The V.F. Luxury Index

Hollywood edition

Approximate base price of a Gulfstream V: $41 million Number of people on waiting list as of July 1999: 66

Monthly price of a parking spot for a private plane at Van Nuys Airport, depending on wingspan: $2,500 to $6,500

Number of private and/or corporate aircraft parked at Van Nuys: 795

A Asking price for the 2000 Rolls-Royce Comiche, not produced since 1994: $359,900

Number pre-sold as of February 2000: 30 Number sold in the Los Angeles area: 10

Price range of vintage Hermes Kelly bags sold at Decades: $3,200 to $8,000 ►

Price of a new Hermes crocodile Kelly bag with diamond-encrusted clasp: $80,000

Price of the blowfish prix fixe at Ginza Sushiko, Beverly Hills: $250 Average number ordered per week: 50 ►

Number of breast-augmentation operations performed in the United States, 1998: 132,378

Number of breast-augmentation operations performed in California, 1998: 20,026

Number of breast-augmentation operations performed in New York, 1998: 5,687