LONDON, UK, July 18, 2012 (Press-News.org) For GBP60,000 you could become one of the first civilians travelling in space, taking a seat next to the pilot on a flight some 100km above the Earth. Training is included.
EmporiumOfWonders.com is a new shopping website for men and women looking for quite literally out of this world gifts - items, big or small, which have a story to tell, or experiences which are life changing.
Explains co-founder Peter Doherty: "EmporiumOfWonders is a place of discovery where you find truly unique gift ideas that have a humanity about them. Gifting is a personal thing and this is a shopping emporium for those wishing to make other people's dreams come true. With the Lynx space travel you get one chance to be the first, and to fulfil a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. That is what EmporiumOfWonders is about - fantasy purchases, big or small."
Another jaw-dropping gift on the website is a luxury submarine. Join the ranks of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and get your own u-boat such as the 213ft Phoenix, from $90m.
Other gifts for women include glamorous handbags by Quentin Mackay, whose celebrity clients include Victoria Beckham and whose '10 Rules When Buying A Handbag' guide is every luxury shopper's must-have. And there is JewelWear - a new concept in fashion where a piece of jewellery is designed into a glamorous dress so that the two become one single fashion piece - by designer Arianna Cerrito.
Furniture includes the Dakota Hunter desk made from the wing tip of a WWII transport aircraft, the DC3, at GBP24,000, and the mirror polished Lockheed Starfighter ejection seat turned office chair for GBP14,060.
Collector's items include board games by Geoffrey Parker, which have been snapped up by illustrious characters such as Bernie Ecclestone, Sir Roger Moore and the late Michael Jackson.
Dennis the Menace screenprints from The Beano Comic are best sellers on EmporiumOfWonders.com, not to mention prints by celebrity photographer Bernd Talasch.
emporiumofwonders.com is the UK's most exciting and inspiring shopping website. For further information and images please contact Peter Doherty on peter@emporiumofwonders.com or call (44) 20 7558 8690 or (44) 7939 285296
Emporiumofwonders.com: So you want to be an Astronaut?
Ever dreamed of flying to outer space and becoming an accredited astronaut?
British luxury shopping website EmporiumOfWonders.com is offering the trip of a lifetime on board the revolutionary Lynx space craft.
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