What would you buy with $90,000? A couple of decent cars? Some nice jewellery? Set your kids up with a solid education or even make some wise investments?
OR you could become the proud owner of one Hermes ‘crocodile chiffon’ t-shirt.
The most expensive t-shirt in New York City has been discovered in the Hermes flagship store on Madison Avenue with its price tag creeping dangerously close to the six-figure mark.
Made from crocodile skin and silk chiffon and crafted using “innovative technology”, the men’s t-shirt retails at $91,500 (around $87,000 AUD) and when $8,000 sales tax is added, it comes to almost $100,000 (almost $95,000).
The crocodile tee debuted on the catwalk as part of Hermes’ Spring/Summer 2013 menswear collection as part of the label’s lightweight “crocodile chiffon” line. Yes, that’s right. Crocodile leather — for summer.
Across the range products are priced between $60,000 to $100,000.
The t-shirt is outrageously expensive but it can’t claim to be the most pricey top on the planet, facing stiff competition from an energy efficient diamond encrusted tee valued at $400,000, and this solid gold button-down.
Animal protection agency PETA has weighed in, saying that crocodiles are the ones really paying the for the expensive t-shirt.
“The highest price for this rather cheap-looking and ludicrous Hermes T-shirt is paid by the crocodiles who were bludgeoned to death or even skinned alive to make it,” PETA spokesperson Colleen O’Brien told TODAY.com.
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