One of the world’s most expensive tartans is about to roll off the production line at a Scottish mill.

Woven from 100 percent pure Mongolian cashmere, the fabric will be used to produce a number of items including a kilt costing about £5,000 (about $9,000).

The Scotsman reported that the tartan has been designed by Peebles company, Holland and Sherry, to commemorate their 172 years of operation in the town.

Jon Kuhn, a leading glass artist, has teamed up with the Bösendorfer to jazz up this musical instrument with his trademark glass work. The Kuhn-Bösendorfer model, sports more than 200 geometric patterns. Each of them is put together with 100-500 pieces of lead crystal glass which comes in varied shapes and sizes.

This classy-glassy edition is as grand as the Swarovski version but still preserve traces of modesty. The “piece of art” will retail for no less than $1.2 Million.

Hommage, the Parisian purveyor of luxury grooming equipment, skincare and spa services for men, has created a limited edition platinum-sheathed straight razor using an ancient layering technique. The technique was once applied in the making of the Crusaders’ swords.

This razor goes by the name of Damascene Razor. The blade is hand-forged in Germany with 128 layers of legendary Damascene steel, topped with a rose and torsion pattern, whereas the sheath is plated in pure and treated platinum to resist tarnishing.

The razor comes in a lacquered gift box made of Tanzanian anigré wood. The name Damascene is an attribution to the steel swords made in the vicinity of Damascus, Syria. It first gained its mythical reputation during the medieval Crusades.

According to Hommage, “the blade of a Damascus steel sword was said to be able to cut a piece of silk in half as it fell to the ground and was strong enough to cut through a rock without losing its sharpness”. This sharp razor retails for $30,000.

The Scandinavian design firm Aurumania has created 10 bikes made out of solid 24-karat gold.

Each piece of every bike was created by hand and the whole thing decorated with 600 Swarovsky crystals.

The bikes all come with a leather seats and horns and they each cost around 80,000 dollars. Why that expensive ? Unlike other “gold” bikes these are solid gold, not plated.

TrekStor, a leading manufacturer of high quality audio players, external hard disks and USB sticks, received in 2007 an order from Russian-Canadian billionaire and owner of the Midland Formula 1 team, Alex Shnaider, to develop the world’s most expensive MP3 player so he could then auction it off to raise money for Cancer Research.

This luxurious piece of jewelry, features 18-karat gold casing and 63 diamonds that together make up 1-karat, which leaves us with one hefty price tag of $20,000. The player is also embellished with a small chain that includes aquamarine gems.

Jewelers Wenthe in Mannheim/Germany put over 100 hours of pains-taking handiwork into the exquisite gadget. It features 1GB of storage, and has dual headphone jacks.

The most expensive Barbie doll in the world was introduced last week in Mexico City. It is valued at one million mexican pesos ($95,000) and includes 318 real diamonds in its design.

Her tiara, a pair of slippers, earrings, necklace, bracelet and ring, are all made out of white gold with diamonds. Even her dress is accentuated with 44 round-cut stones on her dress; the pieces total about 20.66 carats.

Intended only as a publicity stunt, the doll was launched on the occasion of the release of the DVD “Barbie and the Diamond Castle” (Universal Pictures). In it the famous toy embarks on an adventure with her friend Teresa, to break the spell on another friend, and save her.