Nita Ambani, the matriarch of Asia’s richest family and wife of centibillionaire Mukesh Ambani, is making heads turn at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. As a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, she is a vision as she graces India House—the first-ever country house at the Olympics—established in the vibrant Parc de la Villette.
But what truly stole the show wasn’t the sport, but the style. With the elegant first lady if Indian business, style is both a given and omnipresent. As Ambani facilitated the Indian athletes, she carried on her arm a breathtaking, diamond-encrusted Hermès bag, touted to be the second most expensive bag in the world. Her husband, Mukesh Ambani, worth $109 billion, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the most incredible wedding parties the world has ever seen.
A Hermès handbag is hardly surprising in the beautiful hands of his better half. Nonetheless, the extravagant Hermès Birkin bag, covered with over 240 dazzling diamonds and sporting 18K gold hardware, is part of the coveted Himalaya Birkin series—a limited-edition model, to say the least.
Ambani also puts to rest the notion that billionaires don’t repeat their accessories. She was spotted in London supporting India during its 2019 cricket match against Pakistan at Old Trafford, carrying the same $300,000 accessory.
She doesn’t shy away from repeating her exceptional timepieces either. The elegant first lady of Indian business wore a gem-set $360,000 Jacob & Co. Fleurs de Jardin watch with pink sapphires for her grandchildren’s birthday and donned the timepiece again at her son Anant’s lavish pre-wedding festivities in Portofino.
Coming back to her Hermès handbags, in addition to the version inspired by the dewy-grey, snow-clad mountains of the Himalayas, the queen of the Reliance empire also owns a jaw-dropping $400,000 rare Neige Faubourg Birkin 20 White Matte Alligator handbag. The Faubourg collection pays homage to Hermès’ flagship store located at 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris and costs more than a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan.
