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"If you thought yesterday&amp;#39;s news of a $14,000 prom dress belonged squarely in the &amp;quot;ridiculously extravagant&amp;quot; category, you ain&amp;#39;t seen nothing yet! Jeweler-to-the-stars Pascal Mouawad just unveiled the Guinness Record-holding world&amp;#39;s most expensive handbag...\nPinterestFacebookThe Mouawad &amp;quot;1001 Nights Diamond Purse&amp;quot; is a heart-shaped wonder that could probably feed a small nation for at least a decade, considering its value is a whopping $3.8 million. According to a press release, the bag is &amp;quot;handcrafted from 18kt gold, incorporates 4,517 diamonds (105 yellow, 56 pink and 4,356 colorless) with a total weight of 381.92 carats. This bejeweled masterpiece was designed by world renowned Robert Mouawad and hand crafted by ten highly skilled artisans working for a total of 8,800 hours. The handbag recently received official certification from the Guinness World Records - the global authority on record-breaking achievements, as the most valuable handbag in the world.&amp;quot;\n__Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox!\n__\nIt&amp;#39;s not Mouawad&amp;#39;s first foray into Guinness Record-worthy luxury--they created the Victoria&amp;#39;s Secret $11 million fantasy bra back in 2003. The bag is currently on display--where else!?--in Dubai, and yes, it&amp;#39;s actually for sale. Can you imagine who on earth would actually buy this thing?! Discuss!\nPLUS...\n\nSex and the City obsessed!? One woman spent $175K to recreate Carrie&amp;#39;s closet!\n\n\nOMG: $46.1 million diamond breaks the world record\n\n\nWho needs diamonds? Johnny Depp bought his girl Marilyn Monroe&amp;#39;s shoes!\n\n*__What&amp;#39;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section?\nSick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#39;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#39;re as eager as you are to get read of these pests.__*Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us.\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:\nDownload Glamour onyour iPhone or iPad!\nLike freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nSign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#39;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise).\nOne more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;#39;s the ultimate boredom buster.\nPhoto: Mouawad"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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