Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Shows Off $3 Million Harlequin Fantasy Bra
BiographyElizabeth Holmes
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Dec 1, 2009 8:00 pm ET
Tonight's Victoria Secret Fashion Show will serve up more than enough eye candy for the men. But, per usual, there's a little something for the ladies: the $3 million Harlequin Fantasy Bra. The luxurious piece of lingerie contains 2,300 diamonds crisscrossing the cups and, hanging at the crux of the décolletage, a 16-carat heart-shaped diamond pendant.
In a sign of the times, the bra is more modest than in years' past. The Harlequin has one tenth the total carats of last year's Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra; less than a third the total diamonds of the 2007 Very Sexy Holiday Fantasy Bra; and costs one fourth of the 2005 Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra.
Even so, every fantasy bra deserves its moment on the catwalk. The Harlequin will make its debut in tonight's television airing of the fashion show (CBS, 10p.m. ET), worn by longtime Victoria's Secret Angel Marisa Miller.
For the foundation of the garment, Victoria's Secret opted not to use its new pad-a-palooza Miraculous bra, a spin-off of the now-famous Miracle Bra that claims to give wearers an additional two cup sizes. Rather, Victoria's Secret had the Harlequin Fantasy Bra is made out of its Very Sexy Convertible bra, with straps that can be adjusted five different ways, in case you need to actually wear the fancy bra underneath something and hide the straps. (Were we in a position to purchase the bra, the last thing we'd want to do is cover it up. But that's just us.)
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