If you wanna know real luxury, one of the places you can visit is the UAE. Dubai is where luxury malls are a-plenty, the infrastructure is sky high (Yo Burj Khalifa, wassup?), and the cars are a Fast & Furious fantasy come true. The ladies may be clad as per Islamic customs, but their outfits are designer, exquisite ones with oodles of bling, shining as they step out of their Porsches and Lamborghinis.
Cradled in this lap of luxury, if you see a picture of an airplane encrusted with diamonds and precious stones, would you be stunned? Yes! But would you be surprised? Hell na!
That’s what happened when Emirates Airline’s official Twitter account shared this bling AF picture of the most glamourous airplane ever!
Presenting the Emirates ‘Bling’ 777. Image created by Sara Shakeel 💎💎💎 pic.twitter.com/zDYnUZtIOS
— Emirates Airline (@emirates) December 4, 2018
Rightly christened Bling 777!
Now you when that airline bling, it can only mean one thing! Twitter totally accepted that this weird flex just had to be from Dubai!
Omg this just sums up Dubai in nutshell, https://t.co/FI7ap8VL45
— Gregory Taylor (@GregoryTaylor86) December 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/diagetm/status/1070909545181007872
Airports already started making googly eyes at the plane! Here’s a tweet from Dulles Airport, Washington, USA!
Sing: You used to call me on my ATC, late night when you need my permission to land!
Us right now. pic.twitter.com/SLCE4ju4Tx
— Dulles Airport (IAD) (@Dulles_Airport) December 4, 2018
The other reactions were rather hilarious too!
From another #JustRichPeopleThings joke to turning the picture into a meme, we got everything!
https://twitter.com/SamNdungula/status/1070988099554107394
A true connoisseur of art, this one!
This looks great, Emirates! Hopefully a photo was taken without the cargo equipment around it. 😉 https://t.co/Am7ydOK2uU
— Paul Thompson (@FlyingPhotog) December 4, 2018
Hey! Is there even a thing like too much highlighter?
When you use too much highlighter… #theglowisreal https://t.co/Fygpab50Ne
— Draniko (@Draniko3) December 7, 2018
This isn’t extra! Is it?
Her: “I’m not extra”
Also her: https://t.co/pafz5BVHuT— Ryan Cabral (@cabral_ryan) December 6, 2018
If anyone’s planning to get me anything for Christmas, I’m a size Swarovski-encrusted airplane!
What your wife is thinking about when she tells you she wants nothing for Christmas. https://t.co/W7D2IbKt6h
— Norm Kelly (@norm) December 6, 2018
These wings were made for flying!
“my wings bother you? they’re covered in swarovski crystals gurl” https://t.co/2g2NpS5FPh
— etienne (@fentysslut) December 6, 2018
Dekhna ka bhi charge lagega, maidam!
Feel like I can't afford to even look at this image. https://t.co/S7F1jynZbz
— Magaye (@somveli_bayanda) December 7, 2018
#JustNewMoneyFears!
if i had money money this is how i wouldnt know how to act https://t.co/qxY2MwBru8
— SAVE BLACK TRANS LIVES (@raxqxel) December 7, 2018
If there was anything that deserved this meme, it was this plane!
Wierd flex but okay https://t.co/B3q8N5hLq4
— Kushal Avlani (@AvlaniKushal) December 7, 2018
Now for everyone who’s been singing Gwen Stefani’s ‘If I was a rich girl’ in their head while looking at this plane, get ready for the most cliché heartbreak of all time. It is NOT REAL!
Unfortunately this is just a photo artwork 🙂
— Maj Nun (@Guano_Pulok) December 6, 2018
And indeed it is, just some really amazing, sparkly, shiny art! In fact, Emirates even tagged the artist in their tweet.
Sara Shakeel is a Pakistani dentist-turned-artist who is quite popular on Instagram for her sparkling artwork!
Sara had shared the picture on her Instagram!
In an interview with Forbes, Sara talked about why crystals and bling are a thing in her art.
“Crystals and diamonds are my mediums of looking through this world! Bright, shiny, valuable and something to be taken care of, you must have noticed how I add crystals and diamonds to the most ordinary objects of everyday life.”
And indeed, she does. Check out some of her work!
Oooh these fries would definitely come before guys!
#McCrystals 🍟💎 pic.twitter.com/LKeSQnLIMB
— sara shakeel (@sarashakeel) November 2, 2018
Si bella!
Hello kitty!
Sparkle like the star you are!
Well, let’s not worry. Pretty sure some rich kid of Instagram might make this happen IRL pretty soon!