Bugatti Veyron: An Extraordinary Piece Of Lavishness

Bugatti Veyron: An Extraordinary Piece Of  Lavishness
 

Bugatti Veyron: An Extraordinary Piece Of Lavishness

Mar 07, 2008

Bugatti Veyron: An Extraordinary Piece Of  Lavishness Bugatti

This extraordinary piece of lavishness is called the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès. And if you don’t know what Fbg means — Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, where you’ll find Hermès headquarters — then you’re obviously not fabulously exclusive enough to put a deposit on such chic wonderfulness.

The inner surfaces of the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès have been designed and sheathed in bull calfskin by the Hermès workshops in Paris. Both seats are covered in two-toned bull calfskin, and the panel separating the cockpit from the central rear engine - traditionally made of carbon fibre - is covered in the same fine leather. The leather-lined trunk holds a specially-fitted “Toile H” and leather case, hand-made by craftsmen from the Hermès workshops.

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