When you thought you had seen it all, along comes the most conspicuous fashion item I have seen in a long time. I would rate this somewhere together with Ghostface Killah’s gold falcon in terms of conspicuousness. Solid gold lace locks are apparently already passé as company called Mr. Kennedy has done what most of us never thought was doable. That is, solid 24k gold shoe laces.

Yes you read it correct. Shoe laces made of solid gold threads woven using old artisan techniques. It takes 120 hours to complete one set. The laces will set you back “mere” 19,000 USD and if your budget is only 4 figures, you might consider solid silver laces which only cost 3,000 USD. This is so ridiculous it’s great. Salute Mr. Kennedy…

Pictures courtesy of Mr. Kennedy.