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Neiman Marcus Hawks Mermaid Suits as Xmas Gifts
By Jon Herskovitz
DALLAS (Reuters) - Go back to nature this Christmas by wrapping your loved ones in mermaid suits and dropping them off in a luxury hut specially designed for ice fishing.
These items were part of the offerings in the seasonal collection of over-the-top excess and highly refined luxury items also known as the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, which was released on Tuesday.
"Neiman Marcus is known for luxuries and that is really what we have concentrated on," said Brendan Hoffman, the chief executive of Neiman Marcus Direct. "Our customers might be buying less than they did in past years, but they have not traded down."
The company operates 35 Neiman Marcus Stores across the United States and two Bergdorf Goodman stores in Manhattan
The mermaid suit is custom-designed and comes in hip-hugging gold fish-scale for a mere $10,000. The person who wears it is all but immobile on land, but will be given instructions on how to swim like a mermaid in the sea.
"The suit works wonderfully in the water," said Thom Shouse, its designer.
The luxury home for ice fishing sells for $27,000 and comes with a high-powered furnace, built-in beds and six holes in the floor where fishing lines can be dropped through the ice. To add a nice touch to the interior, the company is separately offering a crystal chandelier that is designed to look like a bough of Japanese cherry blossoms for just under $25,000.
Nothing speaks about the glory of nature like a massive piece of agricultural art. Artist Stan Herd can arrange plants, rocks and soil to turn a field covering several acres into a nice portrait or a recreation of a Renoir painting that is best viewed on an aerial fly over.
Prices start at $160,000.
The most expensive item in the catalog is a Bombardier Learjet for just under $13 million. Other vehicles include the ultra high-powered Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle that cannot be legally operated on public roads but still sells for $555,000 and a limited edition BMW 6 Series coupe for $75,170 that comes with optional driving tours in Germany.
A nature item that may come as a surprise to environmentalists are 24-speed mountain bikes for $795 each from the makers of the Hummer, a vehicle that some people deride for its gas-guzzling qualities.
Among the less expensive items are a silver-plated paperweight for $15 and a really tasty pecan pie at $30.
And then there is the "his and hers" item in the form of a pair of robots for $400,000. The robots can sing, leave messages for the kids and display dance moves that may remind some people of the wooden style of former Vice President Al Gore
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/retail_neimanmarcus_christmas_dc
Neiman Marcus Hawks Mermaid Suits as Xmas Gifts
By Jon Herskovitz
DALLAS (Reuters) - Go back to nature this Christmas by wrapping your loved ones in mermaid suits and dropping them off in a luxury hut specially designed for ice fishing.
These items were part of the offerings in the seasonal collection of over-the-top excess and highly refined luxury items also known as the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, which was released on Tuesday.
"Neiman Marcus is known for luxuries and that is really what we have concentrated on," said Brendan Hoffman, the chief executive of Neiman Marcus Direct. "Our customers might be buying less than they did in past years, but they have not traded down."
The company operates 35 Neiman Marcus Stores across the United States and two Bergdorf Goodman stores in Manhattan
The mermaid suit is custom-designed and comes in hip-hugging gold fish-scale for a mere $10,000. The person who wears it is all but immobile on land, but will be given instructions on how to swim like a mermaid in the sea.
"The suit works wonderfully in the water," said Thom Shouse, its designer.
The luxury home for ice fishing sells for $27,000 and comes with a high-powered furnace, built-in beds and six holes in the floor where fishing lines can be dropped through the ice. To add a nice touch to the interior, the company is separately offering a crystal chandelier that is designed to look like a bough of Japanese cherry blossoms for just under $25,000.
Nothing speaks about the glory of nature like a massive piece of agricultural art. Artist Stan Herd can arrange plants, rocks and soil to turn a field covering several acres into a nice portrait or a recreation of a Renoir painting that is best viewed on an aerial fly over.
Prices start at $160,000.
The most expensive item in the catalog is a Bombardier Learjet for just under $13 million. Other vehicles include the ultra high-powered Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle that cannot be legally operated on public roads but still sells for $555,000 and a limited edition BMW 6 Series coupe for $75,170 that comes with optional driving tours in Germany.
A nature item that may come as a surprise to environmentalists are 24-speed mountain bikes for $795 each from the makers of the Hummer, a vehicle that some people deride for its gas-guzzling qualities.
Among the less expensive items are a silver-plated paperweight for $15 and a really tasty pecan pie at $30.
And then there is the "his and hers" item in the form of a pair of robots for $400,000. The robots can sing, leave messages for the kids and display dance moves that may remind some people of the wooden style of former Vice President Al Gore
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/retail_neimanmarcus_christmas_dc
