“The Cavalli Card” starring supermodel Milla Jovovich: this is the short film, for an Internet-only ad campaign, called “I Have Everything”, nothing else.

A beautiful woman that play with her dresses and accessories and she does it out of vanity, she dreams, she wants everything and she has got everything because the iridescent Cavalli card equip her for every curveball life could throw.

“I’m thinking about creating a Web site where card holders can chat directly with me,” Cavalli said.

Just in time for the recession, Roberto Cavalli has introduced an exclusive snakeskin credit card.

Rather than the platinum of the “other” cards, the snake hide card is made of authentic snake. Why stick to a boring bank card when you can carry around a shimmering piece of animal-print plastic?

Special VIP services at every Cavalli boutique worldwide, special sale privileges, and exclusive invitations to fashion shows and events are the tip of the diamond iceberg of Cavalli card benefits. The card is set to go global as of March 1st.

We have earlier introduced you to some of the very exclusive cards, including the American Express Black Card, and the diamond-studded Royale MasterCard for Dubai’s elites.

Now, MasterCard and Kazkommertsbank, the second largest bank in Kazakhstan, together are bringing a MasterCard credit card festooned with gold and diamonds.
Known as the “Diamond”, the card has a 0.02-carat gem ¬embedded in its centre and a picture of a peacock for female cardholders and a winged horse for men.

The card, which has a $1,000 (£620) annual fee, is to be issued in two weeks’ time by MasterCard and Kazkommertsbank, the second largest bank in commodities-rich Kazakhstan, where the oil and minerals boom of recent years has created a fresh crop of billionaires.

Asked about the timing of the launch, the bank’s head of international payment systems, Alla Voyakina, said: “The [financial] crisis is also affecting us but we are talking about rich people, they can afford to have such cards. It’s a question of prestige to have such cards in your -wallet.”

The diamond was “only a design element”, Ms Voyakina said. “It’s showing your status.” The card comes as even the super-rich are feeling the pain of the credit crunch. Spending on items such as $1,000 mobile phones is expected to end a boom that more than doubled the size of the global luxury goods market in the past decade.

However, Ms Voyakina said the bank had a target audience of “the best of VIP customers” and only planned to issue 1,000 cards. Each would have a credit limit of $50,000, about $20,000 higher than the highest limit on some MasterCard platinum cards (Pictured above is the diamond-studded Royale MasterCard issued earlier for Dubai’s elites).

How would you like to own a credit card with a solitaire diamond embedded in it? Can you imagine the look on the faces of your fellow diners when you casually whip it out and hand it over to the waiter to pay the bill? And, to make things even better, there is no pre-set spending limit on the card.

Before you go running to apply, here’s the catch – the Dubai First Royale MasterCard is by invitation only and as the name “Royale” suggests is only for the VVIPs of UAE society and the movers and shakers of the business world.

Ravi Bhardwaj, country corporate officer, Dubai First, told Emirates Business: “Our Royale MasterCard is by invitation only and it is for a select group of people, who represent the upper echelons of the business and social community.

This versatile crocodile coin purse is lined with cognac brown leather. There are two credit card slots in the inner compartment, hidden behind two note holders secured with a leather strap and snap button.

The front section consists of an extendable coin pocket secured with a envelope flap.