Datta Phuge and Golden Shirt

A Wealthy Indian Businessman with a passion for bling has spent $228,000 ( £14,000 ) for a custom-made shirt fashioned out of 3.5 kilos of GOLD to impress the ladies (and if nothing else it means less ironing for them!) Shirt took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to construct. Has matching cuffs and a set of rings crafted from left-over gold.
 

It is often said that money can't buy love. But trying telling that to a wealthy Indian man who splashed out £14,000 on a solid gold shirt in the hope it will attract female attention.  Money-lender Datta Phuge 32, from Pimpri-Chinchwad, commissioned the shirt which took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to make working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads.

Golden appeal: Wealthy Datta Phuge has splashed out £14,000 on a solid gold shirt to make sure he's a 24 karat hit with women in central India

Work of art: Money-lender Datta, 32, from Pimpri-Chinchwad, says the 140,000 “small pieces of gold” shirt took a team of 15 goldsmiths 20 days to hammer together working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads, jeweller Shailesh Ranka told Torstar News Service on Tuesday. The back and collar are fastened with six red Swarovsky crystals as buttons.

It comes complete with its own matching cuffs and a set of rings crafted from left-over gold.

Businessman Datta Phuge accessorized the outfit with gold chains and wristbands from his seven-kilo daily collection, he says in a video.

'I know I am not the best looking man in the world but surely no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt?' he explainedThe 42-year-old “Gold Man,” as he is known in his city of Pimpri-Chinchwad, says he was broke for a long time but has worked hard and is pleased he can afford luxury living now.

'The gold shirt has been one of my dreams and I am elated to collect it today,' Mr Phuge told the local Pune Mirror newspaper on Dec. 28. His plan was to wear it to a New Year’s Eve party.
 
'It will be an embellishment to my reputation as the ‘Gold man of Pimpri"' Mr Phuge said.Phuge is married to a local councillor, Sheema Phuge, who was charged last summer with submitting fake documents in an election, according to Indian media.
Ranka, whose family jewellery business dates back six generations in the west-central Indian city, said his store is hoping to enter the garment in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Pune Mirror newspaper polled “style gurus” for their opinion of Ranka’s 22-karat creation.
“Kudos to the designer for thinking out of the box, though I wonder which man would pay to wear it,” said celebrity designer Swapnil Shinde.
“It is not my style and it has no structure or shape. And looks very busy with the red buttons,” said classic designer Maheka Mirpuri.
“As if there is not enough bling on clothes,” sniffed veteran Mumbai couture designer Narendra Kumar

The gaudy shirt was assembled on a fabric base of imported white velvet, and comes with six Swarovski crystal buttons and an intricate belt, also made of gold.

Golden appeal: 'I know I am not the best looking man in the world but surely no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt?' he explained

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