Luminita, a brunette model from Romania, was carried down the runway on the shoulders of two male models wearing only the diamond thong.
"It is very comfortable, it's not heavy or scratchy or anything," Luminita said backstage.
A spokeswoman for Triumph International, the lingerie company that commissioned the thong, said that the thong would be dry cleaned before going on display.
"It's a signature piece, obviously we aren't going to sell it," she said.
- REUTERS
